Helen Lynch

Helen Lynch

Born: April 6, 1900
Died: March 2, 1965
in Billings, Montana, USA
From Wikipedia

Helen Lynch (April 6, 1900 – March 2, 1965) was an American silent film actress. She was born in Billings, Montana, where she was also raised.

After winning a beauty contest conducted in her hometown, Lynch soon went to movie studios and received little trouble gaining roles, starting out as an extra in 1918. She was chosen as one of thirteen WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1923. During her career, she was mostly cast in comedies.

She acted in a number of films throughout the 1920s and four small roles in the 1930s. It appears she returned one last time to the screen in the 1940 film Women Without Names.

Lynch was married to actor Carroll Nye. She died in 1965 in Miami Beach, Florida.

Movies for Helen Lynch...

Women Without Names
Title: Women Without Names
Character: Susie
Released: March 14, 1940
Type: Movie
Joyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused of murder. Railroaded into prison through the efforts of politically ambitious assistant DA Marlin, Fred awaits his doom on Death Row, while Joyce works overtime on the outside to clear her husband's name
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City Girl
Title: City Girl
Character: Girl on Train (uncredited)
Released: January 12, 1930
Type: Movie
A waitress from Chicago falls in love with a man from rural Minnesota and marries him, with the intent of living a better life - but life on the farm has its own challenges.
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Why Bring That Up?
Title: Why Bring That Up?
Character: Marie
Released: October 3, 1929
Type: Movie
George's partner in vaudeville quits their act, claiming that Betty has broken his heart. George then teams up with Charlie, a stranded trouper, and Irving becomes their manager. Later, in New York, the "Two Black Crows" star in their own revue and save money to build their own theater on Broadway. Betty comes to the theater with her lover, who poses as a cousin and induces George to hire her. He showers her with jewels and money. She tries to persuade George to invest in oil stock her lover is selling, and though their act is a success, Charlie fires Betty. When Charlie and Betty's lover quarrel, Charlie is injured.
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Speakeasy
Title: Speakeasy
Character: Speakeasy patron
Released: March 8, 1929
Type: Movie
Newspaper staffer Alice Woods persuades the editor to allow her to chase a story, that of prizefight contender Martin, who is about to fight for the championship. However, he does not know that his manager is preparing to double-cross him.
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In Old Arizona
Title: In Old Arizona
Character: Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1928
Type: Movie
Army Sergeant Mickey Dunn sets out in pursuit of the Cisco Kid, a notorious if kind-hearted and charismatic bandit of the Old West. The Kid spends much of his loot on Tonia, the woman he loves, not realizing that she is being unfaithful to him in his absence. Soon, with her oblivious paramour off plying his trade, Tonia falls in with Dunn, drawn by the allure of a substantial reward for the Kid's capture -- dead or alive. Together, they concoct a plan to ambush and do away with the Cisco Kid once and for all.
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Stolen Love
Title: Stolen Love
Character: Ruth
Released: December 2, 1928
Type: Movie
The story of a girl whose past casts a shadow over her future happiness with the man who loves her. How much of her past must a girl tell the man she wants to marry?
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Romance of the Underworld
Title: Romance of the Underworld
Character: Blondie Nell
Released: November 10, 1928
Type: Movie
When a gangster's speakeasy is raided by the police, one of the people picked up is the gangster's pretty young girlfriend. A kind-hearted cop takes pity on her and helps her get out of that life. While waitressing to earn money for college, she meets a wealthy and handsome young man and they fall in love--but he doesn't know about her somewhat shady past and her relationship with the gangster.
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The Singing Fool
Title: The Singing Fool
Character: Maid
Released: September 29, 1928
Type: Movie
After years of hopeful struggle, waiter and aspiring singer-songwriter Al Stone is on his way. He gets his huge break on a magical night when his song wows big-time producer Louis Marcus and gold-digging showgirl Molly, whom Al fancies. Broadway success and marriage follow, but sure enough, hard times are on the way.
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Ladies of the Mob
Title: Ladies of the Mob
Character: Marie
Released: June 30, 1928
Type: Movie
A dead criminal's daughter falls in love with a small-time crook and tries to get him to reform before he winds up like her father.
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The Showdown
Title: The Showdown
Character: Goldie
Released: February 25, 1928
Type: Movie
Passions run hot in the tropics as men fight over oil wells and a woman.
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Love and Learn
Title: Love and Learn
Character: Rosie
Released: January 14, 1928
Type: Movie
In love with political candidate Anthony Cowles, heroine Nancy Blair gets wind of the opposition's scheme to ruin Cowles' reputation. At the risk of her own good name, Nancy decides to turn the tables on the crooked politicos by framing Cowles' opponent in a compromising situation. Things don't go quite as planned.
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Underworld
Title: Underworld
Character: Meg, Mulligan's Girl
Released: August 20, 1927
Type: Movie
Boisterous gangster kingpin Bull Weed rehabilitates his former lawyer from his alcoholic haze, but complications arise when he falls for Weed's girlfriend.
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Avenging Fangs
Title: Avenging Fangs
Character: Mary Kirkham
Released: June 4, 1927
Type: Movie
A dog and his dead master's brother track down murderers.
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General Custer at the Little Big Horn
Title: General Custer at the Little Big Horn
Character: Betty Rossman
Released: September 16, 1926
Type: Movie
One of the bloodiest battles in American history is brought to life in this rarely-seen silent blockbuster. Over 3,000 extras were employed to recreate General George Custer's last stand against the Indian forces led by Crazy Horse.
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My Own Pal
Title: My Own Pal
Character: Trixie Tremaine
Released: February 28, 1926
Type: Movie
My Own Pal takes Tom Mix out of his customary western surroundings and plunks him in the middle of New York City.
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Arizona Sweepstakes
Title: Arizona Sweepstakes
Character: Nell Savery
Released: January 10, 1926
Type: Movie
Arizona cowboy Coot Cadigan travels to San Francisco and runs into Stuffy McGee, a small-time crook who stages phony "fights" to amuse the tourists. During one of those frights a man is killed and Coot gets blamed for it. Stuffy hides him out, but when he gets arrested Coot hightails it back to Arizona. with Stuffy's three children. To earn some money, he enters the Arizona Sweepstakes, a horse race with a large purse and one on which Col. Savery--the father of the girl Coot loves--depends on to save his ranch.
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The Return of Grey Wolf
Title: The Return of Grey Wolf
Character: Jean St. Claire
Released: January 1, 1926
Type: Movie
Grey Wolf, a German Shepherd Dog, leads the human hero to victory in this silent western.
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Fifth Avenue Models
Title: Fifth Avenue Models
Character: Maid
Released: April 26, 1925
Type: Movie
A model in an expensive clothing shop quarrels with another model, and an expensive gown is ruined. In order to pay for it, she asks her father, an artist, for the money. In order to get the money, the father gets mixed up with art thieves
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Oh, Doctor!
Title: Oh, Doctor!
Character: Maid
Released: February 23, 1925
Type: Movie
Rufus Billings was born premature and after a lifetime of doctors doting on his frail health he is now a hypochondriac of the first order. Now an adult Rufus has learned his late father has left him $750,000 but he won't inherit the sum for three more years. Rufus is certain he is on death's door and will never last three years so his Doctor arranges for a loan of $100,000 to pay for a live in nurse. Rufus only has to sign over his inheritance to the greedy trio of Clinch, McIntosh and Peck who along with the doctor are confident he'll live long enough to pay his debt.
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Smouldering Fires
Title: Smouldering Fires
Character: Kate Brown
Released: January 18, 1925
Type: Movie
A successful businesswoman falls in love with one of her much younger factory workers. She doesn't know that he is in love with her younger sister.
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The Tomboy
Title: The Tomboy
Character: Sweetie Higgins
Released: December 26, 1924
Type: Movie
Miss Devore plays Tommy, a young woman who runs a boarding house for her father, an inventor of eccentric devices, and the boarders are the usual collection of neurotics in such an effort.
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Valley of Hate
Title: Valley of Hate
Character: Maurine Foster
Released: June 20, 1924
Type: Movie
A city visitor falls for a mountain girl and collides with her family of rustic moonshiners.
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The Valley of Hate
Title: The Valley of Hate
Character: Maureen Foster
Released: June 20, 1924
Type: Movie
A young man in South Carolina inherits property in a valley he has never visited before. On arriving he is mistaken by the locals for a revenue officer intent on enforcing the Volstead Act on Prohibition. As the whole area lives off the moonshining trade, this prevents problems - particularly when he falls in love with the daughter of the head of the local producers.
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Cause for Divorce
Title: Cause for Divorce
Character: Ruth Metcliffe
Released: October 6, 1923
Type: Movie
David Butler and Fritzi Brunette star in this melodrama about an agricultural student whose wife longs for life in the city.
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The Eternal Three
Title: The Eternal Three
Character: Miriam Barnes
Released: September 22, 1923
Type: Movie
A doctor's adopted son turns out to be an ungrateful whelp. He beds the doctor's maid, then his secretary, and finally targets the doctor's wife, his own stepmother as his next conquest....
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The Dangerous Age
Title: The Dangerous Age
Character: Bebe Nash
Released: February 4, 1923
Type: Movie
Married for 22 years, Mary Emerson treats her husband, John, more like a son than a husband. He is stung by her rebuffs and, therefore, succumbs to the youthful charms of Gloria Sanderson, whom he meets on a business trip. But just after he mails a letter to Mary telling her that he will not return, John finds Gloria in the arms of her fiancé.
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Minnie
Title: Minnie
Released: December 1, 1922
Type: Movie
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Fools First
Title: Fools First
Character: 'Blondie' Clark
Released: May 27, 1922
Type: Movie
Tommy Frazer is one of a gang of crooks lead by "Tony the Wop". Frazer gets caught and is sent up the river for three years on a forgery rap. When he gets out of prison, he finds his girl, Ann Whittaker, waiting for him -- and she's got a scheme. She is working in a bank and wants to pull an inside heist.
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Glass Houses
Title: Glass Houses
Character: Cicily Duval
Released: March 6, 1922
Type: Movie
Glass Houses is a 1922 film.
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Live and Let Live
Title: Live and Let Live
Character: Lillian Boland
Released: July 3, 1921
Type: Movie
While on a train trip, Mary Ryan runs into her old friend Jane Loomis. Mary was once a professional thief but is now reformed. Jane tells her that her uncle, Judge Loomis, has invited her to live with he and his family, but that she is planning to elope with her boyfriend instead. When the train arrives at the town where Judge Looms lives, Mary gets off and passes herself off as Jane. Complications ensue.
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The House That Jazz Built
Title: The House That Jazz Built
Character: Kitty Estabrook
Released: April 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Cora and Frank Rodham are happily married until Frank lands a lucrative position. He doesn't want to see his pretty wife slaving away at domestic chores so he hires servants to do the work for her. As a result, Cora becomes fat and lazy. Frank is very unhappy with his wife's change in attitude and appearance and starts to take an interest in her friend, Lila Drake, who is secretly just as lazy.
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Honor Bound
Title: Honor Bound
Character: Claire Vincent
Released: November 30, 1920
Type: Movie
Irresponsible Billy Thorpe is sent to South America by his financée Claire's father, George Vincent, the rubber king, in order to reform.