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Helen Westley

Helen Westley
Helen Westley
Born: Mar 28, 1875 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Died: Dec 12, 1942 in Franklin Township, New Jersey
Occupation: Actor
Active: '30s-'40s
Major Genres: Drama, Musical
Career Highlights: Heidi, Moulin Rouge, Dimples
First Major Screen Credit: Anne of Green Gables (1934)
6 Videos for Helen Westley
All This and Heaven Too (1940) Heidi (1937) Stowaway (1936)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) Dimples (1936) Roberta (1935)
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Biography:

A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Helen Westley was a stage star before the turn of the century. In the teen years, she co-founded both the Greenwich Square Players and the Theatre Guild. She began her film career in 1934, spending the next eight years playing the grandest of grande dames.

Westley was seen as the indomitable Granny Mingott in the 1934 version of The Age of Innocence, the couturier title character in Roberta (1935), and the shrill, shrewish Parthy Hawkes in Show Boat (1936). She was also effective as a stern authority figure opposite such sunny-dispositioned juveniles as Anne Shirley (Anne of Green Gables) and Shirley Temple (Heidi, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm).

Helen Westley remained active right up to her death at age 67. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.