Helen Gardner

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Helen Gardner

Acting 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…

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Cleopatra

Cleopatra

3.4 1912 Movie
Sandra

Sandra

7.0 1924 Movie
A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

5.0 1911 Movie
The Show Girl

The Show Girl

7.0 1911 Movie
The Sleep of Cyma Roget

The Sleep of Cyma Roget

10.0 1920 Movie
Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

9.5 1911 Movie
Vampire of the Desert

Vampire of the Desert

9.0 1913 Movie
The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray

The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray

1914 Movie
The Wife of Cain

The Wife of Cain

1913 Movie
The Lure of Vanity

The Lure of Vanity

10.0 1911 Movie
A Princess of Bagdad

A Princess of Bagdad

1913 Movie
Snatched from a Burning Death

Snatched from a Burning Death

8.0 1915 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1924
    Sandra

    Movie La Flamme's wife

  2. 1920
    The Sleep of Cyma Roget

    Movie Cymba Roget

  3. 1917
    The Common Sin

    Movie

  4. 1915
    Miss Jekyll and Madame Hyde

    Movie Madeleine Jekyll / Madame Hyde

  5. 1915
    The Breath of Araby

    Movie Clothilde

  6. 1915
    Snatched from a Burning Death

    Movie Joan Le Grande

  7. 1915
    The Still, Small Voice

    Movie Musa

  8. 1914
    Underneath the Paint

    Movie Tryphena Winter

  9. 1914
    The Moonshine Maid and the Man

    Movie Nancy - the Moonshine Maid

  10. 1914
    The Butterfly

    Movie Nancy North - the Butterfly

  11. 1914
    The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray

    Movie Sylvia Gray / Silvery

  12. 1913
    A Princess of Bagdad

    Movie Princess Ojira

  13. 1913
    A Sister to Carmen

    Movie Margo

  14. 1913
    Vampire of the Desert

    Movie Lispeth, Vampire of the Desert

  15. 1913
    Eureka!

    Movie The Castaway

  16. 1913
    The Wife of Cain

    Movie Save - the Wife of Cain

More credits
  1. 1913
    Alixe; or, the Test of Friendship

    Movie Alixe

  2. 1913
    Becky, Becky

    Movie Becky

  3. 1912
    Cleopatra

    Movie Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt

  4. 1912
    The Party Dress

    Movie Lydia Borne

  5. 1912
    The Heart of Esmeralda

    Movie Louise Lennox - a Novelist

  6. 1912
    The Miracle

    Movie Abbasah, the Caliph's Wife

  7. 1912
    Yellow Bird

    Movie Song Bird, a Young Indian

  8. 1912
    An Innocent Theft

    Movie Malcolm's Mother

  9. 1912
    The Serpents

    Movie Linda

  10. 1912
    The Illumination

    Movie Sabina

  11. 1912
    The Old Silver Watch

    Movie

  12. 1912
    The Love of John Ruskin

    Movie Mrs. John Ruskin

  13. 1912
    Her Boy

    Movie Sue - Harry's Sweetheart

  14. 1912
    A Problem in Reduction

    Movie Mrs. Smartly - a Woman Who Wants to Reduce

  15. 1912
    Where the Money Went

    Movie Mrs. Fred Hart - the Jealous Wife

  16. 1911
    A Reformed Santa Claus

    Movie The Widow

  17. 1911
    The Freshet

    Movie Meg Matthews

  18. 1911
    The Girl and the Sheriff

    Movie The Mountain Girl

  19. 1911
    An Aeroplane Elopement

    Movie

  20. 1911
    Arbutus

    Movie The Mountain Woman Who Becomes a Celebrated Singer

  21. 1911
    Madge of the Mountains

    Movie Madge of the Mountains

  22. 1911
    Regeneration

    Movie Elfie - Ross's Sweetheart

  23. 1911
    Ups and Downs

    Movie The Young Wife

  24. 1911
    By Woman's Wit

    Movie The Wife