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Meredith was married four times. 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. Meredith's last marriage ...
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 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.
Apr. 13. Page 1. Clipping found in Middletown Times Herald published in Middletown, New York on 4/13/1940. Helen (Derby) Meredith Suicide.
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His first wife, Helen Derby Merrien Burgess — the daughter of American Cyanamid president Harry L. Derby — died 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.
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] Died 13 Apr 1940 at age 34 in Montclair, Essex, New Jersey, United States.
