Helen Foster (actress)

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{{Infobox person

| name = Helen Foster

| image = Helen Foster Freulich.jpg

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| caption = Foster in 1930

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|5|23|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Independence, Kansas, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1982|12|25|1906|5|23|mf=y}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| resting_place =

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1925–1956

}}

Helen Foster (May 23, 1906 – December 25, 1982) was an American film actress.

Early life and career

Born in Independence, Kansas, Foster attended school in Kansas City and later attended finishing school in Florida.{{cite book|last=Rainey|first=Buck |title=Serial Film Stars: A Biographical Dictionary, 1912-1956|publisher=McFarland|year=2005|pages=286|isbn=0-7864-2010-3}} She began acting in 1924, appearing in comedy shorts and early Westerns. In 1929, she had a role in her first sound film Gold Diggers of Broadway, and was also named a WAMPAS Baby Star that same year.{{cite book|last=Bradley|first=Edwin M. |title=The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 Through 1932|publisher=McFarland|year=2004|pages=57|isbn=0-7864-2029-4}}{{cite book|last=Liebman|first=Roy |title=The Wampas Baby Stars: A Biographical Dictionary, 1922-1934|publisher=McFarland|year=2000|pages=85|isbn=0-7864-0756-5}} In 1933, Foster starred in the exploitation film Road to Ruin, a remake of the 1928 film of the same name in which Foster also starred.{{cite book|last=Schaefer|first=Eric |title="Bold! Daring! Shocking! True!": A History of Exploitation Films, 1919-1959|publisher=Duke University Press|year=1999|pages=374|isbn=0-8223-2374-5}} Following the release of Road to Ruin, Foster made only eight more film appearances in mostly uncredited roles. She made her last onscreen appearance as an extra in the 1956 film Around the World in 80 Days.

Foster died on December 25, 1982, in Los Angeles at the age of 76.

Filmography

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Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1925 \|On the Go \|Nell Hall \|
1925 \|Reckless Courage \|Doris Bayne \|Alternative title: Flying Courage
1925 \|The Bandit's Baby \|Esther Lacy \|
1925 \|The Tourist \| \|
1925 \|Cleaning Up \|Wife \|
1925 \|Maid in Morocco \|The Bride
1926 \|Move Along \|The Girl \|
1927 \|California or Bust \|Nadine Holtwood \|
1927 \|The Courage of Collins \|Rose Foster \|
1927 \|When a Dog Loves \|Agnes Flanagan \|
1927 \|Naughty Nanette \|Lucy Dennison \|
1927 \|The Outlaw Dog \|Helen Meadows \|
1927 \|Hands Off \|Myra Perkins \|
1928 \|13 Washington Square \|Mary Morgan \|
1928 \|The Road to Ruin \|Sally Canfield \|
1928 \|Haunted Island \|Rosalind Joy \|
1928 \|Won in the Clouds \|Grace James \|
1928 \|Hellship Bronson \|Mary Younger \|
1928 \|The Mating Call \|Jessie Peebles \|
1928 \|Sweet Sixteen \|Cynthia Perry \|
1928 \|Should a Girl Marry? \|Alice Dunn \|
1929 \|The Sky Skidder \|Stella Hearns \|
1929 \|Linda \|Linda \|
1929 \|Circumstantial Evidence \|Jean Benton \|
1929 \|Hoofbeats of Vengeance \|Mary Martin \|
1929 \|The Harvest of Hate \|Margie Smith \|
1929 \|Gold Diggers of Broadway \|Violet \|
1929 \|So Long Letty \|Sally Davis \|
1929 \| Painted Faces \|Nancy \|
1929 \|Irish Fantasy \| \|
1929 \|Finders Keepers \|Ninon \|
1931 \| Primrose Path \| Molly Malone \|
1931 \|Is There Justice? \|June Lawrence \|
1932 \| Ghost City \|Laura Martin \|
1932 \|Temptation's Workshop \|Connie Lawton \|Alternative title: Youths Highways
1932 \|Sinister Hands \|Vivian Rogers \|
1932 \|The Saddle Buster \|Sunny Hurn \|
1932 \| The Boiling Point \|Lora Kirk \|
1932 \| Young Blood \|Gail Winters \|Alternative title: Lola
1932 \|The Big Flash \|Nadine's maid \|
1932 \|Lucky Larrigan \|Virginia Bailey \|
1934 \|The Road to Ruin \|Ann Dixon \|
1934 \|School for Girls \|Eleanor \|
1939 \|North of Shanghai \|Undetermined Role \|Uncredited
1940 \|The Westerner \|Janice \|Uncredited
1942 \|Parachute Nurse \|Company "C" Girl \|Uncredited
1948 \|Call Northside 777 \|Secretary \|Uncredited Alternative title: Calling Northside 777
1948 \|Good Sam \| \|Uncredited
1952 \|Never Wave at a WAC \|Captain Finch \|Uncredited Alternative title: The Private Wore Skirts
1956 \|Around the World in 80 Days \|Extra \|Uncredited

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Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1925

|On the Go

|Nell Hall

1925

|Reckless Courage

|Doris Bayne

|Alternative title: Flying Courage