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Helen Flint

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Helen Flint
Flint in Ah, Wilderness!
Born(1898-06-14)June 14, 1898
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedSeptember 9, 1967(1967-09-09) (aged 69)
Georgetown University Hospital Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation(s)Actress, artists' model
Years active1921–1944
SpouseHarmon Spencer Auguste[1] (1938–1939, divorced)

Helen Flint (June 14, 1898[2][3] – September 9, 1967) was an American actress.

Early life and career

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Born in Chicago,[4] Flint was the daughter of Mary Eva Black and attorney Alexander Flint,[5][6][7] and the niece of popular stage actress Dorothy Dorr. It was Dorr's career that first inspired her niece to pursue acting and she later facilitated Flint's efforts to find work on Broadway.[4][7]

Flint debuted as a member of the chorus in the Ziegfeld Follies when she was 17.[1] Her Broadway resume included more than 20 productions between 1921 and 1946.[8] She also worked as a model, posing for such artists as James Montgomery Flagg and Arthur William Brown.[7]

Flint appeared in more than 20 films from 1931 to 1944, often portraying seedy or sexually available women.[2] Her films included Ah, Wilderness! and Black Legion. She portrayed the fortune-hunting actress Minna Tipton in David O. Selznick's production of Little Lord Fauntleroy.

Flint's career ended with an acting appearance in the comedy The Dancer (1953) in New York.[9]

Personal life and death

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Banker H. Spencer Auguste married Flint on January 27, 1938 in Palm Beach, Florida.[10] They were divorced in Reno, Nevada, on January 7, 1939.[11]

In 1954, en route from New York to Palm Springs, Florida and a planned new home purchase, Flint's plans were abruptly overhauled by what was meant to be a brief stopover in the Georgetown district of Washington, D.C. A Georgetown resident for the remainder of her life, Flint eventually purchased four residential buildings containing four units each, becoming what, by 1958, The Washington Sunday Star would dub a "unique landlady" and "house mother" to tenants whose apartments were characterized above all by "homeyness."[12]

On September 9, 1967, Flint died in Georgetown University Hospital after being hit by a motorist. She was sixty-nine.[13]

Filmography

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Year[14] Title Role Notes
1931 The Clyde Mystery Ann Clyde short
1934 The Ninth Guest Sylvia Inglesby
1934 Midnight Ethel Saxton
1934 Manhattan Love Song Carol Stewart
1934 Handy Andy Mrs. Beauregard
1934 Broadway Bill Mrs. Henry Early uncredited
1935 Devil Dogs of the Air Mrs. Brown scenes deleted
1935 While the Patient Slept Isobel Federie
1935 Doubting Thomas Nelly Fell
1935 Ah, Wilderness! Belle
1936 Riffraff Sadie
1936 Little Lord Fauntleroy Minna
1936 Early to Bed Mrs. Duvall
1936 Fury Franchette
1936 A Son Comes Home Belle uncredited
1936 Give Me Your Heart Dr. Florence Cudahy
1937 Black Legion Pearl Danvers
1937 Sea Devils Sadie Bennett
1937 Step Lively, Jeeves! Babe
1937 Married Before Breakfast Miss Fleeter
1937 Blonde Trouble Lucille Sears
1942 Time to Kill Marge uncredited
1944 Gaslight Franchette uncredited

References

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  1. ^ a b Willis, John (June 1983). Screen World 1968. Biblo & Tannen Publishers. ISBN 978-0-8196-0309-8. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 247. ISBN 978-0-7864-7992-4
  3. ^ "Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7HD-7GD : Sat Jul 20 23:06:13 UTC 2024), Entry for Flint and Alexander Flint, 14 Jun 1898.
  4. ^ a b "Helen Flint Returns". Springfield Evening Union. February 21, 1931. p. 10. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  5. ^ "Actress Here Hunts Mother's Girlhood Home". The Wichita Beacon. December 15, 1937. p. 10. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  6. ^ "United States Census, 1900", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSQD-Q6D : Thu Apr 11 18:03:44 UTC 2024), Entry for Alexander Flint and Mary Eva Flint, 1900.
  7. ^ a b c "Helen Flint Is Intrepid; Has Wandered Afar; Finally Lands in Pictures". Los Angeles Daily News. September 27, 1935. p. 21. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  8. ^ "Helen Flint". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on June 5, 2021. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  9. ^ "Helen Flint, Actress of '20s, Struck by Car, Badly Hurt". The New York Times. Associated Press. September 9, 1967. p. 32. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  10. ^ "H. Spencer Auguste weds". The New York Times. January 28, 1938. p. 18. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
  11. ^ "Helen Flint, Actress, Divorces Broker Mate". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. United Press. January 8, 1939. p. 3. Retrieved June 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Hornig, Roberta (December 14, 1958). "Unique Landlady: 'Homeyness' Is Key to Her Apartments". The Washington Star. p. D-37. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  13. ^ United Press International (September 10, 1967). "Ziegfeld Star Dead of Injuries". Albuquerque Journal. p. B-24. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  14. ^ "Helen Flint". AllMovie. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
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