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Mrs. Helen Derby Berrien Meredith, 33-year-old divorced wife of the actor, Burgess Meredith, and daughter of Harry L. Derby, president of the American Cyanamid and Chemical Corporation, was...
Helen Merrien Derby. Born 2 Oct 1905 in New York, United States. Daughter of Harry Leigh Derby and Alice Maude (Fisher) Derby. [sibling (s) unknown] Wife of Oliver Burgess Meredith — married 1 Aug 1932 (to 1935) in Cape May, Cape May, New Jersey, United States. [children unknown]
- Female
- October 2, 1905
- Oliver Burgess Meredith
- April 13, 1940
Helen Derby. Birth. 2 Oct 1905. Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA. Death. 13 Apr 1940 (aged 34) Greenwich Village, New York County, New York, USA. Burial. Mount Hebron Cemetery.
His first wife, Helen Derby Berrien Meredith—the daughter of American Cyanamid president Harry L. Derby—committed suicide in 1940, nearly five years after their divorce. His next two wives, Margaret Perry and Paulette Goddard , were actresses; Goddard suffered a miscarriage in 1944.
Oct 19, 2023 · His first wife Helen Derby Merrien Burgess, the daughter of an American chemical boss, killed herself aged 33, five years after their divorce. The dad-of-two, who has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, died in 1997, aged 89.
- Grace Macaskill
Sep 11, 1997 · George Burgess Meredith, actor, director, writer, producer: born Cleveland, Ohio 16 November 1908; married 1932 Helen Derby (marriage dissolved 1935), 1936 Margaret Perry (marriage dissolved...
Mar 4, 2024 · Helen Derby Merrien Burgess was his wife from 1932-1935. His marriage to actress Margaret Perry only lasted two years, ending in 1938. In 1942, Burgess enlisted in the US Army Air Forces for WWII, reaching the rank of captain. He was discharged in 1945. Meredith married another actress, Paulette Goddard, and they were together from 1944-1949.
