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Helen Kane is a Actor American born on 4 august 1904 at the Bronx (USA)

Helen Kane

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Birth name Helen Clare Schroeder
Nationality USA
Birth 4 august 1904 at the Bronx (USA)
Death 26 september 1966 (at 62 years) at Jackson Heights (USA)

Helen Kane (August 4, 1904 – September 26, 1966) was an American popular singer; her signature song was "I Wanna Be Loved By You". Kane's voice and appearance were a likely source for Fleischer Studios animator Grim Natwick when creating Betty Boop, itself a style originating from Baby Esther, although It-girl Clara Bow is another possible influence.

Biography

In November 1924, Helen Schroeder married department store buyer Joseph Kane and took his last name professionally. The marriage was over by 1925, ended in 1928, and Helen went to Mexico to get a final divorce in December 1932. In February 1933 she married an actor, Max Hoffman, Jr. After six months he deserted her and Helen filed for divorce. The divorce was finalized in May 1935.

In 1939 she married Dan Healy, with whom she had worked in Good Boy in 1928. They opened a restaurant in New York City, "Healy's Grill". She remained married to Healy for the rest of her life. The marriage was childless.

Usually with

Stuart Erwin
Stuart Erwin
(4 films)
Nancy Carroll
Nancy Carroll
(3 films)
Jack Oakie
Jack Oakie
(3 films)
Frank Tuttle
Frank Tuttle
(3 films)
Victor Schertzinger
Victor Schertzinger
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Helen Kane (9 films)

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Actress

Three Little Words
Three Little Words (1950)
, 1h42
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Fred Astaire, Red Skelton, Vera-Ellen, Arlene Dahl, Keenan Wynn, Gale Robbins
Roles Helen Kane (singing voice) (uncredited)
Rating68% 3.445393.445393.445393.445393.44539
Bert Kalmar (Fred Astaire), danseur et prestidigitateur, doit abandonner la scène après une mauvaise fracture du genou. C’est sa rencontre avec un pianiste inconnu, Harry Ruby (Red Skelton), qui va lui permettre de remonter la pente. De cette rencontre, naît une amitié sincère ponctuée de hauts et de bas qui débouche, après dix années de collaboration, sur la création d’une chanson « Three Little Words ».
A Lesson in Love
A Lesson in Love (1931)
, 10minutes
Directed by Casey Robinson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Helen Kane, Donald Kirke, Millard Mitchell
Roles Helen Lane
Rating58% 2.9207652.9207652.9207652.9207652.920765
Helen Kane stars as "Helen Lane", a college student who has a crush on her psychology teacher Professor Hotchiss (or "Professor Hot Kiss" as Helen bumbles). The professor however is short-tempered with Helen because she's such a poor student. She disrupts the classroom, and he kicks her out of the class. However later at the school dance Helen can't get over her feelings for Professor Hotchiss. Helen bumps into the professor and they both confess their love for one another. Helen then begins to sing for the professor "I Love Myself Cause You Love Me." After her performance the professor proposes to her, and she accepts.
Dangerous Nan McGrew
Dangerous Nan McGrew (1930)
, 1h13
Directed by Malcolm St. Clair
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance, Western
Actors Helen Kane, Victor Moore, James Hall, Stuart Erwin, Frank Morgan, Louise Closser Hale
Roles Dangerous Nan McGrew
Rating48% 2.4307252.4307252.4307252.4307252.430725
Helen Kane takes the lead role and stars as Dangerous Nan Mcgrew, an entertainer in a travelling medicine show run by her boss. Muldoon one of the members of the medicine show is a fugitive who is on the run from a murder charge. Its up to Dangerous Nan Mcgrew the Sharpshooting singer to save the day. The medicine show gets stranded at a snowbound hunting lodge of a wealthy woman. Performing at a Christmas Eve show for the lodge guests, the saxophone playing nephew of the landlady falls in love with Nan. Enter the villain, a bank robber (how did he get through the snow?).
Nothing But the Truth
Nothing But the Truth (1929)
, 1h18
Directed by Victor Schertzinger
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Richard Dix, Berton Churchill, Ned Sparks, Wynne Gibson, Helen Kane, Preston Foster
Roles Mabel Jackson
Rating62% 3.1324953.1324953.1324953.1324953.132495
Robert Bennett (Richard Dix) is a stockbroker who is very carefree with other people's money. Encouraging clients to buy stocks in companies that are failing is all in a day's work to him. His fiancée Gwenn Burke (Dorothy Hall) has to raise $40,000 for a charity project, comes to him with $10,000 to invest from her charity group, and wants him to double it within five days.