Helen Westley
Date of birth: 1875-03-27
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Henrietta Remsen Meserole Manney
Biography
Movie Credits
Show Boat
1936-05-17
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the
Roberta
1935-03-07
Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagemen
Dimples
1936-10-09
Dimples Appleby lives with her pick-pocket grandfather in 19th century New York City. She entertains
Stowaway
1936-12-25
Chin-Ching gets lost in Shanghai and is befriended by American playboy Tommy Randall. She falls asle
Death Takes a Holiday
1934-03-30
After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among the
All This, and Heaven Too
1940-07-05
When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Du
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938-05-24
Classical violinist Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, bu
Anne of Green Gables
1934-11-23
Anne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were exp
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938-03-18
Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. Bu
Bedtime Story
1941-12-25
A Broadway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants is t
The Baroness and the Butler
1938-02-18
A Butler gets elected to the Hungarian parliament where he opposes his master's government.
The Smiling Ghost
1941-09-06
Elinor Bentley Fairchild's previous three grooms-to-be have either died or been maimed. Her aunt hir
Sunny
1941-05-30
A circus performer who falls in love with a rich car dealer's son, against her family's wishes. Feat
Million Dollar Baby
1941-05-31
A sudden windfall has unexpected consequences on a working class girl during the Great Depression.
Lady with Red Hair
1940-11-30
An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.
The Age of Innocence
1934-09-14
An engaged attorney and a divorcee fall for each other in 1870s Manhattan.
I'll Take Romance
1937-11-17
Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace M
Café Metropole
1937-04-28
An American posing as a Russian prince woos a visiting Ohio heiress.
Lillian Russell
1940-05-24
Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.
Zaza
1938-12-29
A seductive music hall star falls in love with a married aristocrat.
The House of Rothschild
1934-04-07
The story of the rise of the Rothschild financial empire founded by Mayer Rothschild and continued b
Chasing Yesterday
1935-05-03
An elderly bachelor, feeling nostalgic for his youth, seeks out his late sweetheart's teenage daught
Lady from Louisiana
1941-04-22
Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate b
She Married an Artist
1937-11-27
Because Thornwood's portraits of comely model Sally Dennis are in such great demand, he is obliged t
Heidi
1937-10-15
Heidi is orphaned and her uncaring maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with her re
Looking for Trouble
1934-03-28
Joe and Casey trouble-shoot for the phone company. They try to prove that Joes's girl Ethel's boss D
Splendor
1935-11-22
When Brighton Lorrimore returns home with his new bride, Phyllis, his family makes their disappointm
Moulin Rouge
1934-01-10
A singer marries a famous composer, and after a while she gets the itch to go back on the stage. How
Half Angel
1936-05-22
Allison Long is acquitted on charges of poisoning her father but then her benefactor is poisoned. Re
Banjo on My Knee
1936-12-11
A young husband leaves his river shantyboat community in Pecan Point, Tennessee and travels to New O
Wife, Husband and Friend
1939-03-03
Woman hopes to be a great singer and is encouraged by her scheming teacher. After she flops her husb
Keep Smiling
1938-08-12
Jane breaks into the film business while also reviving the flagging career of her film director uncl
Sing and Be Happy
1937-06-25
Rival advertising firms compete for a radio show's pickle manufacturing account.
Captain Hurricane
1935-03-01
Zenas Brewster is a seafaring man with a bad reputation. Notorious for his tempestuous nature, Brews
The Captain Is a Lady
1940-06-21
Because of a bad investment, Captain and Mrs. Peabody are evicted from their home. Mrs. Peabody find
My Favorite Spy
1942-06-12
The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy miss
Adam Had Four Sons
1941-03-27
Emilie has been hired to care for the four sons of wealthy Adam Stoddard and his wife, Molly. After
The Melody Lingers on
1935-07-11
A piano virtuoso has a child out of wedlock; the father, her fiancé, is killed trying to save her li