- Helene Costello
Infobox Actor
name = Helene Costello
birthname = Helen Costello
birthdate = birth date|1906|6|21
birthplace =New York City, New York
deathdate = death date and age|1957|1|26|1906|6|21
deathplace =Los Angeles, California
spouse = John W. Regan (1927-1929)Lowell Sherman (1930-1932)
Arturo de Barrio (1933-1939)
Lee Le blanc (1940-1946)
yearsactive = 1909 - 1942
occupation = actress
awards =Walk of Fame - Motion Picture
1500 Vine StreetHelene Costello (
June 21 ,1906 -January 26 ,1957 ) was am American motion picture actress, most notably of thesilent film era.Born in
New York City, New York , USA she was the daughter of the prominent stage and pioneering film actorMaurice Costello and his actress wifeMae Costello (née Altschuk) and the younger sister of actressDolores Costello . Helene first appeared onscreen (opposite her father) in the 1909 film adaptation ofVictor Hugo 's "Les Misérables ". She would continue acting in films throughout the 1910s as achild actor and reach her peak of public popularity in the 1920s, although never quite rivalling the success of her sister Dolores.Although she had been appearing onscreen since her early childhood, in 1927 Helene Costello was selected as a WAMPAS Baby Star, a promotional campaign sponsored by the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers in the United States, which honored thirteen young women each year who they believed to be on the threshold of movie stardom.
Costello appeared alongside such popular film actors of the silent era as
Myrna Loy ,Louise Fazenda ,Marie Prevost ,Tom Mix , and evenRin Tin Tin . She would also occasionally appear with her sister Dolores in films such as theWarner Bros. all-starTechnicolor release "The Show of Shows " (1929).Helene Costello's career declined with the advent of
sound films and she began to appear less and less onscreen. She did manage to stay in the headlines briefly in the 1930s however, when she and her sister were sued by their famous actor father for financial support. Helene was married to actor and directorLowell Sherman from 1930 to 1932.Helene Costello died of
pneumonia andtuberculosis inLos Angeles, California in 1957 at the age of 50 and was interred at theCalvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles .For her contribution to the motion film industry, Helene Costello was awarded a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1500 Vine Street inHollywood, California .Legacy
Helene Costello is the great-aunt of contemporary actress
Drew Barrymore - her sister Dolores being Barrymore's paternal grandmother from her marriage to actorJohn Barrymore .External links
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