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Helen Walker

Acting Born Jul 17, 1920 Worcester, Massachusetts, USA 19 credits

Biography

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Helen Walker (born July 17, 1920 – March 10, 1968) was an American movie actress of the 1940s and 1950s.

She was born in Worcester, Massachusetts and made her film debut in 1942. After a promising start in Hollywood, Walker was involved in a 1946 car wreck. A hitchhiker was killed, and Walker and two others were seriously injured, for which she was charged with drunk and reckless driving. She made a comeback, but her career never fully recovered. She retired from acting at the age of 35, then died in North Hollywood, California from cancer.

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Known for

Dragnet

1951
Film

Problem Girls

as Miss Dixon
Film

The Big Combo

as Alicia Brown

Monarch: The Big Bear of Tallac

as Betty Cream

Full filmography

  • Dragnet (1951)
  • Nightmare Alley (1947) as Lilith Ritter
  • Problem Girls (1953) as Miss Dixon
  • Call Northside 777 (1948) as Laura McNeal
  • The Big Combo (1955) as Alicia Brown
  • Impact (1949) as Irene Williams
  • My True Story (1951) as Ann Martin
  • Cluny Brown (1946) as Betty Cream
  • My Dear Secretary (1948) as Elsie
  • Murder, He Says (1945) as Claire Matthews
  • The Good Fellows (1943) as Ethel Hilton
  • Brewster's Millions (1945) as Peggy Gray
  • Lucky Jordan (1942) as Jill Evans
  • People Are Funny (1946) as Corey Sullivan
  • The Homestretch (1947) as Kitty Brant
  • The Man in Half Moon Street (1945) as Eve Brandon
  • Murder in the Music Hall (1946) as Millicent
  • Her Adventurous Night (1946) as Constance Fry
  • Abroad with Two Yanks (1944) as Joyce Stuart