Helen Mack

Helen Mack was an American actress. Mack started her career as a child actress in silent films, moving on to Broadway plays, and touring the vaudeville circuit. Her greater success as an actress was as a leading lady in the 1930s. Eventually Mack transitioned into performing on radio, and then into writing, directing, and producing some of the best known radio shows during the Golden Age of Radio. Later in life, Mack billed herself as a professional writer, writing for Broadway, stage, and television. Her career spanned the infancy of the motion picture industry, the beginnings of Broadway, the final days of Vaudeville, the transition to talking pictures, the Golden Age of Radio, and the rise of television.

Helen Mack, born Helen McDougall, was the daughter of William George McDougall, a barber, and Regina McDougall, who had a repressed desire to become an actress. She obtained her education as a youth at the Professional Childrens School of New York City. Vera Gordon was a friend who helped her along as a child actress. She appeared on Broadway, in vaudeville and in stock, as well as in silent films. Mack debuted on stage in The Idle Inn with Jacob Benami. She performed with Roland Young in The Idle Inn and toured America with William Hodge in Straight Through The Door.

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