Helene Whitney was an American actress who appeared in films in the late 1930s and 1940s.
Background
Whitney was born Kenyon Fortescue in 1914, but was known as Helene. Through her mother, Grace Fortescue (1883–1979), she was a grandniece (and cousin twice removed) of Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone. Through her father Granville Roland Fortescue (1875–1952), she was cousin once removed of United States President Theodore Roosevelt.
Education
Where she attended the National Cathedral School for Girls.
Career
She grew up in Washington District of Columbia She became an actress, using the stage names of Joyce Gardner, Helene Whitney and Helene Reynolds, appeared in films in the late 1930s and 1940s and later in stage productions. After her acting career ended, she became a Manhattan art gallery proprietor and artist in the 1960s. She died of pneumonia at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Atlantis, Florida aged 75 on March 28, 1990.
Oh, Captain! (February 4, 1958 - July 19, 1958)
Happy Hunting (December 6, 1956 - November 30, 1957)
Call Maine Madam (October 12, 1950 - May 3, 1952)
Mission Liberty (July 15, 1949 - April 8, 1950)
High Button Shoes (October 9, 1947 - July 2, 1949)
Yours Is My Heart (September 5, 1946 - October 5, 1946).