Helen Gardner

Acting • 1884-09-02 • Binghamton, New York, USA

Not only was Helen Gardner the first American film actress to form her own production company, she was also the among the first filmmakers to embrace making features, and was the first vamp on screen.

Known For

3.4

Cleopatra

1912

9.5

Vanity Fair

1911

7.0

The Show Girl

1911

10.0

The Lure of Vanity

1911

10.0

The Sleep of Cyma Roget

1920

9.0

Vampire of the Desert

1913

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Filmography

1924
SandraFilm
La Flamme's wife
★ 7.0
1920
The Sleep of Cyma RogetFilm
Cymba Roget
★ 10.0
1917
The Common SinFilm
★ 8.0
1915
Snatched from a Burning DeathFilm
Joan Le Grande
★ 8.0
1915
The Breath of ArabyFilm
Clothilde
★ 1.0
1915
The Still, Small VoiceFilm
Musa
1915
Miss Jekyll and Madame HydeFilm
Madeleine Jekyll / Madame Hyde
1914
Underneath the PaintFilm
Tryphena Winter
★ 7.0
1914
The ButterflyFilm
Nancy North - the Butterfly
1914
The Moonshine Maid and the ManFilm
Nancy - the Moonshine Maid
1914
The Strange Story of Sylvia GrayFilm
Sylvia Gray / Silvery
1913
Alixe; or, the Test of FriendshipFilm
Alixe
★ 10.0
1913
Eureka!Film
The Castaway
★ 10.0
1913
Vampire of the DesertFilm
Lispeth, Vampire of the Desert
★ 9.0
1913
Becky, BeckyFilm
Becky
★ 8.0
1913
The Wife of CainFilm
Save - the Wife of Cain
1913
A Princess of BagdadFilm
Princess Ojira
1913
A Sister to CarmenFilm
Margo
1912
CleopatraFilm
Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt
★ 3.4
1912
The Love of John RuskinFilm
Mrs. John Ruskin
★ 10.0
1912
The SerpentsFilm
Linda
★ 10.0
1912
The Old Silver WatchFilm
★ 7.0
1912
An Innocent TheftFilm
Malcolm's Mother
★ 7.0
1912
Where the Money WentFilm
Mrs. Fred Hart - the Jealous Wife
★ 9.0
1912
The Heart of EsmeraldaFilm
Louise Lennox - a Novelist
★ 9.0
1912
Her BoyFilm
Sue - Harry's Sweetheart
★ 8.0
1912
A Problem in ReductionFilm
Mrs. Smartly - a Woman Who Wants to Reduce
★ 8.0
1912
Yellow BirdFilm
Song Bird, a Young Indian
★ 8.0
1912
The MiracleFilm
Abbasah, the Caliph's Wife
★ 7.0
1912
The Party DressFilm
Lydia Borne
1912
The IlluminationFilm
Sabina
1911
Vanity FairFilm
Becky Sharp
★ 9.5
1911
The Show GirlFilm
Audrey, an Actress
★ 7.0
1911
She Came, She Saw, She ConqueredFilm
Rose Leigh - a Young Schoolteacher
★ 10.0
1911
The Lure of VanityFilm
Edna White
★ 10.0
1911
For Love and GloryFilm
Rose Seaton
★ 10.0
1911
ArbutusFilm
The Mountain Woman Who Becomes a Celebrated Singer
★ 10.0
1911
The Sleep WalkerFilm
Lucy Langham
★ 10.0
1911
Barriers Burned AwayFilm
John's Wife
★ 10.0
1911
By Woman's WitFilm
The Wife
★ 7.0
1911
The Girl and the SheriffFilm
The Mountain Girl
★ 9.0
1911
The Death of King Edward IIIFilm
Alice Ferrers
★ 9.0
1911
The Inherited TaintFilm
The Nurse
★ 9.0
1911
The Wooing of WinifredFilm
Winifred
★ 8.0
1911
Ups and DownsFilm
The Young Wife
★ 8.0
1911
For Her Brother's SakeFilm
Bessie Black - The Sister
★ 8.0
1911
A Tale of Two CitiesFilm
★ 5.0
1911
A Reformed Santa ClausFilm
The Widow
★ 7.0
1911
RegenerationFilm
Elfie - Ross's Sweetheart
★ 7.0
1911
Madge of the MountainsFilm
Madge of the Mountains
★ 7.0
1911
A Quaker MotherFilm
Lois Pearson Harmon - A Quaker Wife
★ 7.0
1911
The FreshetFilm
Meg Matthews
★ 7.0
1911
Treasure TroveFilm
★ 7.0
1911
An Aeroplane ElopementFilm
★ 7.0
1910
How She Won HimFilm
Muriel Hanson
★ 8.0