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Helen Menken ( née Meinken; December 12, 1901 – March 27, 1966) was an American stage actress. [1] [2] Early years. Menken was born in New York City to a German-French father, Frederick Meinken, and an Irish-born mother, Mary Madden. Both of her parents were deaf, and her early communication came via sign language.
Helen Menken, eigentlich Helen Meinken, (* 12. Dezember 1901 in New York City, New York; † 27. März 1966 ebenda) war eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin. Die zu ihrer Zeit renommierte Bühnendarstellerin war die erste Ehefrau von Humphrey Bogart. Leben
Helen Menken. Actress: Stage Door Canteen. Helen Menken was born in New York to deaf parents. Her original name was Meinken, her New York-born father Frederick being of French/German extraction. Her mother, Mary Madden, was Irish-born. She married Humphrey Bogart at the Gramercy Park Hotel on May 20, 1926, four years after taking out a marriage ...
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7. Nov. 2021 · In the Roaring Twenties, Helen Menken was the queen of Broadway; “people gasped in awe when they spotted her on the streets of New York.” Though considered one of the greatest and most charismatic actresses of her time, in 1926 she married a struggling nobody, an actor named Humphrey Bogart.
She was posthumously awarded with the Wing’s most prestigious honor: a Tony, the highest accolade one can earn in New York theatre. Actress Helen Menken was arrested with Mae West, married Humphrey Bogart, and produced the Stage Door Canteen in World War II.
24. Dez. 2015 · In 1926, the beautiful and earthy Menken, who had just married a struggling young actor named Humphrey Bogart, was poised to become the greatest and best-known actress of her generation....
Actress and producer Helen Menken made her Broadway debut in 1917. She took on a variety of roles throughout the 1920s and 1930s and became known for playing a lesbian in The Captive , for which she was arrested during a performance, and her role as Elizabeth I in Mary of Scotland .
