Helen Carruthers Explained

Helen Carruthers
Birth Date:	1892
Death Date:	1925

Helen Carruthers (1892 - 1925) was an American actress of the silent film era. Carruthers is best known for her work in Keystone comedies.

Career

Carruther's career in film began in 1914. That year she appeared in no less than 35 Keystone comedies, 17 of which were with Charlie Chaplin. Her screen debut was in the Chaplin comedy His Favourite Pastime, and her last credited work for Keystone was as Chaplin's love interest and the king's wife in His Prehistoric Past. The absence of any credits in Carruther's available filmographies after 1914 suggests that her short motion-picture career ended by 1915.

Personal life

In May 1915, at age 23, Carruthers attempted suicide by swallowing 30 mercury bichloride tablets. She survived, but the poisonous compound severely damaged her kidneys.^[1]

Carruthers married Baron Franciscus Gerard Zur Muehlen, a Javanese sugar merchant who was attached to the Dutch diplomatic service, in 1918.^[2]

On July 7, 1925, while hosting a gathering in her hotel room at the Ritz Carlton, Carruthers opened a window to let a breeze in and she fell from the seventh story. The coroner ruled her death an accident.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1914	His Favorite Pastime	Servant
	Caught in the Rain	Chambermaid	Uncredited role
	Mabel's Busy Day	Spectator	Uncredited role
	Laughing Gas	Pretty patient	Uncredited role
	The Property Man	Garlico's Assistant	Uncredited role
	Recreation	Girl in park	Uncredited role
	The Masquerader	Actress	Uncredited role
	His New Profession	Nephew's girlfriend	Uncredited role
	The Rounders	Diner	Uncredited role
	The New Janitor	Secretary	Uncredited role
	Those Love Pangs	Landlady	Uncredited role
	Gentlemen of Nerve	Spectator	Uncredited role
	His Musical Career	Miss Poor	Uncredited role
	His Trysting Place	Clarice	Uncredited role
	Tillie's Punctured Romance	Maid and Waitress	Uncredited role
	Getting Acquainted	Lover in the park	Uncredited role
	His Prehistoric Past	Queen	Arguably one of her more major roles, but still went uncredited

References

Web site: Article about Carruthers with news clips from 1915 . 2011-12-20 . 2012-04-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120426063026/http://looking-for-mabel.webs.com/helencarruthers.htm . dead .
Web site: Helen Carruthers ~ The Actress Who Became A Baroness . Classic Actresses . 2022-02-26.