Name
Helen Morgan
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1900-08-01
Deathday
1941-10-09 (41 years old)
Place of Birth
Danville, Illinois, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Helen Morgan (August 2, 1900 – October 9, 1941) was an American singer and actress who worked in films and on the stage. A quintessential torch singer, she made a big splash in the Chicago club scene in the 1920s. She starred as Julie LaVerne in the original Broadway production of Hammerstein and Kern's musical Show Boat in 1927, as well as in the 1932 Broadway revival of the musical, and appeared in two film adaptations, a part-talkie made in 1929 (prologue only) and a full-sound version made in 1936, becoming firmly associated with the role. She suffered from bouts of alcoholism, and despite her notable success in the title role of another Hammerstein and Kern's Broadway musical, Sweet Adeline (1929), her stage career was relatively short. Helen Morgan died of cirrhosis of the liver at the age of 41. She was portrayed by Polly Bergen in the Playhouse 90 drama The Helen Morgan Story and by Ann Blyth in the 1957 biopic based on the television drama.
Morgan appeared in at least 15 films including Show Boat 1929, Applause 1929, Marie Galante 1934 and Show Boat 1936.
Known For
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- 1936 Show Boat as Julie LaVerne
- 1923 Six Cylinder Love as Extra (uncredited)
- 1930 Roadhouse Nights as Lola Fagan
- 1929 Applause as Kitty Darling
- 1981 American Pop as Singer in Raided Nightclub (archive footage)
- 1929 Glorifying the American Girl as Self
- 1934 Marie Galante as Miss Tapia
- 1935 Sweet Music as Herself
- 1935 Go Into Your Dance as Luana Wells
- 1934 You Belong to Me as Bonnie Kay
- 1929 Show Boat as Julie LaVerne [prologue]
- 1936 Frankie and Johnnie as Frankie
- 1931 The Gigolo Racket as Helen Marlowe
- 1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
- 1985 Musical Comedy Tonight III
