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Helen Dunbar is a Actor American born on 9 october 1863 at Philadelphia (USA)
Helen Dunbar (October 10, 1863 – August 28, 1933) was an American theatrical performer and silent film actress.
Au cinéma, elle contribue à cent-soixante-dix-sept films américains sortis entre 1912 et 1926, donc exclusivement durant la période du muet.
Mentionnons Le Mari de l'Indienne de Cecil B. DeMille (version 1918, avec Elliott Dexter et Ann Little), L'Heure suprême (1921) et Le Droit d'aimer (1922) de Sam Wood, ou encore Mondaine de Richard Rosson et Lewis Milestone (1926), ces trois derniers aux côtés de Gloria Swanson.
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Birth name Katheryn Burke Lackey
Nationality USA
Birth 9 october 1863 at Philadelphia (USA)
Death 28 august 1933 (at 69 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 9 october 1863 at Philadelphia (USA)
Death 28 august 1933 (at 69 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
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Helen Dunbar entame sa carrière au théâtre et joue notamment à Broadway (New York) en 1899, dans une comédie musicale.Au cinéma, elle contribue à cent-soixante-dix-sept films américains sortis entre 1912 et 1926, donc exclusivement durant la période du muet.
Mentionnons Le Mari de l'Indienne de Cecil B. DeMille (version 1918, avec Elliott Dexter et Ann Little), L'Heure suprême (1921) et Le Droit d'aimer (1922) de Sam Wood, ou encore Mondaine de Richard Rosson et Lewis Milestone (1926), ces trois derniers aux côtés de Gloria Swanson.
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Fine Manners (1926)
, 1h10Directed by Lewis Milestone, Richard Rosson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Gloria Swanson, Eugene O'Brien, Helen Dunbar, Roland Drew, Jack La Rue, Ivan Lebedeff
Roles Aunt Agatha
Rating61%
Burlesque chorus girl Orchid Murphy (Gloria Swanson) attracts the attention of wealthy Brian Alden (Eugene O'Brien), who is posing as a writer while "slumming" in the city. Finding her manner quite refreshing compared to the women he usually meets in his circle, he falls in love with her and confesses his wealth. After she agrees to marriage, he leaves for a six-month tour of South America, and Orchid takes a course in "fine manners" to better prepare herself for Brian's world. She becomes too polished, however, and when asked by Brian to marry him upon his return, is happy to become herself again.
His Jazz Bride (1926)
, 1h11Directed by Herman C. Raymaker
Genres Drama
Actors Marie Prevost, Matt Moore, Gayne Whitman, Mabel Julienne Scott, Don Alvarado, Helen Dunbar
Rating71%
Stranded in Paris (1926)
, 1h10Directed by Arthur Rosson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Bebe Daniels, James Hall, Ford Sterling, Mabel Julienne Scott, Tom Ricketts, Helen Dunbar
Roles Mrs. Van Wye
Meet the Prince (1926)
Directed by Joseph Henabery
Actors Joseph Schildkraut, Marguerite De La Motte, Vera Steadman, Julia Faye, David Butler, Helen Dunbar
Roles Mrs. Gordon McCullan
A bankrupt Russian prince (Schildkraut) and princess come to New York's Lower East Side to escape a revolution at home. They hatch a plan to marry rich Americans. While pretending to be rich, the prince falls in love with a poor girl (De La Motte), who herself is trying to marry for money. The prince ends up marrying the poor girl, and his sister marries a butler, but they are all happily in love.
The Man Upstairs (1926)
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Monte Blue, Dorothy Devore, Helen Dunbar, Carl Stockdale, John Roche, Heinie Conklin
Roles Aunt Hattie
Geoffrey, interprété par Monte Blue, souhaite via une petite annonce obtenir un rendez-vous d'une femme, Marion, interprétée par Dorothy Devore. S'étant rendue compte qu'il cherchait à s'amuser à ses dépens, elle décide de se venger et se fait passer pour morte, ce qui lui vaut d'être accusé d'être l'auteur de son meurtre. Après l'avoir laissé traîner un peu en prison, elle finit par le disculper et lui accorder le rendez-vous demandé.
Compromise (1925)
Directed by Alan Crosland
Origin USA
Actors Irene Rich, Clive Brook, Louise Fazenda, Pauline Garon, Raymond McKee, Helen Dunbar
Roles Aunt Catherine
Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)
, 1h29Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Ronald Colman, May McAvoy, Bert Lytell, Irene Rich, Edward Martindel, Carrie Daumery
Roles Mrs. Cowper-Cowper
Rating71%
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Three Weeks (1924)
, 1h20Directed by Alan Crosland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Aileen Pringle, Conrad Nagel, John St. Polis, H. Reeves-Smith, Stuart Holmes, Alan Crosland Jr.
Roles Lady Henrietta Verdayne
Rating24%
The Queen of Sardalia is in a bad marriage with the brutal King Constantine II. She decides to get away from her normal life for a period and goes on vacation to Switzerland. There, she meets Paul Verdayne. They have an affair, which lasts for three weeks.
The Fighting Coward (1924)
Directed by James Cruze
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Ernest Torrence, Mary Astor, Noah Beery Sr., Cullen Landis, Phyllis Haver, G. Raymond Nye
Roles Mrs. Rumford
Rating59%
Changing Husbands (1924)
, 1h10Directed by Rupert Julian, Paul Iribe
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Leatrice Joy, Victor Varconi, Raymond Griffith, Monte Collins, Julia Faye, Zasu Pitts
Roles Mrs. Evans Sr
Rating69%
The Call of the Canyon (1923)
, 1h10Directed by Victor Fleming
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Richard Dix, Lois Wilson, Marjorie Daw, Marjorie Daw, Noah Beery Sr., Ricardo Cortez
Roles Aunt Mary
Rating57%
Glenn Kilbourne (Richard Dix) returns from the war and travels to Arizona to regain his health. There he is nursed back to health by an Arizona girl, Flo Hutter (Marjorie Daw). Kilbourne's fiancée, Carley Burch (Lois Wilson), arrives in Arizona but soon becomes disillusioned with life in the West and returns to New York. Sometime later, Flo is seriously injured in an accident. Wanting to repay her for restoring him back to health, Glenn asks her to marry him. On their wedding day, Carley returns to Arizona from New York looking for Glenn. When Flo sees that Glenn and Carley are still in love, she calls off her wedding to Glenn and marries another admirer, Lee Stanton (Leonard Clapham).
Hollywood (1923)
Directed by James Cruze
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about television
Actors George K. Arthur, Bess Flowers, Ruby Lafayette, Roscoe Arbuckle, Gertrude Astor, Mary Astor
Roles Helen Dunbar
Rating68%
Angela Whitaker (Hope Drown) is a young unknown who comes to Hollywood to become an actress, and brings her grandfather, Joel Whitaker (Luke Cosgrave). At the end of the first day, she has not found work, but her grandfather has.
The Cheat (1923)
Directed by George Fitzmaurice
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Pola Negri, Jack Holt, Charles de Rochefort, Dorothy Cumming, Helen Dunbar, Robert Schable
Roles Duenna
Rating58%
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew (1922)
, 1h20Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Gloria Swanson, Conrad Nagel, Gertrude Astor, Frank Elliott, June Elvidge, Herbert Standing
Roles Aunt Agatha
Rating61%
Beyond the Rocks (1922)
, 1h20Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Actors Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson, Alec B. Francis, Edythe Chapman, Robert Bolder, Gertrude Astor
Roles Lady Ada Fitzgerald
Rating66%
Captain Fitzgerald (Alec B. Francis), a retired guardsman on a modest pension, has to support three daughters: Theodora (Swanson) and her older half-sisters. Theodora's sisters pin their hopes on her marrying a wealthy man.