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Helen Morgan (I) (1900–1941)

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Before the tragic legacies of songbird icons Édith Piaf, Billie Holiday and Judy Garland took hold, there was the one...the original...lady who sang the blues and started the whole "bawl" rolling. Like her successors, Helen Morgan lived the sad songs she sang...and more. She started her life fittingly enough on August 2... See full bio »

Born:

Helen Riggins
in Danville, Illinois, USA

Died:

(age 41) in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Helen Morgan, APPLAUSE, Paramount, 1929, **I.V.
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2008 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (video documentary) (performer: "What Wouldn't I Do for That Man?" - uncredited)
 
1981 American Pop (performer: "Bill")
 
1976 Alice Sweet Alice (performer: "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "Something to Remember You By")
 
1936 Show Boat (performer: "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" 1927 - uncredited, "Bill" 1927 - uncredited)
 
1936 Frankie and Johnnie (performer: "Give Me a Heart to Sing To" - uncredited)
 
1935 Go Into Your Dance (performer: "The Little Things You Used to Do" 1935 - uncredited / "The Little Things You Used to Do" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1935 Sweet Music (performer: "I See Two Lovers" - uncredited)
 
1934 Marie Galante (performer: "Serves Me Right for Treating You Wrong")
 
1931 The Gigolo Racket (short) (performer: "Nobody Breaks My Heart", "I Know He's Mine")
 
1929 Glorifying the American Girl (performer: "What Wouldn't I Do for That Man?" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1929 Applause (performer: "What Wouldn't I Do for That Man?")
 
1929 Show Boat (performer: "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" 1927 - uncredited, "Bill" 1927 - uncredited)
 
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1936 Show Boat
Julie LaVerne
 
1936 Frankie and Johnnie
Frankie
 
1935 Go Into Your Dance
Luana Wells
 
1935 Sweet Music
Helen Morgan
 
1934 Marie Galante
MissTapia
 
1934 You Belong to Me
Bonnie Kay
 
1931 The Gigolo Racket (short)
Helen Marlowe
 
1930 Roadhouse Nights
Lola Fagan
 
1929 Applause
Kitty Darling
 
1929 Show Boat
Julie LaVerne [prologue]
 
1923 Six Cylinder Love
Extra (uncredited)
 
1923 The Heart Raider
Extra (uncredited)
 
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1929 Glorifying the American Girl
Herself - Appearance in Revue Scenes
 
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2012 Out of My Dreams: Oscar Hammerstein II (TV documentary)
Julie La Verne
 
2004 Broadway: The American Musical (TV series documentary)
 
1996 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1989 The Show Boat Story (TV documentary)
Julie LaVerne (clip from 1936 film of "Show Boat") (uncredited)
 
1985 Musical Comedy Tonight III (TV movie)
Julie La Verne
 
1981 American Pop
Singer in Raided Nightclub (voice) (uncredited)
 
1950 The Golden Twenties (documentary)
Herself
 

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(1939) She also played Julie in Orson Welles's non-musical radio production of "Show Boat", broadcast on "The Campbell Playhouse". See more »

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1 Biographical Movie  | 1 Print Biography  | 2 Articles  | See more »
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She became very famous in the 1920s and was popular throughout the 1930s, but she is not well-remembered today, except perhaps by musical theatre buffs. This is due partly to the fact that all her recordings date from the 1920s and 1930s and they are not often found in stores, but it is also partly due to the fact that her best and most often seen film... See more »

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