Helen Broderick
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 st...
Known For
Filmography
Because of Him
1946
as Nora
Love, Honor and Goodbye
1945
as Mary Riley
3 Is a Family
1944
as Irma
Chip Off the Old Block
1944
as Glory Marlow Sr.
Her Primitive Man
1944
as Mrs. Winthrop
Stage Door Canteen
1943
as Helen Broderick
Nice Girl?
1941
as Cora Foster
Father Takes a Wife
1941
as Aunt Julie
Virginia
1941
as Theo Clairmont
The Captain is a Lady
1940
as Nancy Crocker
No, No, Nanette
1940
as Mrs. Susan Smith
Honeymoon in Bali
1939
as Lorna Smith
Stand Up and Fight
1939
as Amanda Griffith
Naughty but Nice
1939
as Aunt Martha Hogan
The Rage of Paris
1938
as Gloria Patterson
Service de Luxe
1938
as Pearl
Radio City Revels
1938
as Gertie
The Road to Reno
1938
as Aunt Minerva
She's Got Everything
1937
as Aunt Jane
The Life of the Party
1937
as Pauline
We're on the Jury
1937
as Agnes Dean
Meet the Missus
1937
as Emma Foster
Swing Time
1936
as Mabel Anderson
Murder on a Bridle Path
1936
as Hildegarde Withers
The Bride Walks Out
1936
as Mattie Dodson
Love on a Bet
1936
as Aunt Charlotte
Smartest Girl in Town
1936
as Gwen
Top Hat
1935
as Madge Hardwick
To Beat the Band
1935
as Mrs. Freeda McCrary
50 Million Frenchmen
1931
as Violet