Helen Lindroth Explained

Helen Lindroth
Birth Date:3 December 1874
Death Place:Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation:Actress

Helen Lindroth (December 3, 1874 – October 5, 1956) was a Swedish-born American screen and stage actress.

Biography

Lindroth acted on stage with the Boston Museum Stock Company[1] and in New York City before entering motion pictures with the Kalem Company and Famous Players. Her Broadway credits include The Nest Egg (1910), The Call of the Cricket (1910), and Springtime (1909).[2]

In 1911, Lindroth made a one-reel film for Kalem.[3] She performed in the film adaptation of The Swan (1925) and in The Song and Dance Man (1926), produced by George M. Cohan.

Lindroth has 96 screen credits beginning with a role in the Battle of Pottsburg Bridge in 1912. Some other films in which she performed are A Battle of Wits (1912), The Menace of Fate (1914), The Black Crook (1916), Shadows of Suspicion (1919), The Way of a Maid (1921), Unguarded Women (1924), and The Song and Dance Man (1926).

Lindroth teamed with Emma Dunn in an act that headlined vaudeville shows on the Orpheum Circuit.

Retirement from acting and death

Lindroth gave up acting around 1936 and became associated with the Christian Science Benevolent Association in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. She retired from this philanthropic work in 1953.

On October 5, 1956, Lindroth died in Boston, Massachusetts at age 82.[4]

Partial filmography

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Florida Girl Has Captured Success in Pictures and Made Hit in the World of Films . November 21, 2020 . The Sacramento Bee . November 7, 1914 . 25. Newspapers.com.
  2. Web site: Helen Lindroth . Internet Broadway Database . The Broadway League . November 21, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201121024509/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/helen-lindroth-49834 . November 21, 2020.
  3. News: She'll play swan . November 21, 2020 . The Rock Island Argus . October 18, 1924 . Illinois, Rock Island . 11. Newspapers.com.
  4. News: Helen Lindroth . November 21, 2020 . The New York Times . October 12, 1956 . 29. . ProQuest.