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One of the finest actors of her day, as well as a producer and a philanthropist, Helen Menken devoted her entire life to the American theater. While she was known for playing a lesbian in The Captive, for which she was arrested during a performance, and her role as Elizabeth I in Mary of Scotland, her biggest contribution to theater was creating the 1942–1946 Stage Door Canteen through the ...
Nov 7, 2021 · Helen Menken was characterized as a major Broadway stage actress. Humphrey Bogart was described as “the son of Dr. Belmont D. Bogart.” Soon afterward Helen got the lead in the play Seventh Heaven. (The movie version of the play garnered 5 Oscar nominations and had Janet Gaynor winning film’s first Best Actress Oscar.)
Helen Menken. Actress: Stage Door Canteen. Helen Menken was born in New York to deaf parents. Her original name was Meinken, her New York-born father Frederick being of French/German extraction. Her mother, Mary Madden, was Irish-born. She married Humphrey Bogart at the Gramercy Park Hotel on May 20, 1926, four years after taking out a marriage license in New York City. It was the first ...
"Helen Menken" published on by null. (1901–66), actress.Only five years old when she made her debut as a fairy in a 1906 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, the attractive New Yorker continued her career ...
Helen Menken, the actress, collapsed and died last night at The Lambs, 128 West 44th Street. ... Miss Menken, who had been in ill health and in semi-retirement for several years, was a guest at a ...
Jan 10, 2015 · Helen Menken (1901-1966) In this still from NAD footage of the Worlds Fair, Menken addresses the crowd. As an adult, Helen Menken was described as having a “fiery temper and versatile acting abilities” however, it is reported that she did not speak until she was four years old. ( Ocela Star Banner) As a child, she was raised in New York ...
Menken, Helen (1901–1966)American stage and radio actress. Born Dec 12, 1901, in New York, NY; died Mar 27, 1966, in New York, NY; m. Humphrey Bogart (actor, div ...
