Biography
Helen Hanft (April 4, 1934 – May 30, 2013) was an American actress.
Known For
Complete Filmography

I Am Divine
2014
as Self
Harris Glenn Milstead, aka Divine (1945-1988) was the ultimate outsider turned underground hero. Spitting in the face of the status quos of body image...

Boys On Film 7: Bad Romance
2011
as Grandma (segment "The New Tenants")
Experience an alternative take on attraction with Boys On Film. Bad Romance explores the darker side with a collection of edgy and sexy short films, i...

Beautiful Darling
2010
as Self
James Rasin's documentary “Beautiful Darling” honors American Transgender actress and best-known Warhol Superstar, Candy Darling, and her all-too-brie...

The New Tenants
2009
as Grandma
A prying neighbor, a glassy-eyed drug dealer, and a husband brandishing both a weapon and a vendetta make up the welcome wagon. Set amidst the as-yet-...
When the Evening Comes
2009
as Rose Bushman
Charlie Corrado is pushing forty and still lives with his grandparents, Martin and Marion Corrado. Although he feels safe in the environment they have...

From Other Worlds
2004
as Shirley
FROM OTHER WORLDS is a sci-fi comedy about a depressed Brooklyn housewife who sleepwalks through her life until she encounters an alien force in her b...

Dummy
2002
as Mrs. Gurkel
An ex-office worker becomes a ventriloquist, leading to a date with his unemployment counselor; but his quirky family and a gauche female friend may t...

Sounds from a Town I Love
2001
A montage of short scenes of New Yorkers talking on their cellphones, evoking snippets of conversation overheard in passing on the streets of Manhatta...

The Concert for New York City
2001
The Concert for New York City took place on October 20, 2001 at Madison Square Garden. It was a celebration of the strength of New York and a thank-yo...

Trick
1999
as Greasy Spoon Waitress
Gabriel is a young, aspiring musical composer whose life seems stuck in the First Act. When his new musical number gets a critical reception, a theatr...

Fever
1999
as Louisa
A struggling artist is implicated in a string of macabre murders.

Mr. Jealousy
1998
as Millie
After his first date at age 15 ended with the girl making out with another man at a party, aspiring writer Lester Grimm has treated all his girlfriend...

The Associate
1996
as Mrs. Cupchick
Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm where she does all the work but all the senior inve...

I.Q.
1994
as Rose
Albert Einstein helps a young man who's in love with Einstein's niece to catch her attention by pretending temporarily to be a great physicist.

North
1994
as Operator
Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a ...

Used People
1992
as Aunt Ruthie
At her husband's funeral, Pearl, Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend of her husband, whose advice ye...

The Butcher's Wife
1991
as Molly
A clairvoyant woman thinks that she's met her future husband because she's seen him in a dream. They marry and he takes her back to his butcher shop i...

Betsy's Wedding
1990
as Fitter
Offbeat fashion student Betsy Hopper and her straight-laced investment-banker fiancé Jake Lovell just want an intimate little wedding reception, but B...

The Neon Woman
1990
as Connie (archive footage)
Produced in 1978, The Neon Woman is an “outrageous murder mystery” set in a run-down Baltimore burlesque house managed by a retired stripper, Flash St...

New York Stories
1989
as Citizen
Get ready for a wildly diverse, star-studded trilogy about life in the big city. One of the most-talked about films in years, New York Stories feature...

License to Drive
1988
as Miss Hellberg
Teenager Les Anderson thinks his life can't get any worse after he flunks his driver's exam, but he's wrong. Even though he didn't receive his license...

Coming to America
1988
as Subway Lady (uncredited)
An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise...

Clinton and Nadine
1988
as Lady Manager
Eager to find his brother's murderer, Clinton enlists the aid of Nadine, an expensive call girl. Together they get sucked into a plot to smuggle guns ...

Moonstruck
1987
as Lotte
37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, ev...

The Lawnmower Man
1987
as Wife
Short film / "Dollar Baby" version of the Stephen King short story from 1987.

Off Beat
1986
as Waitress
Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance perform...

Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986
as Flea Market Shawl Seller
An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life,...

The Purple Rose of Cairo
1985
as Movie Audience
Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. ...

Summer Switch
1984
as Waitress
Father and son magically switch personalities with comical results.

Honky Tonk Freeway
1981
as Bag Lady
Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a freeway that passes near Ticlaw, but decides not ...

Arthur
1981
as Perry's Wife
Arthur is a 30-year-old child who will inherit $750 million if he complies with his family's demands and marries the woman of their choosing.

Stardust Memories
1980
as Vivian Orkin
While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.

Willie & Phil
1980
as Used Cars Salesperson
Life imitates art when two Manhattanites — pompous teacher Willie and quiet photographer Phil — become friends after a thought-provoking screening of ...

Manhattan
1979
as Party Guest
Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best fr...

Next Stop, Greenwich Village
1976
as Herb's Wife
An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953.
Women Behind Bars
1975
as Gloria
Innocent Mary-Eleanor becomes a hardened criminal through her time spent sentenced in a women's prison.