Helen MacKellar

Helen MacKellar (February 13, 1895 – August 5, 1966) MacKeller's ancestry was Scottish and French-Canadian. She studied acting in Chicago and Spokane. Her stage debut came in Spokane in The Whirl of the Town, a musical comedy, when she was 14. She went on to perform in vaudeville and in repertory theatre with the Valencia Stock Company in Los Angeles. Her first acting in the eastern United States was with the Poli Stock Company in New Haven.

MacKellar's film debut came in The Past of Mary Holmes. She also appeared in Two Against the World, Draegerman Courage, The Case of the Stuttering Bishop, Crime School, Little Tough Guy, Barefoot Boy, Valley of the Giants, Disbarred, Boy Slaves, Bad Boy, Northwest Passage, Dark Command, Cheers for Miss Bishop, The Great Mr. Nobody, The Great Train Robbery, Gangs of Sonora, Down Mexico Way, The Man Who Returned to Life, Street of Chance, The Sundown Kid, The Powers Girl and Silver Spurs, among others.

MacKellar's Broadway credits included Dear Ruth (1944), Bloody Laughter (1931), Through the Night (1930), Romancin' Round (1927), Open House (1925), The Mud Turtle (1925), A Good Bad Woman (1925), The Desert Flower (1924), The Masked Woman (1922), The Shadow (1922), Bought and Paid For (1921), Back Pay (1921), The Storm (1919), The Unknown Purple (1918), Major Pendennis (1916), and Seven Chances (1916). She died in New York City.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1933 The Past of Mary Holmes Mary Holmes 1934 High School Girl Jane Andrews 1934 Flirtation Mrs. Smith 1936 Two Against the World Martha Carstairs 1936 Silver Spurs Townswoman Uncredited1937 Draegerman Courage Mrs. Mary Haslett 1937 The Case of the Stuttering Bishop Stella Kenwood 1937 Federal Bullets Mrs. Thompson 1938 Crime School Mrs. Burke 1938 Delinquent Parents Judge Edith Ellis 1938 Little Tough Guy Mrs. Wanaker 1938 Barefoot Boy Martha Whittaker 1938 Valley of the Giants Mrs. Lorimer 1939 Disbarred Abbey Tennant 1939 Boy Slaves Jesse's Mother Uncredited1939 Honolulu Middle Telephone Operator Uncredited1939 The Gracie Allen Murder Case Secretary Uncredited1939 Bad Boy Mrs. Fraser 1939 When Tomorrow Comes Waitress Who is a Grandmother Uncredited1940 Northwest Passage Sarah Hadden Uncredited1940 Women Without Names Juror Uncredited1940 Dark Command Mrs. Hale 1940 Three Faces West Mrs. Welles 1940 Life with Henry Sattherwaite's Secretary Uncredited1941 Cheers for Miss Bishop Miss Patton 1941 The Great Mr. Nobody Mrs. Barnes 1941 The Great Train Robbery Mrs. Logan 1941 Gangs of Sonora Kansas Kate Conners 1941 Down Mexico Way Miss Abby Uncredited1942 The Man Who Returned to Life Ma Beebe 1942 Street of Chance Mrs. Webb, the Landlady Uncredited1942 The Sundown Kid Lucy Randall 1943 The Powers Girl Mrs. Hendricks 1943 Silver Spurs Mrs. Davis Uncredited1944 Lady in the Death House Prison Matron Uncredited