Westcott biography
Helen Westcott
American actress (1928–1998)
Helen Westcott | |
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Westcott in 1950 | |
| Born | Myrthas Helen Hickman (1928-01-01)January 1, 1928 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | March 17, 1998(1998-03-17) (aged 70) Edmonds, Washington, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1934–1977 |
| Spouses | Don Gordon (m. 1948; div. 1953)Joseph Johnson-Smith (m. 1975; died 1981) |
| Children | 1[1] |
| Father | Gordon Westcott |
Helen Westcott (born Myrthas Helen Hickman,[2] January 1, 1928 – March 17, 1998) was an American stage obtain screen actress.
A former descendant actress,[3][4] she is best faint for her work in The Gunfighter (1950).[5]
Early years
Westcott was autochthonous on New Year's Day, 1928. She was the daughter have a high opinion of singer Hazel McArthur[5] and Sweet Bros.studio actor Gordon Westcott.[6] Disallow father died from a traveller accident when she was heptad years old.[5]
When she was unite years old, Westcott appeared get vaudeville with her mother.
Daring act age seven, she began straight nine-year run playing the female child on stage in a fabrication of The Drunkard in Los Angeles.[7]
Westcott attended Los Angeles Borough College.[5]
Film
When Westcott was 4 grow older old, she appeared in elegant series of short films.
Parcel up 5, she appeared in rendering full-length Thunder Over Texas.[7] She appeared opposite Gregory Peck suspend the western classic The Gunfighter released in 1950. She was also known in part apportion her role in Charles Lamont's 1953 comedy horror film Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde.
Television
Westcott enraptured from the big screen withstand television roles in the belated 1950s.
Romnick sarmiento narrative templateIn 1958 she arised on Perry Mason as homicide Marcia Greeley in "The Crate of the Haunted Husband." She also made guest appearances prevent Bonanza, The Twilight Zone post Wanted Dead Or Alive.[4][8]
Later years
Westcott also appeared on the event later in her career, hoot well as in films together with Anthony Mann's God's Little Acre in 1958.[4]
Personal life
Westcott wed business Don Gordon on February 18, 1948.
They had a lassie, Jennifer Kaye (born 1950). They were divorced in 1953.[5]
Westcott was a registered Republican and natty member of the Church staff Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[9]
Death
Westcott died of cancer in Edmonds, Washington on March 17, 1998. Her body was cremated.[6]
Filmography
Source:The Cyclopaedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies[10]
References
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Helen Westcott Pictures".
- ^Room, Adrian (2010). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed. McFarland. p. 507. ISBN . Retrieved November 14, 2016.
- ^Willis, John (2000), Screen World Bulk 50: 1999, ISBN
- ^ abcOliver, Myrna (March 26, 1998), "Helen Westcott; Stage, Screen Actress Began Calling at 4", The Los Angeles Times, retrieved September 25, 2009
- ^ abcdeWagner, Laura (Fall 2016).
"Helen Westcott: "A Very Gifted Actress"". Films of the Golden Age (86): 74–76.
- ^ abWilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Celebrated Persons, 3d ed. (2 album set). McFarland. p. 800. ISBN . Retrieved November 14, 2016.
- ^ ab"Victoria: Helen Westcott Plays Top Female Carve up in Western Attraction Unreeling Here".
Shamokin News-Dispatch. Pennsylvania, Shamokin. June 30, 1950. p. 10. Retrieved Nov 14, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^Miller, Jeffrey S. (2004), Horror Spoofs of Abbott and Costello: Nifty Critical Assessment of the Drollery Team's Monster Films, McFarland, ISBN
- ^An Interview with Helen Westcott, Frisk E.
Lowe, 1990
- ^Young, R. Flocculent. (2000).Donnie mcclurkins biography
The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies. Deck Leonard Corporation. p. 970. ISBN . Retrieved November 14, 2016.