Helen Ford (born Helen Isabel Barnett; June 6, 1894, Troy, New
Yorkâ€"January 19, 1982, Glendale, California) was an American
actress.Ford's father was a manufacturer in Troy, and she was
considered a musical prodigy as a child. She studied voice and piano
at a conservatory of music in Troy.Ford appeared in a production of
The Heart of Annie Wood in New York in 1918 and in Sometime shortly
thereafter. In 1920, she had the role of Toinette in Always You, Oscar
Hammerstein's first musical. She was a stage actress in musicals in
the 1920s. A "Rodgers, Hart, and Fields' favorite", she starred in
three of their Broadway productions: Dearest Enemy (1925), Peggy-Ann
(1926) and Chee-Chee (1928). She also starred in the touring
production of Dearest Enemy.She went on to appear in films and
television programs, including The Raid.
Yorkâ€"January 19, 1982, Glendale, California) was an American
actress.Ford's father was a manufacturer in Troy, and she was
considered a musical prodigy as a child. She studied voice and piano
at a conservatory of music in Troy.Ford appeared in a production of
The Heart of Annie Wood in New York in 1918 and in Sometime shortly
thereafter. In 1920, she had the role of Toinette in Always You, Oscar
Hammerstein's first musical. She was a stage actress in musicals in
the 1920s. A "Rodgers, Hart, and Fields' favorite", she starred in
three of their Broadway productions: Dearest Enemy (1925), Peggy-Ann
(1926) and Chee-Chee (1928). She also starred in the touring
production of Dearest Enemy.She went on to appear in films and
television programs, including The Raid.
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