1. Helen Marion Walker was born July 17,1920, in Worcester, Massachusetts, the daughter of Irish-American parents.
13 Facts About Helen Walker
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Helen Walker's mother took a job working in a department store but later suffered a nervous breakdown.
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Helen Walker won a scholarship to the Erskine School of Dramatics in Boston and completed one semester of studies, but she withdrew after completing her first play, embarrassed by her performance.
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Helen Walker married Paramount lawyer Robert Blumofe on November 19,1942, in Tijuana, Mexico, but the marriage ended in divorce in 1946.
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Helen Walker made her film debut in 1942's Lucky Jordan, a comedy starring Alan Ladd.
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Helen Walker earned a solid reputation playing leading roles in comedies as what she termed a "reactress," a straight man to comic leads in films such as Brewster's Millions and Murder, He Says, both released in 1945.
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Helen Walker had just finished filming Her Adventurous Night and was set to begin Heaven Only Knows when an auto accident drastically disrupted her career.
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Helen Walker suffered fractures to her pelvis and clavicle as well as a crushed foot, and spent more than a month in the hospital.
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Helen Walker was replaced in Heaven Only Knows by Marjorie Reynolds.
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Helen Walker took prominent roles in films such as Call Northside 777 with James Stewart, My Dear Secretary with Kirk Douglas and Impact with Brian Donlevy.
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In 1950, Helen Walker married department-store executive Edward DuDomaine, but the couple divorced in 1952.
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In 1960, after Helen Walker's house was destroyed by fire, several other Hollywood actresses held a benefit to assist her.
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Helen Walker died of cancer following a nine-year illness on March 10,1968, in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California at the age of 47.