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Helen Hart
Born	Helen Louise Smith (1924-02-16)February 16, 1924 New York City
Died	November 4, 2001(2001-11-04) (aged 77) Calgary, Alberta
Nationality	American
Other names	Helen Smith
Occupation	Wrestling promoter
Known for	Working for Stampede Wrestling and WWE

Helen Hart (née Smith, February 16, 1924 – November 4, 2001) was a American professional wrestling promoter, television personality, wife of Stu Hart and matriarch of the Hart wrestling family. She was the mother of several wrestlers, most notably Bret and Owen Hart among others.

The oldest daughter of olympic marathon runner Harry J. Smith and dancer Ellie Poulis she grew up in New York where she met amateur and professional wrestler Stu Hart after the Second World War, they married shortly after and had twelve children together. She moved with Stu to his home country of Canada where he oppened up a wrestling promotion which she helped him run, mainly by handeling the wrestlers payment and bookings.

In 1984 after she persuade her husband to sell the promotion, which by this point was known as Stampede Wrestling, she and he retired from promoting and spent most of the following years helping raise some of their granchildren as well as appearing for the World Wrestling Federation several times, often involved in storylines about her sons and son-in-laws who were signed to the company.

Early life

Hart's mother Ellie Poulis was an artist and dancer as a young woman, she used to dance with Arthur Murray when he was still going by his birthname.

She was a writer.

Personal life

She and Stu had twelve children together; Smith, Bruce, Keith, Wayne, Dean, Ellie, Georgia, Bret, Alison, Ross, Diana and Owen Hart.

Hart would often sign autographs together with her husband for fans in Calgary.

Awards and recognitions

• Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame
  • 2001

See Also

• Martha Hart
• Hart Foundation
• Hart Dynasty

Further reading

Book

• Shaun Assael and Mike Mooneyham (2002). Sex, Lies, and Headlocks: The Real Story of Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment. Crown. p. 258. ISBN 1-4000-5143-6.
• Walters, Reece (2013). Owen Hart-Life and Death of a Wrestling Star. Amazon Digital Services. pp. 24pp. ASIN B00EIH2VHQ. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
• Hart, Bruce (2011). Straight from the Hart. ECW Press. pp. 272pp. ISBN 978-1-55022-939-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
• Billington, Tom; Coleman, Alison (2001). Pure Dynamite: The Price you Pay for Wrestling Stardom. Winding Stair Press. ISBN 1-55366-084-6.

External links

• Helen Louise Smith Hart at Find a Grave
• Stories about the Hart Family: Helen Hart, at Canoe.com

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