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Helen Westley (born Henrietta Remsen Meserole Manney; March 28, 1875 – December 12, 1942) was an American character actress of stage and screen.
Helen Westley. Actress: Show Boat. Although she could on a rare occasion display a bit of kindness, or at least some kind of grouchy benevolence, Helen Westley had few peers on stage or film when it came to outright unpleasantness.
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Helen Westley had a long and successful career as an actress, both on stage and in the early decades of film. Born Henrietta Manney, she decided in childhood that she wanted to act. She prepared for this by studying first at the Brooklyn School of Oratory, then for a year in 1894–95 at Emerson College of Oratory in Boston, eventually ending ...
Mar 31, 2020 · The film’s Helen Westley, the Shavian stage actor and founding member of the Theatre Guild, despite occasional cooing over Kim, comes closest to Ferber’s archetype of defiantly iron-willed women who see further than most.
HELEN WESTLEY, 63, A NOTED ACTRESS; Long Known for Character I Roles on the Stage, and on the Screen Since 1934 { { -THEATRE GUILD LEADER 'One of Founders, Appeared i in More Than 40 of Its...
Baroness And The Butler, The (1938) -- (Movie Clip) The Results From BudapestAs Hungary's Prime Minister (Henry Stephenson) dines with his wife (Helen Westley), son-in-law (Joseph Schildkraut) and daughter (Annabella), butler Johann (William Powell) has a secret revealed, in The Baroness And The Butler, 1938.
A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Helen Westley was a stage star before the turn of the century. In the teen years, she co-founded both the Greenwich Square Players and the Theatre Guild.
