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Helen Lynd (actress)

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Helen Lynd, also known as Helene Lynch, (January 18, 1902 – April 1, 1992) was an American actress and comedienne active on stage and in film.

Life and career

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Born in Jersey City, New Jersey on January 18, 1902,[1] Helen Lynd began her career in 1919 as a chorus girl in Ned Wayburn's Demi Tasse Revue at the Capitol Theatre on Broadway.[2] In her early career she performed under the name Helene Lynch, and it was this name that she used in tryout performances of a new musical, Phil Charig's Yes, Yes, Yvette, in Boston in May 1927.[2] By the time Yes, Yes, Yvette reached Broadway's Sam H. Harris Theatre on October 3, 1927, she was billed as Helen Lynd in the role of Mabel Terry; her first significant part on the stage for which The New York Times reviewer praised her execution of "low comedy".[3]

In 1928 Lynd returned to Broadway as Frankie Shultz in the Jack Yellen and Milton Ager musical Rain or Shine at George M. Cohan's Theatre which was written as a starring vehicle for comedian Joe Cook.[4] She left that production later in the year to star as Penny in Oscar Hammerstein II and Vincent Youmans's short lived musical Rainbow at the Gallo Opera House.[5] After this she starred in the music revues The Little Show (1929-1930) and The Earl Carroll Vanities (1931-1932).[1] Her other Broadway credits included Ladies' Money (1934, as Margie), Battleship Gertie (1935, as Gertie), The Hook-up (1935, as Virginia Bryce), and The Illustrators' Show (1936, multiple roles).[1]

After the mid-1930s, Lynd was primarily active as a film actress in California into the late 1940s. She began her film career in 1930 starring in the short films Purely an Accident[6] andWedding Bells.[7]

Helen Lynd died in Beverly Hills, California on April 1, 1992.[1] She was married to the talent agent Al Melick.[8]

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Benjamin and Rosenblatt, p. 476
  2. ^ a b Maggie McCormick (2022). Jeanette MacDonald On the Air, Volume 1: Radio. BearManor Media.
  3. ^ "YES, YES, YVETTE' IS CHEERY, REFRESHING; Jack Whiting and Jeanette MacDonald Aid in Keeping Musical Comedy at Lively Pace". The New York Times. October 4, 1927. p. 32.
  4. ^ Dietz, pp. 447-448
  5. ^ Dietz, p. 493
  6. ^ a b Bradley, p.427
  7. ^ a b Liebman, p. 61
  8. ^ Martin Grams Jr. (2014). Duffy's Tavern: A History of Ed Gardner's Radio Program. BearManor Media.
  9. ^ Liebman, p. 74
  10. ^ Leonard Maltin (1972). "Maybe I'm Wrong". The Great Movie Shorts. Crown Publishers. ISBN 9780517504550.
  11. ^ Webb, p. 552
  12. ^ Webb, p. 87
  13. ^ Burton, p. 84
  14. ^ Bubbeo, p. 140
  15. ^ Tucker, p. 91
  16. ^ McGee, p. 268
  17. ^ Martin, p. 59
  18. ^ Mavis, p. 181
  19. ^ Faris, p. 106
  20. ^ Mavis, p. 213
  21. ^ Munden, p. 1877
  22. ^ Munden, p. 2360
  23. ^ a b c Munden, p. 443
  24. ^ T. S. (April 30, 1942). "At the Paramount". The New York Times.
  25. ^ Munden, p. 1605
  26. ^ Munden, p. 2237
  27. ^ Webb, p. 614

Bibliography

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