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Helen Gardner

Helen Gardner

Born: 1884-09-02 • Binghamton, New York, USA

Not only was Helen Gardner the first American film actress to form her own production company, she was also the among the first filmmakers to embrace making features, and was the first vamp on screen.

Filmography
Sandra poster
Sandra
1924 • La Flamme's wife
The Sleep of Cyma Roget poster
The Sleep of Cyma Roget
1920 • Cymba Roget
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The Common Sin
1917
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Miss Jekyll and Madame Hyde
1915 • Madeleine Jekyll / Madame Hyde
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The Breath of Araby
1915 • Clothilde
Snatched from a Burning Death poster
Snatched from a Burning Death
1915 • Joan Le Grande
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The Still, Small Voice
1915 • Musa
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Underneath the Paint
1914 • Tryphena Winter
The Moonshine Maid and the Man poster
The Moonshine Maid and the Man
1914 • Nancy - the Moonshine Maid
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The Butterfly
1914 • Nancy North - the Butterfly
The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray poster
The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray
1914 • Sylvia Gray / Silvery
A Princess of Bagdad poster
A Princess of Bagdad
1913 • Princess Ojira
A Sister to Carmen poster
A Sister to Carmen
1913 • Margo
Vampire of the Desert poster
Vampire of the Desert
1913 • Lispeth, Vampire of the Desert
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Eureka!
1913 • The Castaway
The Wife of Cain poster
The Wife of Cain
1913 • Save - the Wife of Cain
Alixe; or, the Test of Friendship poster
Alixe; or, the Test of Friendship
1913 • Alixe
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Becky, Becky
1913 • Becky
Cleopatra poster
Cleopatra
1912 • Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt
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The Party Dress
1912 • Lydia Borne
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The Heart of Esmeralda
1912 • Louise Lennox - a Novelist
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The Miracle
1912 • Abbasah, the Caliph's Wife
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Yellow Bird
1912 • Song Bird, a Young Indian
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An Innocent Theft
1912 • Malcolm's Mother
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The Serpents
1912 • Linda
The Illumination poster
The Illumination
1912 • Sabina
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The Old Silver Watch
1912
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The Love of John Ruskin
1912 • Mrs. John Ruskin
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Her Boy
1912 • Sue - Harry's Sweetheart
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A Problem in Reduction
1912 • Mrs. Smartly - a Woman Who Wants to Reduce
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Where the Money Went
1912 • Mrs. Fred Hart - the Jealous Wife
A Reformed Santa Claus poster
A Reformed Santa Claus
1911 • The Widow
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The Freshet
1911 • Meg Matthews
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The Girl and the Sheriff
1911 • The Mountain Girl
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An Aeroplane Elopement
1911
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Arbutus
1911 • The Mountain Woman Who Becomes a Celebrated Singer
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Madge of the Mountains
1911 • Madge of the Mountains
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Regeneration
1911 • Elfie - Ross's Sweetheart
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Ups and Downs
1911 • The Young Wife
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By Woman's Wit
1911 • The Wife
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For Love and Glory
1911 • Rose Seaton
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The Death of King Edward III
1911 • Alice Ferrers
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She Came, She Saw, She Conquered
1911 • Rose Leigh - a Young Schoolteacher
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Treasure Trove
1911
The Lure of Vanity poster
The Lure of Vanity
1911 • Edna White
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A Quaker Mother
1911 • Lois Pearson Harmon - A Quaker Wife
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Barriers Burned Away
1911 • John's Wife
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The Sleep Walker
1911 • Lucy Langham
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For Her Brother's Sake
1911 • Bessie Black - The Sister
The Show Girl poster
The Show Girl
1911 • Audrey, an Actress
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The Wooing of Winifred
1911 • Winifred
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The Inherited Taint
1911 • The Nurse
A Tale of Two Cities poster
A Tale of Two Cities
1911
Vanity Fair poster
Vanity Fair
1911 • Becky Sharp
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How She Won Him
1910 • Muriel Hanson