Helen Gardner

Acting

Born September 2, 1884, Binghamton, New York, USA

Not only was Helen Gardner the first American film actress to form her own production company, she was also the among the first filmmakers to embrace making features, and was the first vamp on screen.

Filmography

• 1924Sandra — La Flamme's wife
• 1920The Sleep of Cyma Roget — Cymba Roget
• 1917The Common Sin
• 1915Miss Jekyll and Madame Hyde — Madeleine Jekyll / Madame Hyde
• 1915Snatched from a Burning Death — Joan Le Grande
• 1915The Breath of Araby — Clothilde
• 1915The Still, Small Voice — Musa
• 1914The Butterfly — Nancy North - the Butterfly
• 1914The Moonshine Maid and the Man — Nancy - the Moonshine Maid
• 1914The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray — Sylvia Gray / Silvery
• 1914Underneath the Paint — Tryphena Winter
• 1913A Princess of Bagdad — Princess Ojira
• 1913A Sister to Carmen — Margo
• 1913Alixe; or, the Test of Friendship — Alixe
• 1913Becky, Becky — Becky, Scenario Writer
• 1913Eureka! — The Castaway
• 1913The Wife of Cain — Save - the Wife of Cain
• 1913Vampire of the Desert — Lispeth, Vampire of the Desert
• 1912A Problem in Reduction — Mrs. Smartly - a Woman Who Wants to Reduce
• 1912An Innocent Theft — Malcolm's Mother
• 1912Cleopatra — Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, Producer, Editor
• 1912Her Boy — Sue - Harry's Sweetheart
• 1912The Heart of Esmeralda — Louise Lennox - a Novelist
• 1912The Illumination — Sabina
• 1912The Love of John Ruskin — Mrs. John Ruskin
• 1912The Miracle — Abbasah, the Caliph's Wife
• 1912The Old Silver Watch
• 1912The Party Dress — Lydia Borne
• 1912The Serpents — Linda
• 1912Where the Money Went — Mrs. Fred Hart - the Jealous Wife
• 1912Yellow Bird — Song Bird, a Young Indian
• 1911A Quaker Mother — Lois Pearson Harmon - A Quaker Wife
• 1911A Reformed Santa Claus — The Widow
• 1911A Tale of Two Cities
• 1911An Aeroplane Elopement
• 1911Arbutus — The Mountain Woman Who Becomes a Celebrated Singer
• 1911Barriers Burned Away — John's Wife
• 1911By Woman's Wit — The Wife
• 1911For Her Brother's Sake — Bessie Black - The Sister
• 1911For Love and Glory — Rose Seaton
• 1911Madge of the Mountains — Madge of the Mountains
• 1911Regeneration — Elfie - Ross's Sweetheart
• 1911She Came, She Saw, She Conquered — Rose Leigh - a Young Schoolteacher
• 1911The Death of King Edward III — Alice Ferrers
• 1911The Freshet — Meg Matthews
• 1911The Girl and the Sheriff — The Mountain Girl
• 1911The Inherited Taint — The Nurse
• 1911The Lure of Vanity — Edna White
• 1911The Show Girl — Audrey, an Actress
• 1911The Sleep Walker — Lucy Langham
• 1911The Wooing of Winifred — Winifred
• 1911Treasure Trove
• 1911Ups and Downs — The Young Wife
• 1911Vanity Fair — Becky Sharp
• 1910How She Won Him — Muriel Hanson