Helen Leslie Explained
| Helen Leslie |
| Birth Name: | Helen Gracia Riesing |
| Birth Date: | May 20, 1897 |
| Birth Place: | Indianapolis, Indiana, US |
| Occupation: | Actress |
Helen Leslie (born and sometimes known as) was an American actress active in Hollywood during the silent era. She was briefly married to writer/director Jacques Jaccard.[1]
Biography
Helen was born on May 20, 1897, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to William Riesling and Frederika Childs.[2]
She was years old and continuing a career as an actress at Universal when she married writer/director Jacques Jaccard, years old.[3] [4] [5] After her marriage, she gave up acting and her promising career. The marriage was tumultuous and did not last. After her divorce, [6] [7] [8] she dropped out of public life.
In 1930, she was running the La Granada Apartments in Los Angeles's Koreatown neighborhood.[6]
Selected filmography
- Stepping Out (1917)
- Society's Hypocrites (1916)
- The Gold Band (1916)
- Ashes of Remembrance (1916)
- If My Country Should Call (1916)
- From the Rogue's Gallery (1916)
- The Code of the Mounted (1916)
- A Thousand Dollars a Week (1916)
- The Sody Clerk (1916)
- Timothy Dobbs, That's Me (1916)
- Son o' the Stars (1916)
- A Life at Stake (1915)
- A Kentucky Idyll (1915)
- The Shriek in the Night (1915)
- The Weird Nemesis (1915)
- From the Shadows (1915)
- Fate's Alibi (1915)
- The Toll of Youth (1915)
- The Little Girl of the Attic (1915)
- The Prophet of the Hills (1915)
- Nature's Triumph (1915)
- When the Spider Tore Loose (1915)
- His Last Trick (1915)
- The Bay of Seven Isles (1915)
- To Redeem an Oath (1915)
- Martin Lowe, Financier (1915)
- The Temptation of Edwin Swayne (1915)
- Pawns of Fate (1915)
- The Big Sister's Christmas (1914)
- The Widow's Last (1914)
- The Link That Binds (1914)
Notes and References
- Book: Cooper, Mark Garrett. Universal Women: Filmmaking and Institutional Change in Early Hollywood. October 1, 2010. University of Illinois Press. 978-0-252-09087-5. en.
- Book: Photoplay: The Aristocrat of Motion Picture Magazines. 1915. Photoplay Magazine Publishing Company. en.
- News: At the Stage Door. The Los Angeles Sunday Times (Los Angeles, California) . October 27, 1914. 24. Newspapers.com. March 15, 2022. subscription.
- News: At the Universal. The Los Angeles Sunday Times (Los Angeles, California) . October 18, 1914. 30. Newspapers.com. March 15, 2022. subscription.
- News: Poor Little Helen. The Los Angeles Sunday Times (Los Angeles, California) . July 29, 1915. 26. Newspapers.com. March 15, 2022. subscription.
- Helen Leslie Wins Divorce. live . 23. Variety. December 3, 1924. Variety Inc. . https://archive.org. June 30, 2021. August 17, 2022 .
- News: Matrimonial Seas Get Choppy in Filmland. Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California). May 17, 1925. 91. Newspapers.com. March 15, 2022. subscription.
- News: Blames Crime on Loneliness. The Los Angeles Sunday Times (Los Angeles, California) . January 9, 1922. 21. Newspapers.com. March 15, 2022. subscription.
