Helen Westley
Biography
Helen Westley was an American stage and film actress. Born in Brooklyn in 1875, she attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and worked in stock theater and vaudeville. Her New York stage debut came in 1897 in The Captain of the Nonesuch. She helped organize the Washington Square Players and was a founding board member of the Theatre Guild, appearing in its productions of Peer Gynt and plays by George Bernard Shaw. On Broadway she played Aunt Eller in Green Grow the Lilacs and Mrs. Muskat in Liliom, works that later became the musicals Oklahoma! and Carousel, and appeared in Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude. Her films included Death Takes a Holiday (1934), Roberta (1935), Show Boat (1936), Dimples (1936), Heidi (1937), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938), and All This and Heaven Too (1940). She died in 1942.
67years old at death
- Born Brooklyn
- Died Middlebush
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Also credited as Henrietta Remsen Meserole Manney
Movie Career
- Films
- 12
- Career span
- 7 years1934 to 1941
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Behind the camera
Westley helped found the Theatre Guild's original board and took part in many of its productions, such as Peer Gynt and several of its stagings of plays by George Bernard Shaw.
A role that slipped away
In the 1936 film version of Show Boat, Westley took over from Edna May Oliver, who had turned down the chance to play Parthy Ann Hawks again as she had on stage.
First role
Westley helped organize the Washington Square Players. She made her first appearance with the group on February 19, 1915, playing the Oyster in Another Interior.
Helen Westley movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
William A. Seiter directed three of these films, Allan Dwan two and Gregory Ratoff two. Shirley Temple appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Shirley Temple's page
J. Edward Bromberg's page
John Carradine's page
Randolph Scott's page
Paul Harvey's page
Clarence Muse's page
William A. SeiterDirector, 3 films, 1935 to 1936
Allan DwanDirector, 2 films, 1937 to 1938
All films by Allan Dwan
All films by Gregory Ratoff
Also two films together15 more actors
- Eugene PalletteWife, Husband and Friend (1939) and Stowaway (1936)
- Loretta YoungWife, Husband and Friend (1939) and The House of Rothschild (1934)
- June LockhartAdam Had Four Sons (1941) and All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
- Robert YoungStowaway (1936) and The House of Rothschild (1934)
- Irene DunneShow Boat (1936) and Roberta (1935)
- Jean HersholtAlexander's Ragtime Band (1938) and Heidi (1937)
- Renie RianoAdam Had Four Sons (1941) and Wife, Husband and Friend (1939)
- Arthur TreacherHeidi (1937) and Stowaway (1936)
- Warner BaxterAdam Had Four Sons (1941) and Wife, Husband and Friend (1939)
- Astrid AllwynDimples (1936) and Stowaway (1936)
- Julius TannenDimples (1936) and Stowaway (1936)
- Alice FayeAlexander's Ragtime Band (1938) and Stowaway (1936)
- Bodil RosingHeidi (1937) and Roberta (1935)
- Jack HaleyAlexander's Ragtime Band (1938) and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
- Ruth TerryWife, Husband and Friend (1939) and Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.