Helen Menken

Menken was born Helen Meinken in New York City, to a GermanFrench father, Frederick Meinken, and an Irishborn mother, Mary Madden. Originally a teenage actress who made her Broadway theatre debut in Parlor, Bedroom and Bath in 1917. Her greatest stage triumphs were Seventh Heaven in 19221924 Mary of Scotland in 19331934 as Elizabeth I opposite Helen Hayes in the title role and The Old Maid, the Pulitzer Prizewinning play that starred Menken and Judith Anderson in 1935. Bette Davis would recreate Menkens role as the spinster with a secret in the 1939 film version.

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