- Born
- Died
- Birth nameHelen Louise Gardner
- Height5′ 5½″ (1.66 m)
- A stage actress who was an alumni of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Helen Gardner made her film debut with Vitagraph Pictures in 1911. In that year she appeared in Vanity Fair (1911), to critical acclaim. The next year she formed her own film production company, Helen Gardner Productions--as far as is known, the first film actress to do so--to make feature films that would be directed by her husband, Charles L. Gaskill. Her best known picture during that period was Cleopatra (1912). After making films on her own for a few years, she returned to Vitagraph in 1915 only to retire shortly thereafter, although she did return in the early '20s for a few small parts.
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- SpousesDuncan C. Pell(October 16, 1902 - ?) (his death, 1 child)
- In 1912, as probably the first actor to do so, she forms her own production company, Helen Gardner Picture Corporation.
- Silent film actress.
- During a visit to Atlanta in 1920, she visited the federal prison where Eugene Debs was held, and presented him with an autographed picture.
- The Helen Gardner Studio at Tappan-on-the-Hudson was located on the site where British Major John Andre was held prisoner after his capture at Tarrytown, and also where he was executed.
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