Helena D'Algy

Helena D'Algy (June 18, 1906 – 1992) was a Portuguese opera singer and actress. She appeared in several Hollywood films during the silent era, most notably opposite Rudolph Valentino in A Sainted Devil. D'Algy also performed on Broadway in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1923 and The Sex Fable. She and her brother, Tony D'Algy, caught the stage bug early and joined a stock company in Buenos Aires, where she became a popular actress on both stage and screen. She was said to possess a lovely soprano voice.

D'Algy arrived in New York in May 1923 and initially faced a series of setbacks until she caught the attention of Florenz Ziegfeld. She then appeared in Paramount's The Side Show of Life.

D'Algy later starred in the Spanish-language box office hit Suburban Melody (1933), her last known film role. In 1991, she appeared in the Spanish TV series Imágenes perdidas.

Selected filmography

Lend Me Your Husband (1924) Let Not Man Put Asunder (1924) It Is the Law (1924) A Sainted Devil (1924) Pretty Ladies (1925) Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1925) Confessions of a Queen (1925) Siberia (1926) Don Juan (1926) The Cowboy and the Countess (1926) The Exquisite Sinner (1926) The Silver Treasure (1926) A Race of Noblemen (1927) Let's Get Married (1931) Between Night and Day (1932) Suburban Melody (1933)