Helen Morgan

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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, 1900 in very humble ... See full bio »

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August 2, 1900 in Danville, Illinois, USA

Died:

October 9, 1941 (age 41) in Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Show Boat Julie

(1936)

Show Boat Julie LaVerne [prologue]

(1929)

Applause Kitty Darling

(1929)

Marie Galante MissTapia

(1934)

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Actress (15 credits)

1936 Show Boat
Julie

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

1934 The Doctor (Short)

1933 Manhattan Lullaby (Short)

1931 The Gigolo Racket (Short)
Helen Marlowe

1930 Roadhouse Nights
Lola Fagan

1929 Glorifying the American Girl
Helen Morgan - Appearance in Revue Scenes

1929 Applause
Kitty Darling

1929 Show Boat
Julie LaVerne [prologue]

1923 Six Cylinder Love
Extra (uncredited)

1923 The Heart Raider
Minor Role (uncredited)

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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")

1961 The Twentieth Century (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)

- New York in the Twenties (1961) ... (performer: "Bill" (excerpt))

1936 Show Boat (performer: "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" (1927), "Bill" (1927) - uncredited)

1936 Frankie and Johnnie (performer: "Give Me a Heart to Sing To" - uncredited)

1935 Go Into Your Dance ("The Little Things You Used to Do" (1935), uncredited) / (performer: "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" - uncredited)

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?" - uncredited)

1929 Show Boat (performer: "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" (1927), "Bill" (1927) - uncredited)

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Self (1 credit)

1934 Screen Snapshots, Series 14, No. 1 (Documentary short)
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Archive footage (8 credits)

2012 Out of My Dreams: Oscar Hammerstein II (TV Movie documentary)
Julie La Verne

2004 Broadway: The American Musical (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Julie LaVerne

- Give My Regards to Broadway: 1893-1927 (2004) ... Julie LaVerne

1996 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Julie LaVerne in 'Show Boat'

- The Great Ziegfeld (1996) ... Julie LaVerne in 'Show Boat'

1989 The Show Boat Story (TV Movie documentary)
Julie LaVerne (clip from 1936 film of "Show Boat") (uncredited)

1985 Musical Comedy Tonight III (TV Special)
Julie La Verne

1981 American Pop
Singer in Raided Nightclub (uncredited)

1961 The Twentieth Century (TV Series documentary)
Self

- New York in the Twenties (1961) ... Self

1950 The Golden Twenties (Documentary)
Self

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She acted and sang the role of Addie, in the original 1929 Broadway production of Kern and Hammerstein's "Sweet Adeline". See more »

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1 Biographical Movie | 1 Print Biography | 3 Portrayals | 6 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, the 1936 version of Show Boat (1936), is ... See more »

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