Helen Burgess | |
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 Burgess in a 1936 headshot | |
| Born | Helen Margarite Burgess April 26, 1916 Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Died | April 7, 1937 (aged 20) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1936–1937 |
| Spouse |
Herbert Rutherford (m. 1937) |
Helen Margarite Burgess (April 26, 1916 – April 7, 1937) was an American film and stage actress. Discovered by Cecil B. DeMille, she began her acting career in 1936 at age nineteen, playing Louisa Cody in DeMille's Western biopic The Plainsman. She would appear in four films as a contract player for Paramount Pictures before dying at age twenty from pneumonia.[1]
- ^ "The Private Life and Times of Helen Burgess". Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen. Retrieved February 12, 2017.