Helen Lindroth
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Helen Lindroth | |
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_still_1.jpg) Lindroth (left) in The Innocent Lie (1916) | |
| Born | December 3, 1874 |
| Died | October 5, 1956 (aged 81) |
| Occupation | Actress |
Helen Lindroth (December 3, 1874 – October 5, 1956) was a Swedish-born American screen and stage actress.
Biography[edit]
Lindroth acted on stage with the Boston Museum Stock Company[1] and in New York City before entering motion pictures with the Kalem Company and Famous Players.[2] Her Broadway credits include The Nest Egg (1910), The Call of the Cricket (1910), and Springtime (1909).[3]
In 1911, Lindroth made a one-reel film for Kalem.[4] She performed in the film adaptation of The Swan (1925) and in The Song and Dance Man (1926), produced by George M. Cohan.[2]
Lindroth has 96 screen credits beginning with a role in the Battle of Pottsburg Bridge in 1912. Some other films in which she performed are A Battle of Wits (1912), The Menace of Fate (1914), The Black Crook (1916), Shadows of Suspicion (1919), The Way of a Maid (1921), Unguarded Women (1924), and The Song and Dance Man (1926).
Lindroth teamed with Emma Dunn in an act that headlined vaudeville shows on the Orpheum Circuit.[4]
Retirement from acting and death[edit]
Lindroth gave up acting around 1936 and became associated with the Christian Science Benevolent Association in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. She retired from this philanthropic work in 1953.[2]
On October 5, 1956, Lindroth died in Boston, Massachusetts at age 82.[2]
Partial filmography[edit]
- Battle of Pottsburg Bridge (1912)
- The Drummer Girl of Vicksburg (1912)
- From the Manger to the Cross (1912)
- The Kerry Gow (1912)
- The Poacher's Pardon (1912)
- The Wives of Jamestown (1913)
- A Sawmill Hazard (1913)
- A Desperate Chance (1913)
- The Lady Peggy's Escape (1913)
- The Octoroon (1913)
- Audrey (1916)
- The Innocent Lie (1916)
- Seventeen (1916)
- The Hungry Heart (1917)
- Little Miss Nobody (1917)
- Woman and Wife (1918)
- Kildare of Storm (1918)
- The House of Gold (1918)
- Shadows of Suspicion (1919)
- The Great Romance (1919)
- The Point of View (1920)
- Peggy Puts It Over (1921)
- The Passionate Pilgrim (1921)
- The Right Way (1921)
- The Way of a Maid (1921)
- Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby (1921)
- The Fighter (1921)
- Java Head (1923)
- Unseeing Eyes (1923)
- The Humming Bird (1924)
- Unguarded Women (1924)
- Unrestrained Youth (1925)
- The Swan (1925)
- The Song and Dance Man (1926)
References[edit]
- ^ "Florida Girl Has Captured Success in Pictures and Made Hit in the World of Films". The Sacramento Bee. November 7, 1914. p. 25. Retrieved November 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d "Helen Lindroth". The New York Times. October 12, 1956. p. 29. ProQuest 113717759. Retrieved November 21, 2020 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Helen Lindroth". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on November 21, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- ^ a b "She'll play swan". The Rock Island Argus. Illinois, Rock Island. October 18, 1924. p. 11. Retrieved November 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Motion Picture News". Frederick Maryland Post. January 13, 1914. p. 12.
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