Helen Lynd (actress) explained

Helen Lynd, also known as Helene Lynch, (January 18, 1902 – April 1, 1992) was an American actress and comedienne active on stage and in film.

Life and career

Born in Jersey City, New Jersey on January 18, 1902,[1] Helen Lynd began her career in 1919 as a chorus girl in Ned Wayburn's Demi Tasse Revue at the Capitol Theatre on Broadway. In her early career she performed under the name Helene Lynch, and it was this name that she used in tryout performances of a new musical, Phil Charig's Yes, Yes, Yvette, in Boston in May 1927.[2] By the time Yes, Yes, Yvette reached Broadway's Sam H. Harris Theatre on October 3, 1927, she was billed as Helen Lynd in the role of Mabel Terry; her first significant part on the stage for which The New York Times reviewer praised her execution of "low comedy".[3]

In 1928 Lynd returned to Broadway as Frankie Shultz in the Jack Yellen and Milton Ager musical Rain or Shine at George M. Cohan's Theatre which was written as a starring vehicle for comedian Joe Cook.[4] She left that production later in the year to star as Penny in Oscar Hammerstein II and Vincent Youmans's short lived musical Rainbow at the Gallo Opera House.[5] After this she starred in the music revues The Little Show (1929-1930) and The Earl Carroll Vanities (1931-1932).[1] Her other Broadway credits included Ladies' Money (1934, as Margie), Battleship Gertie (1935, as Gertie), The Hook-up (1935, as Virginia Bryce), and The Illustrators' Show (1936, multiple roles).[1]

After the mid-1930s, Lynd was primarily active as a film actress in California into the late 1940s. She began her film career in 1930 starring in the short films Purely an Accident[6] andWedding Bells.[7]

Helen Lynd died in Beverly Hills, California on April 1, 1992.[1] She was married to the talent agent Al Melick.[8]

Filmography

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Benjamin and Rosenblatt, p. 476
  2. Book: Jeanette MacDonald On the Air, Volume 1: Radio. Maggie McCormick. 2022. BearManor Media.
  3. News: YES, YES, YVETTE' IS CHEERY, REFRESHING; Jack Whiting and Jeanette MacDonald Aid in Keeping Musical Comedy at Lively Pace. The New York Times. 32. October 4, 1927.
  4. Dietz, pp. 447-448
  5. Dietz, p. 493
  6. Bradley, p.427
  7. Liebman, p. 61
  8. Book: Duffy's Tavern: A History of Ed Gardner's Radio Program. Martin Grams Jr.. BearManor Media. 2014.
  9. Liebman, p. 74
  10. Book: The Great Movie Shorts. Leonard Maltin. 1972. Maybe I'm Wrong. Crown Publishers. 9780517504550.
  11. Webb, p. 552
  12. Webb, p. 87
  13. Burton, p. 84
  14. Bubbeo, p. 140
  15. Tucker, p. 91
  16. McGee, p. 268
  17. Martin, p. 59
  18. Mavis, p. 181
  19. Faris, p. 106
  20. Mavis, p. 213
  21. Munden, p. 1877
  22. Munden, p. 2360
  23. Munden, p. 443
  24. News: At the Paramount. T. S.. The New York Times. April 30, 1942.
  25. Munden, p. 1605
  26. Munden, p. 2237
  27. Webb, p. 614

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