Helen Morgan

Helen Morgan

Personal Info

  • Name:

    Helen Morgan

  • Birthday:

    1900-08-01

  • Place of Birth: Danville, Illinois, USA
  • Gender:

    Female

  • Know For:

    Acting

  • Popularity: 0.656
  • Also Known As

    Helen Riggin

    Helen Riggins

Helen Morgan

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Helen Morgan (August 2, 1900 – October 9, 1941) was an American singer and actress who worked in films and on the stage. A quintessential torch singer, she made a big splash in the Chicago club scene in the 1920s. She starred as Julie LaVerne in the original Broadway production of Hammerstein and Kern's musical Show Boat in 1927, as well as in the 1932 Broadway revival of the musical, and appeared in two film adaptations, a part-talkie made in 1929 (prologue only) and a full-sound version made in 1936, becoming firmly associated with the role. She suffered from bouts of alcoholism, and despite her notable success in the title role of another Hammerstein and Kern's Broadway musical, Sweet Adeline (1929), her stage career was relatively short. Helen Morgan died of cirrhosis of the liver at the age of 41. She was portrayed by Polly Bergen in the Playhouse 90 drama The Helen Morgan Story and by Ann Blyth in the 1957 biopic based on the television drama.

Morgan appeared in at least 15 films including Show Boat 1929, Applause 1929, Marie Galante 1934 and Show Boat 1936.

Top Movie Cast

Show Boat
Show Boattrue- Julie LaVerne

1936-05-17

6.7
Six Cylinder Love
Six Cylinder Lovetrue- Extra (uncredited)

1923-11-04

0.0
Roadhouse Nights
Roadhouse Nightstrue- Lola Fagan

1930-02-15

4.5
Applause
Applausetrue- Kitty Darling

1929-10-07

6.1
American Pop
American Poptrue- Singer in Raided Nightclub (archive footage)

1981-02-13

6.9
Glorifying the American Girl
Glorifying the American Girltrue- Self

1929-12-07

5.5
Marie Galante
Marie Galantetrue- MissTapia

1934-10-25

4.8
Sweet Music
Sweet Musictrue- Herself

1935-02-23

5.7
Go Into Your Dance
Go Into Your Dancetrue- Luana Wells

1935-04-20

7.0
You Belong to Me
You Belong to Metrue- Bonnie Kay

1934-09-08

7.0
Show Boat
Show Boattrue- Julie LaVerne [prologue]

1929-07-27

5.0
Frankie and Johnnie
Frankie and Johnnietrue- Frankie

1936-04-30

5.0
The Gigolo Racket
The Gigolo Rackettrue- Helen Marlowe

1931-06-15

0.0
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1true

1934-03-02

6.0
Musical Comedy Tonight III
Musical Comedy Tonight IIItrue

1985-11-22

0.0

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