Helen Menken

Actress

Female

Born Dec 12, 1901

Hometown United States

Died Mar 27, 1966

Death Place United States

Other Names Helen Meinken

Helen Menken was an American actress, born Helen Meinken to a German-French father, Frederick Meinken, and an Irish-born mother, Mary Madden. Born in New York City, Menken was originally a teenage actress who made her Broadway theatre debut in Parlor, Bedroom and Bath in 1917.… Read More

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Richard Chamberlain
Married 1947 - 1966
Dr. Henry T. Smith

Married 1931 - 1947
Humphrey Bogart
Married 1926 - 1927

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Book Review: Humphrey Bogart: The Making Of A Legend By Darwin Porter Blogcritics.Org (Blog)
Google News - Jun 26, 2011

Supposedly Bogie's first wife, Helen Menken, was bisexual, as was almost every starlet he had an affair with and every actor he worked with once he got to Hollywood — Barbara Stanwyck, Spencer Tracy, Gary Cooper, George Raft, etc., etc
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Isabelle Stevenson, Doyenne Of The Tony Awards, Dies At 90
NYTimes - Dec 30, 2003

Isabelle Stevenson, the president of the American Theater Wing for more than 30 years, its chairwoman for the last five years and one of the best-known figures in the theater world, died on Sunday at her home in Manhattan, her daughter Laura said. She was 90. She was perhaps best known to the public as the doyenne of the Tony Awards, Broadway's
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Paid Notice: Deaths Selwart, Tonio
NYTimes - Nov 10, 2002

SELWART - Tonio. Hand some Broadway-screen actor, age 106, died November 2, 2002. Resident 130 W. 57 St, N.Y. Acted opposite Helen Hayes, Helen Menken; scored hit in ''The Pursuit of Happiness''. Played deposed monarch in film ''The Barefoot Contessa''. Spoke four languages. Elegant dresser, sparkling raconteur. Lucid of mind, with many friends, to
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Theater Review; Gee, Mom, Incest Did Help Your Ratings
NYTimes - Dec 14, 1999

Sexual abuse of children would not seem the most obvious choice of subject for a playwright looking for material for a rollicking new comedy -- unless, of course, one is a devoted follower of ''Sally Jessy Raphael,'' ''Oprah'' and the other confessionals that have become the staple of daytime talk television. Undaunted by the delicacy of the topic,
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1901 Birth Born on December 12, 1901.

TEENAGE

1917 15 Years Old Born in New York City, Menken was originally a teenage actress who made her Broadway theatre debut in Parlor, Bedroom and Bath in 1917.

TWENTIES

1922 20 Years Old Her greatest stage triumphs were Seventh Heaven in 1922–1924 (Janet Gaynor played her role of Diane in the 1927 classic film); Mary of Scotland in 1933–1934 as Elizabeth I opposite Helen Hayes in the title role (Katharine Hepburn played Mary in the 1936 film version); and The Old Maid, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play that starred Menken and Judith Anderson in 1935. … Read More

1926 24 Years Old The first of her three husbands was actor Humphrey Bogart. She was Bogart's first wife. They were married at the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City on May 20, 1926, and she divorced him November 18, 1927.

THIRTIES

1932 30 Years Old She married Dr. Henry T. Smith on July 12, 1932 and divorced him in 1947, then in October 1948 married George N. Richard who survived her. … Read More

LATE ADULTHOOD

1966 64 Years Old 1 More Event

She received a special Tony Award posthumously in 1966 for her work.

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