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Helen Broderick
Acting

Helen Broderick
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1891-08-11,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
Helen Broderick (August 11, 1891 - September 25, 1959) was a wonderfully funny character comedienne with vaudeville and stage experience, a close friend of Jeanne Eagels. The story goes, that at the age of 14 she ran away from home, because her mother, who appeared in operatic comedy, was totally obsessed by the theatre. Paradoxically, all the people she met turned out to be performers, and Helen (who needed to make a living, after all) ended up where she hadn't wanted to end up - on the stage. She started out as a chorus girl in the first Ziegfeld Follies in 1907. Her talent for comedy was discovered quite by accident. In 1911, she was understudy to the actress Ina Claire in the Broadway play 'Jumping Jupiter'. One night, Claire was unable to perform and Helen Broderick stood in as the romantic lead. She soon had the audience in stitches, trampling about the stage like an elephant, rolling her big saucer eyes and attempting to croon 'Cuddle Near Me All Day Long' in her rather unique voice. The romance was no more and instead turned into a popular farce with Helen now permanently installed in the lead role. For a while, Helen partnered her husband, Lester Crawford, in vaudeville. In the 1920's, she enjoyed success on Broadway, most notably in 'Fifty Million Frenchmen' ( a role she took to Hollywood in 1931). Her best parts in the movies were as the perennial friend or chaperone of the heroine (an earlier Eve Arden), delivering acidic wisecracks in her inimitable dead-pan manner. She was particularly amusing in Top Hat (1935) and Swing Time (1936) with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers; and in The Rage of Paris (1938) with Danielle Darrieux.

Filmography

7.3

Top Hat
1935-08-29

6.8

Swing Time
1936-08-28

5.3

Nice Girl?
1941-02-21

The Rage of Paris

6.059

The Rage of Paris
1938-06-09

Murder on a Bridle Path

5

Murder on a Bridle Path
1936-04-17

Father Takes a Wife

6.1

Father Takes a Wife
1941-10-03

Honeymoon in Bali

6.2

Honeymoon in Bali
1939-09-29

The Bride Walks Out

5.3

The Bride Walks Out
1936-07-10

Stand Up and Fight

5.8

Stand Up and Fight
1939-01-06

7

Love on a Bet
1936-03-06

She's Got Everything

5.3

She's Got Everything
1937-12-31

The Life of the Party

5.2

The Life of the Party
1937-09-03

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3 Is a Family
1944-11-23

Service de Luxe

6.5

Service de Luxe
1938-10-12

Smartest Girl in Town

5.5

Smartest Girl in Town
1936-11-27

We're on the Jury

5.8

We're on the Jury
1937-02-12

Radio City Revels

8

Radio City Revels
1938-02-11

0

Virginia
1941-01-28

Meet the Missus

4

Meet the Missus
1937-06-04

Chip Off the Old Block

4

Chip Off the Old Block
1944-02-01

To Beat the Band

0

To Beat the Band
1935-11-23

Naughty But Nice

6.2

Naughty But Nice
1939-06-23

Her Primitive Man

6

Her Primitive Man
1944-05-29

Love, Honor and Goodbye

4.5

Love, Honor and Goodbye
1945-09-15

Stage Door Canteen

6.1

Stage Door Canteen
1943-06-24

6.2

Because of Him
1946-01-18

50 Million Frenchmen

6.3

50 Million Frenchmen
1931-02-14

The Captain Is a Lady

6

The Captain Is a Lady
1940-06-21

No, No, Nanette

6

No, No, Nanette
1940-12-19

The Road to Reno

2

The Road to Reno
1938-08-01