Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
April 26, 1916
Died
April 7, 1937
Age
20
Place of Birth
Portland, Oregon, USA
Popularity
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Helen Burgess
Acting
Biography
Young and full of promise, Paramount contract player Helen Burgess possessed a lovely, sweet-faced quality, but made only four films during her lifetime. Born April 26, 1916, the rather demure Portland, Oregon beauty was given an auspicious debut in Cecil B. DeMille's epic bio-western The Plainsman (1936). Discovered by DeMille himself with only brief stage experience behind her, the film starred Gary Cooper as Wild Bill Hickok and Jean Arthur as Calamity Jane. Helen was fifth billed as Louisa Frederici Cody, the young bride of Wild West showman Buffalo Bill Cody, played by James Ellison. Hel…
Also known as
Helen Margarite Burgess
