- Born
- Died
- Birth nameHelen M. Jesmer
- Helene Jesmer was born on March 9, 1899 in Princeton, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for A Regular Patsy (1918). She was married to Donald Newmeyer. She died on April 11, 1984 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
- SpouseDonald Newmeyer(June 1932 - April 11, 1984) (her death, 3 children)
- Children
- Mother of daughter Julie Newmar and sons Peter and John Newmeyer. Peter died in a skiing accident in 1962.
- Former member of the chorus of the Ziegfeld and Greenwich Village Follies.
- On November 1, 1920 she was seriously injured in a car crash. She was thrown through the windshield, fractured her skull, and broke her jaw. The car she was in was being driven by her then-boyfriend Philip Morgan Plant. Soon after the accident he dumped her for Constance Bennett. In 1924 she sued him for $500,000 claiming the accident had permanently disfigured her and destroyed her career. Eventually she agreed to settle the suit for $75,000.
- The beautiful brunette also posed nude for Alfred Cheney Johnston.
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