Helen Gardner

Helen Gardner (September 2, 1884-November 20, 1968) was an American film actress, writer, editor, producer and costume designer.

She was the first actor to form her own production company, the Helen Gardner Picture Players in 1912.

She was known for her portrayals of strong female characters. She was considered a vamp and predated Theda Bara, Valeska Suratt and Louise Glaum in roles of this type.

Marriage

Gardner married, on 16 October 1902, in West Haven, Connecticut, socially prominent businessman Duncan Clarkson Pell, Sr. He died in 1964. In 1905 his divorce from his first wife, Anna Ogden Pell, was granted.

Some sources state that Gardner married, as her second husband, movie director Charles L. Gaskill, but Gardner's granddaughter and biographer, Dorin Gardner Schumacher, states that this is incorrect. Gardner never divorced Duncan C. Pell.

1924 La Flamme's wife

Sandra

1920 The Sleep of Cyma Roget

Cymba Roget

1917 The Common Sin (short)

1915 Miss Jekyll and Madame Hyde (short)

Madeleine Jekyll

1915 Snatched from a Burning Death (short)

Joan Le Grande

1915 The Still, Small Voice (short)

1915 The Breath of Araby (short)

Clothilde

1914 Underneath the Paint (short)

Tryphena Winter

1914 The Moonshine Maid and the Man (short)

The Moonshine Maid

1914/II The Butterfly (short)

The Butterfly

1914 The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray

Sylvia Gray/Silvery

1914 Pieces of Silver: A Story of Hearts and Souls

Sister Berenice

1913 A Princess of Bagdad

Princess Ojira

1913 Vampire of the Desert (short)

Lispeth, Vampire of the Desert

1913 Eureka! (short)

1913 Alixe; or, The Test of Friendship (short)

Alixe

1913 Becky, Becky (short)

Becky

1913 A Sister to Carmen

Margo

1912 Cleopatra

Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt (as Miss Gardner)

1912 The Party Dress (short)

Lydia

1912 The Heart of Esmeralda (short)

Louise Lennox - a Novelist

1912/I The Miracle (short)

Abbasah, the Caliph's Wife

1912 Yellow Bird (short)

Song Bird, a Young Indian

1912 An Innocent Theft (short)

Malcolm's Mother

1912 The Serpents (short)

Linda

1912 The Illumination (short)

Sabina

1912 The Old Silver Watch (short) (as Miss Gardner)

1912 The Love of John Ruskin (short)

The Wife

1912 Her Boy (short)

The Daughter

1912 A Problem in Reduction (short)

A Woman Who Wants to Reduce

1912 Where the Money Went (short)

The Jealous Wife

1911 A Reformed Santa Claus (short)

1911 Vanity Fair (short)

Becky Sharp

1911 The Freshet (short)

The Widow

1911 The Girl and the Sheriff (short)

The Girl

1911 An Aeroplane Elopement (short)

1911 Arbutus (short)

The Mountain Woman Who Becomes a Celebrated Singer

1911 Madge of the Mountains (short)

Madge of the Mountains

1911 Regeneration (short)

Elfie, The Husband's Sweetheart

1911 Ups and Downs (short)

The Young Wife

1911 By Woman's Wit (short)

The Wife

1911 For Love and Glory (short)

1911 The Death of King Edward III (short)

Alice Ferrers

1911 She Came, She Saw, She Conquered (short)

1911 Treasure Trove (short)

1911 The Lure of Vanity (short)

1911 A Quaker Mother (short)

Lois Pearson Harmon - A Quaker Wife

1911 Barriers Burned Away (short)

1911 The Sleep Walker (short)

1911/II For Her Brother's Sake (short)

The Sister

1911 The Show Girl (short)

Audrey, an Actress

1911 The Wooing of Winifred (short)

Winifred

1911 The Inherited Taint (short)

The Nurse

1911 A Tale of Two Cities (short)

1910 How She Won Him (short)