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Helen Broderick is a Actor American born on 11 august 1891 at Philadelphia (USA)

Helen Broderick

Helen Broderick
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Nationality USA
Birth 11 august 1891 at Philadelphia (USA)
Death 25 september 1959 (at 68 years) at Beverly Hills (USA)

Helen Broderick (August 11, 1891 – September 25, 1959) was an American film and stage actress known for her comic roles, especially as a wisecracking sidekick.

Biography

Au théâtre, Helen Broderick débute à Broadway (New York) en 1907, comme "chorus girl", dans la première revue des Ziegfeld Follies. Jusqu'en 1934, outre les revues, elle joue également dans des comédies musicales et des pièces. Mentionnons la comédie musicale Fifty Million Frenchmen, sur une musique (et des lyrics) de Cole Porter, créée en 1929 ; elle y interprète Violet Hildegarde, rôle qu'elle reprendra dans l'adaptation au cinéma de 1931. Citons encore la revue The Band Wagon, avec Adele et Fred Astaire, représentée en 1931-1932.

Au cinéma, elle collabore à trente-six films américains, dont plusieurs musicaux, le premier (muet) en 1924, les autres de 1930 à 1946, souvent dans des rôles semi-comiques. Notamment, elle retrouve Fred Astaire — aux côtés de Ginger Rogers — dans deux films musicaux comptant parmi ses plus connus, Le Danseur du dessus (1935) et Sur les ailes de la danse (1936). En outre, elle est créditée comme scénariste de deux films muets, en 1924 (son premier en tant qu'actrice) et 1926.

De son mariage avec l'acteur Lester Crawford (1882-1962), est né Broderick Crawford (1911-1986), également acteur.

Best films

Swing Time (1936)
(Actress)

Usually with

Billy Gilbert
Billy Gilbert
(6 films)
Victor Moore
Victor Moore
(6 films)
Gene Raymond
Gene Raymond
(5 films)
Roy Webb
Roy Webb
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Helen Broderick (27 films)

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Actress

Because of Him, 1h28
Directed by Richard Wallace
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Deanna Durbin, Charles Laughton, Helen Broderick, Franchot Tone, Stanley Ridges, Donald Meek
Roles Nora
Rating65% 3.291193.291193.291193.291193.29119
Kim Walker (Deanna Durbin) is an ambitious waitress who dreams of being on the stage. She tricks respected stage actor John Sheridan (Charles Laughton) into signing a letter of introduction. Thanks to the forged letter, Kim then wins the role of Sheridan's co-star in his next play, much to the disgust of the writer Paul Taylor (Franchot Tone).
Stage Door Canteen, 2h12
Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Politique, Musical films, Political films
Actors Cheryl Walker, Lon McCallister, Tallulah Bankhead, Kenny Baker, Margaret Early, Ralph Bellamy
Roles Helen Broderick
Rating62% 3.1485953.1485953.1485953.1485953.148595
The storyline of the film follows several women who volunteer for the Canteen and who must adhere to strict rules of conduct, the most important of which is that while their job is to provide friendly companionship to and be dance partners for the (often nervous) men who are soon to be sent into combat, no romantic fraternization is allowed. One volunteer who confesses to only becoming involved in the Canteen in order to be discovered by one of the Hollywood stars in attendance, ultimately finds herself falling in love with one of the soldiers.
Father Takes a Wife, 1h19
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Adolphe Menjou, Gloria Swanson, John Howard, Desi Arnaz, Helen Broderick, Florence Rice
Roles Aunt Julie
Rating60% 3.0497353.0497353.0497353.0497353.049735
Senior (Adolphe Menjou) is as a middle-aged widowed shipping magnate, who falls in love with celebrated actress Leslie Collier (Gloria Swanson) and marries her after a whirlwind courtship.
Nice Girl?
Nice Girl? (1941)
, 1h31
Directed by Joe Pasternak, William A. Seiter, Gladys Lehman, Richard Connell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Walter Brennan, Robert Stack, Robert Benchley, Helen Broderick
Roles Cora Foster
Rating65% 3.2904153.2904153.2904153.2904153.290415
The musical starts with the busybody postman who reads everybody's mail, Hector (Walter Brennan), delivering mail to the Dana household and particularly to Cora (Helen Broderick), the maid who he is in love with. Professor Oliver Dana (Robert Benchley) is the head of the household. The oldest sister is Sylvia (Anne Gwynne), an actress, and the youngest is Nancy (Ann Gillis), who is a bit of a flirt and has all the boys fighting over her. The middle sister Jane (Deanna Durbin), the "nice girl", makes her entry singing the song "Perhaps" to the rabbits she takes care of. Her father is trying to write a book about diet and is testing it on rabbits. Don Webb (Robert Stack) is her boyfriend, an avid car buff.
No, No, Nanette, 1h36
Directed by Herbert Wilcox
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Anna Neagle, Richard Carlson, Victor Mature, Roland Young, Helen Broderick, Zasu Pitts
Roles Mrs. Susan Smith
Rating53% 2.6728652.6728652.6728652.6728652.672865
La jeune Nanette, guillerette, tente de sauver le mariage de son oncle et de sa tante en démêlant Oncle Jimmy de plusieurs flirts innocents mais captivants. Tentant un tel désenchevêtrement, Nanette fait appel au producteur de théâtre Bill Trainor, qui tombe rapidement amoureux d'elle. La même chose se produit lorsque l'artiste Tom Gillespie est sollicité. Mais bientôt les flirts de l'oncle Jimmy deviennent trop nombreux et les romances de Nanette avec Tom et Bill se heurtent à des problèmes. Le mariage de l'oncle Jimmy survivra-t-il et Nanette trouvera-t-elle le bonheur avec Tom, Bill ou quelqu'un d'autre?
Honeymoon in Bali, 1h35
Directed by Edward H. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll, Allan Jones, Akim Tamiroff, Helen Broderick, Osa Massen
Roles Lorna "Smitty" Smith
Rating62% 3.1473.1473.1473.1473.147
On a rainy New York City autumn afternoon, the head of a major Department Store, Gail Allen, meets her second cousin and best friend Lorna for afternoon tea. Her cousin, an author of love stories set in the South Seas, invites a resident fortune teller to predict Gail's future. At first the reading sounds like a hundred others, until she foresees her having a child and meeting a man whose arm was cut by a native's rice knife.
Naughty But Nice, 1h29
Directed by Ray Enright
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Ann Sheridan, Dick Powell, Gale Page, Ronald Reagan, Helen Broderick, Allen Jenkins
Roles Aunt Martha Hogan
Rating60% 3.0497653.0497653.0497653.0497653.049765
Professor Donald Hardwick (Dick Powell), who lectures his students against swing music and jitterbugging, goes to New York City to get his symphony published, but accidentally writes a hit swing song ("Hooray for Spinach, Hooray for Milk") with the connivance of aspiring lyricist Linda McKay (Gale Page), which brings him into disrepute with the Dean of his college (Halliwell Hobbes). After the teetotaling professor accidentally gets drunk, Hardwick promises to stay in New York City for the summer and write songs with McKay, and they have three more hits.
The Rage of Paris, 1h18
Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Danielle Darrieux, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Mischa Auer, Louis Hayward, Helen Broderick, Charles Coleman
Roles Gloria Patterson
Rating69% 3.4884853.4884853.4884853.4884853.488485
Nicole de Cortillon, jeune Française arrivée depuis peu à New York, cherche un emploi de modèle. Par erreur, elle se retrouve dans le bureau d'un homme d'affaires, Jim Trevor, le prenant pour un photographe professionnel. À la suite d'un malentendu, elle commence à se déshabiller pour poser. Trevor, un premier temps amusé, la flanque ensuite dehors, la prenant pour une spécialiste du chantage qui essaye de le compromettre.
Service de Luxe, 1h25
Directed by Rowland V. Lee
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Constance Bennett, Vincent Price, Charles Ruggles, Mischa Auer, Helen Broderick, Halliwell Hobbes
Roles Pearl
Rating61% 3.0978053.0978053.0978053.0978053.097805
Helen Murphy offre des services d'assistance à de riches clients, elle recherche un homme qui est capable de s'occuper de lui-même. Robert Wade est un inventeur qui recherche une femme qui ne dirigera pas sa vie. Helen et Robert sont faits pour vivre ensemble, sauf qu'il y a des complications à surmonter...