Helen Twelvetrees
Date of birth: 1908-12-25
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Helen Marie Jurgens
Biography
American stage and screen performer, considered a top female star in the early days of sound films.
Movie Credits
The Spanish Cape Mystery
1935-10-09
Ellery Queen's vacation is interrupted when murder strikes next door to his oceanside cabin.
The Cat Creeps
1930-11-10
Disappearances and strange goings-on in a spooky old mansion.
Bad Company
1931-10-16
A psychotic and sadistic mob boss is infatuated with the young wife of his newlywed attorney, and he
A Bedtime Story
1933-04-22
Parisian playboy plays father to an abandoned baby who interferes with his womanising.
State's Attorney
1932-05-20
Corrupt alcoholic attorney Tom Cardigan is one of the best lawyers around, commanding the courtroom
Millie
1931-02-06
After a tumultuous first marriage, Millie Blake learns to love her newfound independence and drags h
Her Man
1930-09-21
A prostitute sees a friendly sailor as a way out of Havana's grimy underworld.
Now I'll Tell
1934-06-07
A two-bit gambler somehow claws his way to the top. His love for riches is only matched by his love
Panama Flo
1932-01-19
An engineer makes a thieving entertainer work off her debts as a housekeeper at his jungle mining ca
A Woman of Experience
1931-07-08
It is 1915 in Vienna and the Great War has caused many casualties. Elsa, a beautiful prostitute, wan
Hollywood Round-Up
1937-11-06
While filming a western on location, the stand-in/stunt double for an egotistical cowboy movie star
Young Bride
1932-04-08
A newlywed discovers her husband is a cheating phony.
Unashamed
1932-07-02
A debutante's (Helen Twelvetrees) brother (Robert Young) stands trial for killing her no-good lover.
Is My Face Red?
1932-06-17
William Poster writes a gossip column for the Morning Gazette. He will write about anyone and everyo
The Painted Desert
1931-01-18
Western pardners Jeff and Cash find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants' camp, and clash o
Swing High
1930-05-18
To avoid hostilities, Maryan, the ward of Doc May, a medicine show owner, induces Pop Garner, a circ
My Woman
1933-10-04
A devoted wife helps her husband achieve success as a radio comic, but stardom comes at a price.
Disgraced!
1933-07-07
A lovely fashion model's dreams of marital bliss are shattered when her fiance jilts her. To make ma
Words and Music
1929-08-18
Phil and Pete compete for Mary's love and also in a contest for best song written by a college stude
Times Square Lady
1935-03-08
A young Iowa woman inherits her late estranged father's New York business, but the dead man's crooke
She Gets Her Man
1935-08-05
Esmeralda is a cook in a diner in a small Arkansas town. When a gang of crooks moves into town and p
King for a Night
1933-12-09
A cocky prizefighter on his way to the bigtime in New York comes crashing down when his sister is in
Thoroughbred
1936-05-09
Joan (Helen Twelvetrees) is a Canadian, adopted by Ma Dawson (Nellie Ferguson), a struggling horse b
Boo
1932-12-01
A wisecracking narrator mocks footage featuring Frankenstein's monster and Count Dracula.
Unmarried
1939-05-20
Pals Pat Rogers and Slag Bailey try to collect a debt from Slag's recently deceased boxing promoter
Persons in Hiding
1939-02-10
During a stick-up, a woman is excited by the criminal and joins him on his crime spree.
The Grand Parade
1930-02-02
No one suffered more magnificently in the early-talkie era than the inimitable Helen Twelvetrees. In
One Hour Late
1934-12-14
A secretary catches the eye of her amorous boss while her regular boyfriend keeps trying to propose
Frisco Waterfront
1935-12-03
As California gubernatorial candidate Burton is about to cast his vote a truck crashes into the poll
Complicated Women
2003-05-06
Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, u
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934-03-02
Short film in which Frankie Darro as a Telegram delivery boy visits various Hollywood locations to m
Blue Skies
1929-03-16
Better known for her work in talkie "weepers," Helen Twelvetrees made a few preliminary appearances
All Men Are Enemies
1934-04-26
A British aristocrat falls in love with an Austrian woman before they are separated with the outbrea
The Ghost Talks
1929-02-24
Miriam Holt hopes to solve the disappearance of a million dollars in bonds allegedly stolen by her l
She Was a Lady
1934-08-22
Before his daughter can formally claim her rightful title, her father dies. Now her blue-blooded Ame