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Menken was born in New York City to a German-French father, Frederick Meinken, and an Irish-born mother, Mary Madden. Both of her parents were deaf, and her early communication came via sign language. She did not begin speaking aloud until age 4. Her sister, Grace Menken, was also an actress.
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 ...
- December 12, 1901
- March 27, 1966
Nov 7, 2021 · Like silent screen superstar Lon Chaney, Helen Menken was born to deaf parents. She learned to talk by listening to strangers on the street, as well as the milkman, landlord and anyone else who happened to come to the apartment.
Dec 24, 2015 · She was born in New York City in 1901 to deaf, impoverished parents. She and her sister learned to talk by listening to strangers on the street, as well as to the few people -- the milkman, the...
Nov 23, 2022 · 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. Before she turned 14, Menken performed in vaudeville for a season, primarily playing character parts with her brother-in-law.
- New York
- December 12, 1901
- George N. Richard
- March 28, 1966
Born on December 12, 1901, to artist Frederick William Menken and Katherine (Moden) in New York City, Menken began her stage career at age three in a production of Humpty Dumpty. Within two years, she was playing Peaseblossom in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
I agree with Lawrence Bush . . . Helen Menken was not Jewish. Her father, Frederick Meinken, who was Jewish, married an Irish emigrée, Mary Madden, and I've found absolutely no evidence that Mary converted to Judaism, or that the family maintained any connection with the Jewish community.
