Helene Stanley
Biography
Helene Stanley was an American actress who began as an acrobatic dancer and later served as the live-action model for several Disney animated characters. Born in Gary, Indiana, she was raised mostly in southern California, and she used the stage name Dolores Diane before signing a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1946 and taking the name Helene Stanley. Her screen credits include a small part in John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle (1950). Her Disney work began around 1948, when she posed as the model for the title figure and the stepsister Anastasia Tremaine in Cinderella (1950), for Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, and for Anita Radcliffe in One Hundred and One Dalmatians. In a 1957 episode of Walt Disney's Disneyland, she appeared as herself, dancing a ballet routine that helped the studio's animators with a sequence in Fantasia.
62years old at death
- Born Gary
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Dolores Diane Freymouth (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 7 years1948 to 1955
Every film, newest first
- 1955Davy Crockett, King of the Wild FrontierIMDb rating 6.8
- 1952Diplomatic CourierIMDb rating 6.8
- 1952The Snows of KilimanjaroIMDb rating 6.1
- 1950CinderellaIMDb rating 7.3
- 1948My Dear SecretaryIMDb rating 5.6
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Getting ready for a role
Stanley became a live-action model for Disney around 1948. She posed for the main character and the stepsister Anastasia Tremaine in Cinderella, for Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, and for Anita Radcliffe in One Hundred and One Dalmatians.
A first
At four years old, Stanley won a $25 prize as an acrobatic dancer at the World's Fair Contests of Contests in Chicago.
About the name
Stanley performed under the stage name Dolores Diane before signing with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1946 and adopting the name Helene Stanley.
Beyond film
Stanley appeared as herself in the 1957 Disneyland episode Tricks of Our Trade, performing a ballet routine for studio animation directors who were animating scenes from Fantasia's Dance of the Hours segment.
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Worked with
Helene Stanley shares two films with Hildegard Knef, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Hildegard Knef's page
Pat Hogan's page
Bess Flowers's page
Charles Bronson's page
Keenan Wynn's page
Kirk Douglas's page
Clyde GeronimiDirector, 1 film, 1950
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Hamilton LuskeDirector, 1 film, 1950
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Wilfred JacksonDirector, 1 film, 1950
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