Helen Gardner
Actor · Scenario Writer · Editor · Producer
Born Sep 2, 1884 · Binghamton, New York, USA
Active 1910–1968
Not only was Helen Gardner the first American film actress to form her own production company, she was also the among the first filmmakers to embrace making features, and was the first vamp on screen.
Filmography
The Lure of Vanity (1911) — Edna WhiteBarriers Burned Away (1911) — John's WifeThe Sleep Walker (1911) — Lucy LanghamShe Came, She Saw, She Conquered (1911) — Rose Leigh - a Young SchoolteacherFor Love and Glory (1911) — Rose SeatonArbutus (1911) — The Mountain Woman Who Becomes a Celebrated SingerThe Love of John Ruskin (1912) — Mrs. John RuskinThe Serpents (1912) — LindaEureka! (1913) — The CastawayThe Sleep of Cyma Roget (1920) — Cymba RogetAlixe; or, the Test of Friendship (1913) — AlixeVanity Fair (1911) — Becky SharpThe Inherited Taint (1911) — The NurseThe Death of King Edward III (1911) — Alice FerrersThe Girl and the Sheriff (1911) — The Mountain GirlWhere the Money Went (1912) — Mrs. Fred Hart - the Jealous WifeThe Heart of Esmeralda (1912) — Louise Lennox - a NovelistVampire of the Desert (1913) — Lispeth, Vampire of the DesertHow She Won Him (1910) — Muriel HansonThe Wooing of Winifred (1911) — WinifredFor Her Brother's Sake (1911) — Bessie Black - The SisterSnatched from a Burning Death (1915) — Joan Le GrandeUps and Downs (1911) — The Young WifeA Problem in Reduction (1912) — Mrs. Smartly - a Woman Who Wants to Reduce