Helen Jerome Eddy

Helen Jerome Eddy (February 25, 1897-January 27, 1990) was a motion picture actress from New York, New York. She was noted as a character actress who played genteel heroines in films such Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1916). She was raised in Los Angeles, California. Helen became interested in films through the studios of Siegmund Lubin, which was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In her youth they opened a lot in her Los Angeles neighborhood. Miss Eddy's first movie was The Red Virgin (1915). Soon she left Lubin and joined Paramount Pictures. At this time she began to play roles for which she is remembered. Other films in which the actress participated include The March Hare (1921), The Dark Angel (1925), Camille (1927), Quality Street (1927), and The Divine Lady (1927). She made Girls Demand Excitement in 1931 and her final film, Strike Up The Band, in 1940.