Helene Stanton
Helene Stanton (born Eleanor Mae Stansbury, November 4, 1925 – June 7, 2017) was an American singer and actress. Her career began as an opera singer for the Cosmopolitan Opera Company in Philadelphia, before moving to Hollywood, where she became a singer of popular music. In 1949, she married silent film actor Ken Harlan, but the marriage broke down and they divorced four years later in 1953. After being spotted in Las Vegas and offered a part in the film The Big Combo, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, starring in films alongside actors such as Johnny Weissmuller, Arthur Franz and Tom Drake. After several film roles during 1955 and starring in a silent role alongside comic Ben Blue in 1956, she retired from acting in 1957.
In 1957, she married Morton Pinsky and had two children with him, including celebrity doctor Drew Pinsky; they were married for over 50 years before his death in 2009.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 3.163 |
Birthday | 1925-11-04 |
Place of Birth | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
Also Known As | Eleanor Stansbury, |
1955
The Big Combo
7/147
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The Big Combo
1955
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
4.2/36
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The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
1955
New Orleans Uncensored
4.5/4
William Castle directed this Sam Katzman production, a gritty crime thriller about a newly-discharged sailor who gets a job as a longshoreman in The B...
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New Orleans Uncensored
1955
Sudden Danger
5.3/12
Detective Andy Doyle suspects that a suicide is actually a murder. He suspects the victim's son, Wallace who is blind and he pursues him until he gets...
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Sudden Danger
1955
Jungle Moon Men
4.7/7
Priestess Oma is forever young in this Jungle Jim knockoff of "She" or the La of Opar stories from "Tarzan". The Jungle Jim-type character is played b...
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Jungle Moon Men
1957
Four Girls in Town
1/1
Four young starlets, from various parts of the world, are called to Hollywood to test for the lead in a major film. Each is romantically pursued by th...
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Four Girls in Town
1953
One Girl's Confession
6.1/19
Cleo Moore stars as Mary Adams, whose first step on the road to ruin is a $25,000 robbery. Mary hides the money, then confesses to the crime, secure i...
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