Helen MacKellar (February , â€" August , ) was an American
actress.Born in Detroit, Michigan, MacKeller's ancestry was Scottish
and French-Canadian. She studied acting in Chicago and Spokane. Her
stage debut came in Spokane in The Whirl of the Town, a musical
comedy, when she was . She went on to perform in vaudeville and in
repertory theatre with the Valencia Stock Company in Los Angeles. Her
first acting in the eastern United States was with the Poli Stock
Company in New Haven.MacKellar's film debut came in The Past of Mary
Holmes. She also appeared in Two Against the World, Draegerman
Courage, The Case of the Stuttering Bishop, Crime School, Little Tough
Guy, Barefoot Boy, Valley of the Giants, Disbarred, Boy Slaves, Bad
Boy, Northwest Passage, Dark Command, Cheers for Miss Bishop, The
Great Mr. Nobody, The Great Train Robbery, Gangs of Sonora, Down
Mexico Way, The Man Who Returned to Life, Street of Chance, The
Sundown Kid, The Powers Girl and Silver Spurs, among
others.MacKellar's Broadway credits included Dear Ruth (), Bloody
Laughter (), Through the Night (), Romancin' Round (), Open House (),
The Mud Turtle (), A Good Bad Woman (), The Desert Flower (), The
Masked Woman (), The Shadow (), Bought and Paid For (), Back Pay (),
The Storm (), The Unknown Purple (), Major Pendennis (), and Seven
Chances ().
actress.Born in Detroit, Michigan, MacKeller's ancestry was Scottish
and French-Canadian. She studied acting in Chicago and Spokane. Her
stage debut came in Spokane in The Whirl of the Town, a musical
comedy, when she was . She went on to perform in vaudeville and in
repertory theatre with the Valencia Stock Company in Los Angeles. Her
first acting in the eastern United States was with the Poli Stock
Company in New Haven.MacKellar's film debut came in The Past of Mary
Holmes. She also appeared in Two Against the World, Draegerman
Courage, The Case of the Stuttering Bishop, Crime School, Little Tough
Guy, Barefoot Boy, Valley of the Giants, Disbarred, Boy Slaves, Bad
Boy, Northwest Passage, Dark Command, Cheers for Miss Bishop, The
Great Mr. Nobody, The Great Train Robbery, Gangs of Sonora, Down
Mexico Way, The Man Who Returned to Life, Street of Chance, The
Sundown Kid, The Powers Girl and Silver Spurs, among
others.MacKellar's Broadway credits included Dear Ruth (), Bloody
Laughter (), Through the Night (), Romancin' Round (), Open House (),
The Mud Turtle (), A Good Bad Woman (), The Desert Flower (), The
Masked Woman (), The Shadow (), Bought and Paid For (), Back Pay (),
The Storm (), The Unknown Purple (), Major Pendennis (), and Seven
Chances ().
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