Helen Jerome Eddy

Helen Jerome Eddy

1897-02-24 New York City, New York, USA 93 Credits

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Helen Jerome Eddy (February 25, 1897 – January 27, 1990) was a motion picture actress from New York, New York. She was noted as a character actress who played genteel heroines in films such as Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917). Eddy was born on February 25, 1897, and was raised in Los Angeles, California. As a youth, she acted in productions put on by the Pasadena Playhouse. She became interested in films through the studios of Siegmund Lubin, which was ba...

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

1947

as Lingerie Saleswoman (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream b...

Seven Keys to Baldpate

1946

Acting

A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. However, peace and quiet are the last things ...

Strike Up the Band

Strike Up the Band

1940

as Mrs. Brewster

6.2
Acting

Jimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest between schools is coming up and they have a hard time raisi...

Blondie Brings Up Baby

Blondie Brings Up Baby

1939

as Miss Ferguson

6.5
Acting

Baby Dumpling, the six-year-old son of Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead disappears from sight during his first day at school. While Dagwood frantically co...

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

as Paine's Secretary (uncredited)

7.9
Acting

After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new ...

Good Girls Go to Paris

Good Girls Go to Paris

1939

as Tearoom Hostess (uncredited)

7.1
Acting

Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor Ronald Brooke, she manages to make her dream come ...

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

1939

as Susan, Laboratory Analyst (uncredited)

5.0
Acting

An auto mechanic suspects sabotage in a recent series of fatal racecar accidents.

The Strange Case of Dr. Meade

The Strange Case of Dr. Meade

1938

as Mrs. Lacey

5.0
Acting

In this drama, a New York physician takes a much-needed vacation down South. Unfortunately, he encounters a nurse working in the backwoods and ends up...

Tarnished Angel

Tarnished Angel

1938

as Mrs. Thompson

5.3
Acting

A showgirl with a dubious reputation flees the cops and transforms herself into a phony evangelist offering "cures" to the sick and disabled.

Crime Ring

Crime Ring

1938

as Mrs. Myles

4.7
Acting

Fake fortunetellers win the confidence of clients and then get them to part with their money by buying mining stocks which are worthless.

City Streets

City Streets

1938

as Miss North

Acting

When her mother dies, wheel-chair bound Winnie Brady is taken in by shopkeeper and neighbor "Uncle" Joe Carmine. Joe convinces Father Ryan to let him ...

The Women Men Marry

The Women Men Marry

1937

as Sister Martin

5.5
Acting

A newsman with a no-good wife exposes a religious racket with a newswoman who loves him.

The Soldier and the Lady

The Soldier and the Lady

1937

as Shepherd's Wife (Uncredited)

6.5
Acting

In the face of rebellion in Russia, Czar Alexander II sends soldier Michael Strogoff 2,000 miles away, with a critical message for Grand Duke Vladimir...

Jim Hanvey, Detective

Jim Hanvey, Detective

1937

as Mrs. Tom Ellis

5.9
Acting

Jim Hanvey is a genial but top-notch detective who has retired to his country home. An insurance company hires him to find a missing emerald so they w...

Stowaway

Stowaway

1936

as Mrs. Kruikshank

6.7
Acting

Chin-Ching gets lost in Shanghai and is befriended by American playboy Tommy Randall. She falls asleep in his car which winds up on a ship headed for ...

Winterset

Winterset

1936

as Maria Romagna

5.7
Acting

A man is determined to find the real culprit behind the crime for which his father was wrongly executed.

Show Boat

Show Boat

1936

6.8
Acting

Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.

The Country Doctor

The Country Doctor

1936

as Mrs. Ogden

6.0
Acting

A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers quintuplets.

Klondike Annie

Klondike Annie

1936

as Sister Annie Alden

6.4
Acting

A San Francisco singer flees Chinatown on murder charges and poses as a missionary in Alaska.

The Keeper of the Bees

The Keeper of the Bees

1935

as Priscilla / Shorty

6.0
Acting

A severely traumatized World War I veteran, believing that he's living on borrowed time, comes upon a peaceful little village and meets an old man cal...

The Girl from 10th Avenue

The Girl from 10th Avenue

1935

as Miss Mansfield

6.5
Acting

When his fiancée Valentine dumps him, prominent lawyer Geoffrey Sherwood goes on a bender and winds up married to a stranger, Miriam Brady. They decid...

Bride of Frankenstein

Bride of Frankenstein

1935

as Gypsy's Wife (uncredited)

7.5
Acting

Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive, not killed as previously believed. Dr. Frankenstein wants to get out of the evil experimen...

Carnival

Carnival

1935

as Dr. Hodges

Acting

"Chick" Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves him with an infant son he names "Poochy." His fat...

Rendezvous at Midnight

Rendezvous at Midnight

1935

as Emmy

Acting

There are plenty of suspects when an unscrupulous, blackmailing businessman turns up dead, especially the Police Commissioner's current paramour, who ...

A Shot in the Dark

A Shot in the Dark

1935

as Miss Lottie Case

5.3
Acting

An amateur sleuth solves three murders at his son's New England college.

Helldorado

Helldorado

1935

as Miss Fife

Acting

Arthur T. Ryan, a hitchhiker, gets a ride from haughty, society girl Glenda Wynant and her fiance, wealthy J. F. Van Avery after he helps them to repl...

A Girl of the Limberlost

A Girl of the Limberlost

1934

as Margaret Sinton

1.0
Acting

Elnora Comstock is the badly abused daughter of Katherine Comstock, who blames her because her father was drowned while on the way home the night she ...

Dr. Monica

Dr. Monica

1934

as Miss Gelsey (uncredited)

4.8
Acting

A prominent New York doctor, unable to have a child, discovers her philandering husband has impregnated her best friend.

Unknown Blonde

Unknown Blonde

1934

as Miss Adams

1.0
Acting

An unprincipled hustler who makes his living getting--or making up--evidence in divorce cases finds that he's framing his own daughter.

Riptide

Riptide

1934

as Celeste

6.2
Acting

Mary is an impetuous romantic who marries British aristocrat Lord Philip Rexford on a whim. Their marriage is successful, though, and they grow closer...

Man's Castle

Man's Castle

1933

as Mother (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

Bill takes Trina into his depression camp cabin. Later, just as he finds showgirl LaRue who will support him, Trina becomes pregnant.

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

1933

as Esther

5.7
Acting

Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a star...

Night Flight

Night Flight

1933

as Worried Mother

5.8
Acting

Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night.

Torch Singer

Torch Singer

1933

as Miss Spaulding

5.2
Acting

When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer. Years later, ...

The Masquerader

The Masquerader

1933

as Robbins

4.8
Acting

A drug-addicted member of Parliament needs to take time off and secretly pull his life together, so he gets his lookalike cousin to agree to temporari...

Strictly Personal

Strictly Personal

1933

as Mrs. Lovett (uncredited)

5.0
Acting

Soapy Gibson (Edward Ellis) and his wife Annie (Marjorie Rambeau) run a lonely hearts club in a small town. Even during the Depression years these wer...

Frisco Jenny

Frisco Jenny

1933

as Amah

6.3
Acting

Jenny is carrying the child of a young man who dies in the San Francisco earthquake (1906). After giving birth, she decides to place her child in the ...

Madame Butterfly

Madame Butterfly

1932

as Cho-Cho's Mother

5.5
Acting

Pinkerton marries Cho-Cho San in Japan, whilst on shore leave. When he leaves, she keeps his Japanese home as he left it. He returns three years later...

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

1932

as Miss Reed

6.2
Acting

An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.

A Parisian Romance

1932

as Yvonne

4.3
Acting

The Baron is an aging, cynical lady's man. He has a key-chain with about 50 keys to different women' apartments in Paris. He selects one at random to ...

The Night of June 13

The Night of June 13

1932

as Martha Blake

7.0
Acting

Elna Curry, once a concert pianist, develops an unfounded jealousy of neighbor, Trudie Morrow. Elna who suffers from neurasthenia, believes that Trudi...

Make Me a Star

Make Me a Star

1932

as Tessie Kearns

5.5
Acting

A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, his acting ability is non-existent.

The Impatient Maiden

The Impatient Maiden

1932

as Mrs. Gilman

Acting

A maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.

Mata Hari

Mata Hari

1931

as Sister Genevieve

6.2
Acting

A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.

Sooky

Sooky

1931

as Mrs Wayne

1.0
Acting

Skippy, son of Dr. Herbert and Mrs. Skinner, adamantly stands by his poor friend, Sooky Wayne, who lives in Shantytown with his sickly mother. The Boo...

Manhattan Parade

Manhattan Parade

1931

as Delman's Secretary

2.0
Acting

Director Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on the owners of a theatrical costume shop.

Skippy

Skippy

1931

as Mrs. Wayne

6.1
Acting

Skippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and together they try to save Sooky's pet from a cruel dogc...

Girls Demand Excitement

Girls Demand Excitement

1931

as Gazella Perkins

Acting

Peter Brooks is a hard-working, hard-up college student whose dislike of women attending college weakens under the amorous advances of spoiled sociali...

The Great Meadow

The Great Meadow

1931

as Sally Tolliver

5.0
Acting

Pioneers and a family man leave Virginia for Kentucky during the Revolutionary War.

Reaching for the Moon

Reaching for the Moon

1930

as Larry's Secretary

5.4
Acting

Wall Street wizard, Larry Day, new to the ways of love, is coached by his valet. He follows Vivian Benton on an ocean liner, where cocktails, laced wi...

War Nurse

War Nurse

1930

as Marion ("Kansas")

5.1
Acting

Women from various backgrounds volunteer as nurses in France at the outbreak of World War I.

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls

1930

as Wife / Edna Smith

Acting

A short drama about a married couple planning to go to Niagara Falls.

Midstream

Midstream

1929

as Mary Mason

Acting

Following a successful experimental operation to reverse age, a wealthy businessman stages his own death and assumes the identity of his nephew. His s...

Railroadin'

Railroadin'

1929

5.7
Acting

The gang is playing around the railroad station, and Joe and Chubby's father, an engineer, lectures against the kids playing in such a dangerous area....

Small Talk

Small Talk

1929

as Wheezer's new mother

5.8
Acting

The gang are all orphans, hoping to be adopted by nice families where "spinach is not on the menu". Wheezer, the youngest child, gets adopted by a wea...

Blue Skies

Blue Skies

1929

as Second Assistant Matron (episode 2)

Acting

Better known for her work in talkie "weepers," Helen Twelvetrees made a few preliminary appearances in such late silent films as Fox's Blue Skies. The...

The Divine Lady

The Divine Lady

1928

as Lady Nelson

5.3
Acting

Lady Hamilton's love affair with Admiral Horatio Nelson rocks the British Empire.

Chicago After Midnight

Chicago After Midnight

1928

as Mrs. Boyd

Acting

Gangster Jim Boyd serves a 15-year prison term when Hardy, a rival crook, doublecrosses him. On his release from prison, Boyd seeks out Hardy in Chica...

13 Washington Square

13 Washington Square

1928

as Olivetta

5.2
Acting

In this comedy, a wealthy matron is terribly upset when she learns that her socialite son is planning to marry a blue collar girl.

Quality Street

Quality Street

1927

as Susan Throssel

6.9
Acting

A fresh young beauty becomes an old maid waiting for her suitor to return from the Napoleonic wars. When he returns, clearly disappointed, she disguis...

Camille

Camille

1927

as Camille's maid

1.0
Acting

Based on the 1852 novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils.

Padlocked

Padlocked

1926

as Belle Galloway

6.0
Acting
The Dark Angel

The Dark Angel

1925

as Miss Bottles

Acting

Alan Trent (Ronald Colman), his cousin Gerald Shannon (Wyndham Standing) and neighbor Kitty Vane (Vilma Bánky) have grown up together, as close playma...

To the Ladies

To the Ladies

1924

as Elsie Beebe

Acting

Three clerks for the Kincaid Piano Company -- Leonard Beebe, Chester Mullin, and Tom Baker are in competition for a promotion to factory manager.

The Fire Patrol

The Fire Patrol

1924

as Emma Thatcher

Acting
The Country Kid

The Country Kid

1923

as Hazel Warren

Acting

Ben Applegate's father dies, leaving him and his brothers Joe and Andy orphans and having to run the family farm. Their Uncle Grimes is their legal gu...

An Old Sweetheart of Mine

1923

as Mary Ellen Anderson

Acting

A husband goes through a trunk in an attic and finds a memento that reminds him of childhood sweetheart. The pair grow up and marry, facing tribulatio...

The Flirt

The Flirt

1922

as Laura Madison

Acting

Treats of the average, smalltown, middle class family life. Flirtatious Cora Madison is engaged to Richard Lindley but is attracted to Val Corliss, wh...

When Love Comes

When Love Comes

1922

as Jane Coleridge

Acting

Jane Coleridge and Peter Jamison are a pair of small town sweethearts. She's an old-fashioned girl and he's timid, but he manages to get up the nerve ...

The March Hare

1921

as Susie

Acting

Lizbeth Palmer is known as "The March Hare" among her friends, and the daughter of a Los Angeles millionaire, comes to New York with a chaperon to vis...

The First Born

The First Born

1921

as Loey Tsing

Acting

Loey Tsing, the first love of Chan Wang, is sold into slavery by her father. Although Chan marries another, he still loves Loey; only the birth of a s...

The Forbidden Thing

The Forbidden Thing

1920

as Joan

Acting

Puritanical Abel Blake is planning to marry the domestically oriented Joan when she is called away to a neighboring fishing village to care for her si...

A City Sparrow

A City Sparrow

1920

as Hester Neil

Acting

A drama starring Ethel Clayton. Milly West (Clayton) is a dancer who has her heart bent on stardom. She has an admirer in country boy Tim Ennis (Walt...

A Light Woman

A Light Woman

1920

as Doris Kane

1.0
Acting

Young Doris Kane suspects that her fiance, Paul Evans, doesn't love her anymore. She finds out that he is now infatuated with a "vamp", Jeanne DuPre. ...

The County Fair

The County Fair

1920

as Sally Greenway

4.7
Acting

"The County Fair" begins with a nasty rich guy threatening to turn an old lady onto the street--unless her niece (who lives with her) marries this man...

Miss Hobbs

Miss Hobbs

1920

as Beulah Hackett

Acting

She was a very modern young woman, was Miss Hobbs. Her ideas were about fifty years ahead of time. For one thing she hated men, thought them all brute...

Pollyanna

Pollyanna

1920

as Nancy Thing

6.4
Acting

When Pollyanna is orphaned, she's sent to live with her crotchety Aunt Polly. Pollyanna discovers that many of the people in her aunt's New England ho...

The Tong Man

The Tong Man

1919

as Sen Chee

5.7
Acting

An opium smuggler is marked for murder in this story of the Chinese Mafia.

The Man Beneath

The Man Beneath

1919

as Kate Erskine

6.0
Acting

The renown Hindu scientist, Dr. Chindi Ashutor, who has conquered plague in India, visits Scotland and falls in love with Kate Erskine, whose sister M...

The Blinding Trail

The Blinding Trail

1919

as Adele Grey

1.0
Acting

Flighty Helen Halverson decides that she wants to marry Big Jim McKenzie, the boss of the logging camp her father owns, after he is temporarily blinde...

Winner Takes All

Winner Takes All

1918

as Frances Landcrafe

Acting

Saul Chadron, a brutal cattle baron, is distressed that homesteaders are intruding on his domain and hires outlaws to drive them away.

Old Wives for New

Old Wives for New

1918

as Norma Murdock

6.5
Acting

Charles Murdock neglects his fat and lazy wife for another woman; When his other love interest becomes involved in a murder, he leaves for Paris.

Breakers Ahead

Breakers Ahead

1918

as Agnes Bowman

Acting

After young Ruth Bowman's mother dies, the child is raised by Agatha Pixley, and in time, the girl falls in love with Agatha's son, Eric. While Eric i...

One More American

One More American

1918

as Lucia

Acting

George Beban plays feisty Italian immigrant Luigi Riccardo, the eternal thorn in the side of New York political boss Regan (H.B. Carpenter). Fed up wi...

The Fair Barbarian

The Fair Barbarian

1917

as Maid

Acting

An Englishman who has made his fortune in America decides to return to England.

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

1917

as Hannah Randall

5.8
Acting

Behind in the mortgage on Sunnybrook Farm and barely managing to feed seven hungry mouths, mother sends young Rebecca off to Riverboro to be raised by...

The Marcellini Millions

The Marcellini Millions

1917

as Antoinetta Bartelli

Acting

Guido and his wife Antoinetta wind up with the estate of Leo Marcellini, a wealthy oil and wine merchant who has died intestate. They move into the ma...

Redeeming Love

Redeeming Love

1916

as Katie

Acting

Naomi Sterling and John Bancroft are lovers. The girl loves frivolous things and Bancroft, a divinity student, finally estranges himself from her by h...

Her Father's Son

Her Father's Son

1916

as Betty Fletcher

Acting

A Union officer exposes the several deceptions his sweetheart has been engaging in. These include , spying for the Confederacy, and posing as a boy in...

Madame la Presidente

Madame la Presidente

1916

as Denise Galipaux (as Helen Eddy)

6.0
Acting

Mademoiselle Gobette, a pretty young actress, visits the offices of the Minister of Justice, Cyprienne Gaudet. Simultaneously, Madame Galipaux arrives...

The Gentleman from Indiana

The Gentleman from Indiana

1915

Acting

After a spectacular college football career, John Harkless leaves the university to pursue a place in Indiana politics. He buys the failing Plattville...

As the Twig Is Bent

1915

as Grace Thomas (as Helen Eddy)

Acting

L.C. Shumway has a dual role in this action-packed three-reeler. When the Booths divorce, their twin children (both played as adults by Shumway) are s...

The Red Virgin

1915

as Rose - the Mother

Acting