Helen MacKellar

{{short description|American actress}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Helen MacKellar

| image = Helen MacKellar - 1919 Munceys.jpg

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| caption = MacKellar in 1919

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1895|2|13}}

| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1966|8|5|1895|2|13}}

| death_place = New York City, New York

| occupation = Actress

| spouse = George McQuarrie

| years_active =

}}

Helen MacKellar (February 13, 1895 – August 5, 1966) was an American actress.

Born in Detroit, Michigan,{{cite web |title=Helen MacKellar |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/helen-mackellar-50803 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |accessdate=October 31, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031021045/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/helen-mackellar-50803 |archivedate=October 31, 2019}} MacKeller's ancestry was Scottish and French-Canadian. She studied acting in Chicago and Spokane. Her stage debut came in Spokane in The Whirl of the Town, a musical comedy, when she was 14. She went on to perform in vaudeville and in repertory theatre with the Valencia Stock Company in Los Angeles. Her first acting in the eastern United States was with the Poli Stock Company in New Haven.{{cite news |last1=Cline |first1=Louis |title=Helen MacKellar Wins Huge Success in 'The Storm' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/83175927/?terms=%22Helen%2BMacKellar%22 |accessdate=October 31, 2019 |work=Brooklyn Life |date=March 27, 1920 |location=New York, Brooklyn |page=15|via = Newspapers.com}}

MacKellar's film debut came in The Past of Mary Holmes.{{cite news |title=Capitol Film, 'The Past Of Mary Holmes' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38237065/helen_mackellar/ |accessdate=November 1, 2019 |work=Hartford Courant |date=February 11, 1933 |location=Connecticut, Hartford |page=20|via = Newspapers.com}} She also appeared in Two Against the World, Draegerman Courage, The Case of the Stuttering Bishop, Crime School, Little Tough Guy, Barefoot Boy, Valley of the Giants, Disbarred, Boy Slaves, Bad Boy, Northwest Passage, Dark Command, Cheers for Miss Bishop, The Great Mr. Nobody, The Great Train Robbery, Gangs of Sonora, Down Mexico Way, The Man Who Returned to Life, Street of Chance, The Sundown Kid, The Powers Girl and Silver Spurs, among others.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/helen-mackellar-p44231 |title=Helen MacKellar |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=2018-12-04}}

MacKellar's Broadway credits included Dear Ruth (1944), Bloody Laughter (1931), Through the Night (1930), Romancin' Round (1927), Open House (1925), The Mud Turtle (1925), A Good Bad Woman (1925), The Desert Flower (1924), The Masked Woman (1922), The Shadow (1922), Bought and Paid For (1921), Back Pay (1921), The Storm (1919), The Unknown Purple (1918), Major Pendennis (1916), and Seven Chances (1916).

MacKellar was married to George McQuarrie.{{cite news |title=The Story of Helen MacKellar |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38236713/helen_mackellar/ |accessdate=November 1, 2019 |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |date=October 6, 1929 |location=New York, Brooklyn |page=4 E|via = Newspapers.com}} She died in New York City.