Helen MacKellar
Know for: Acting
Born: 1895-02-11
Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also know as:
The Madonna of the Slums (1919)
A rich artist has never completed a master painting because he could not find a model for the face, sees the wife of a man in hard luck begging on...
Three Faces West (1940)
Viennese surgeon Dr. Braun and his daughter Leni come to a small town in North Dakota as refugees from Hitler. When the winds of the Dust Bowl...
Barefoot Boy (1938)
A spoiled boy sent to the country to grow-up. He has to deal with life, friends and crooks.
Crime School (1938)
In the slums, teenager Frankie Warren hangs out with a rowdy gang who one day knock him out in a fight. In court, the boys refuse to reveal who...
Life with Henry (1941)
Henry Aldrich wants to win a trip to Alaska.
Flirtation (1934)
A naive farmer encounters a beautiful burlesque dancer on the streets of New York and agrees to pose as her husband during her mother's visit.
Disbarred (1939)
The Bar Association disbars attorney Tyler Cradon when it appears he was implicated in the murder of a prominent vice crusader. Cradon, not wishing...
Gangs of Sonora (1941)
Commissioner Tredwell is the law of the land and he gets whatever he wants with the help of hired guns and lackey lawyer Conners. The only one who...
Bad Boy (1939)
Johnny Fraser leaves his mother in their small home town and sets out for the big city. He obtains a job with a large firm of architects. Steve...
Little Tough Guy (1938)
The son of a man sentenced to death for a murder he didn't commit vows to become a criminal himself. He starts his own street gang, and their crime...
Delinquent Parents (1938)
A woman is forced to keep her marriage and past indiscretions a secret from those she loves.
The Powers Girl (1943)
Two small-town sisters who've come to New York City for very different reasons find themselves competing for the affections of a brash magazine...
Draegerman Courage (1937)
After a mine cave in, the rescue crew risks their lives to search for two trapped miners.
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937)
A Bishop from Australia comes to Perry to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of manslaughter 22 years before. The case would involve...
The Man Who Returned to Life (1942)
An accused killer is granted a reprieve when his victim returns to town in the flesh after an eight-year absence.
Honolulu (1939)
Wanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner to switch places with him for a few weeks.
The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)
The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder.
The Great Train Robbery (1941)
Tom Logan is a railroad detective who takes it upon himself to halt the activities of his crooked brother Duke. Duke and his henchman have stolen an...
Lady in the Death House (1944)
As a woman walks the "last mile" to her execution she remembers back to the incidents that got her framed for murder.
Valley of the Giants (1938)
A lumberman takes on a sleezy corporate giant wanting to move in and do whatever it takes to drive everyone else out of business.
High School Girl (1934)
In this drama, a teenage boy and girl, tired of parental repression, begin sneaking out on dates and to parties. The parents are strict, but pay...
Federal Bullets (1937)
Federal Bullets is a leisurely paced Monogram crime melodrama with not a few clever plot twists. The FBI, represented by Milburn Stone and William...
Two Against the World (1936)
Searching for ratings at any cost, an unscrupulous radio-network owner forces his program manager to air a serial based on a past murder, tormenting...
Dark Command (1940)
When transplanted Texan Bob Seton arrives in Lawrence, Kansas he finds much to like about the place, especially Mary McCloud, daughter of the local...
Northwest Passage (1940)
Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force...
Women Without Names (1940)
Joyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused of murder. Railroaded into prison through the...
The Sundown Kid (1942)
A Pinkerton agent masquerades as a criminal in order to infiltrate a gang of counterfeiters that is using wealthy widow Lucy Randall as a front....
Silver Spurs (1943)
Jerry Johnson inherits a 50,000 acre ranch. Lucky Miller wants to take over the ranch. Roy is trying to get a railroad spur right of way. Lucky has a...
The Day of Rest (1939)
Joe Doakes tries to take a day off.
The Great Mr. Nobody (1941)
A publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit.
The Past of Mary Holmes (1933)
Mary Holmes (MacKellar), once a famous opera star known as Maria di Nardi, now lives in a run-down shanty and suffers from alcoholism. Known for her...
See Your Doctor (1939)
A lecturer tells the audience that it is National Take Care Week. He tells the story of a man who gets stung in his garden and the problems the man...