Helen Ware
Helen Ware (born Helen Remer, October 15, 1877 – January 25, 1939)[1] was an American stage and film actress.
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Born | Helen Remer October 15, 1877 |
Died | January 25, 1939 61) Carmel, California, U.S. | (aged
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1914–1935 |
Spouse(s) | Frederick Burt (1919–1939) |
Born to John August Remer and Elinor Maria (née Ware), Ware adopted her mother's maiden name as her professional name. She had three siblings, Ada, Richard, and John Remer. Before becoming an actress, she worked as a governess.
She had a successful Broadway stage career making her first appearance in 1899 with Maude Adams, and by her 30s, she was playing the character parts for which she became famous. She began playing character parts in silent films in 1914 and continued into the sound era. Like Louise Closser Hale, Ware was a raven-haired woman for most of her stage career, but adopted an all-blond coif toward the late 1920s at the end of the silent era and into sound movies.[2]
Personal life
She married actor Frederick Burt in 1919.
Filmography
- Your Girl and Mine: A Woman Suffrage Play (1914)
- The Price (1915)
- Cross Currents (1915)
- Secret Love (1916)
- The Garden of Allah (1916)
- The Haunted Pajamas (1917)
- National Red Cross Pageant (1917) *Lost film
- Thieves' Gold (1918) *Lost film
- The Deep Purple (1920) *Undetermined/presumably lost
- Colorado Pluck (1921)
- Beyond the Rainbow (1922)
- Fascination (1922) *Undetermined/presumably lost
- Mark of the Beast (1923)
- Soul-Fire (1925)
- Napoleon's Barber (1928) *Lost film
- New Year's Eve (1929) *Lost film
- Speakeasy (1929) *Lost film, but the soundtrack survives
- The Virginian (1929) as Mrs. 'Ma' Taylor
- Half Way to Heaven (1929)
- Slightly Scarlet (1930)
- She's My Weakness (1930)
- Abraham Lincoln (1930)
- One Night at Susie's (1930)
- Tol'able David (1930)
- Command Performance (1931)
- Party Husband (1931)
- I Take This Woman (1931)
- The Reckless Hour (1931)
- The Night of June 13 (1931)
- Flaming Gold (1932)
- Ladies They Talk About (1933)
- Girl Missing (1933)
- The Keyhole (1933)
- The Warrior's Husband (1933)
- She Had to Say Yes (1933)
- Morning Glory (1933)
- Sadie McKee (1934)
- That's Gratitude (1934)
- Secret of the Chateau (1934)
- Romance in Manhattan (1935)
- What's the Idea? (1935) *short
References
Notes
- Silent Film Necrology
- brief bio Helen Ware profile, allmovie.com; accessed April 12, 2018.
- "New York Clipper". Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
Bibliography
- HELEN WARE TIRES OF THE STAGE: Says It Is Drudgery ... New York Times article dated Monday September 11, 1911
External links
- Helen Ware on IMDb
- Helen Ware at the Internet Broadway Database
- Helen Ware portrait gallery NY Public Library B.Rose Collection
- Helen Ware portrait early in her career University of Louisville, Macauley Theater Collection
- Helen Ware in long pre World War I dress University of Louisville Macauley Theater Collection
- Helen Ware in The Actor's Birthday Book 3rd Edition by Johnson Briscoe
- Helen Ware stage and film portraits; University of Washington, Sayre collection
- portrait 1923 with Josephine Victor and Henrietta Metcalfe(University of Kentucky) (Wayback Machine)