---
name: "Fay Helm"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/fay-helm"
fi1m_id: "fay-helm"
imdb_id: "nm0375614"
tmdb_id: 34184
wikidata_id: "Q5438916"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 April 1909"
died: "27 September 2003"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T03:11:33.094488+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Fay Helm

## Identity

Fay Helm

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/fay-helm
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** fay-helm
- **IMDb ID:** nm0375614
- **TMDB ID:** 34184
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5438916
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Helm, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5438916, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0375614/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34184

Actor. Born 9 April 1909 in Bakersfield, California, USA. Died 27 September 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 April 1909, Bakersfield, California, USA
- **Died:** 27 September 2003
- **Active:** 1939–1941
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 79 (1), 1940s 74 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Helm, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5438916, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0375614/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34184

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*The Wolf Man*](https://film.one/film/the-wolf-man.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Fay Helm was an American film actress. Born in Bakersfield, California, she studied drama at the University of Oregon and appeared in productions at the Portland Civic Theatre and Bakersfield Community Theatre before moving to Hollywood in 1936.

She appeared in around 65 films between 1936 and 1946, often in supporting roles. Helm is known for her performances in *The Wolf Man* (1941) as Jenny Williams, *Phantom Lady* (1944) as Ann Terry, *Night Monster* (1942) as Margaret Ingston, and *Dark Victory* (1939).

She retired from acting in 1946. Helm died in Santa Monica, California, in 2003.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these

- *The Wolf Man* (1941), Fi1m 78, as Jenny Williams — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wolf-man.md)
- *Dark Victory* (1939), Fi1m 79, as Miss Dodd — [page](https://film.one/film/dark-victory.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Kitty Foyle* (1940), Fi1m 70, as Prim Girl (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/kitty-foyle.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *That Brennan Girl* (1946), as Helen, Ziggy's Neighbor
- *The Locket* (1946), as Mrs. Bonner
- *Sister Kenny* (1946), as Mrs. McIntyre
- *Dangerous Intruder* (1945), as Millicent
- *The Falcon in San Francisco* (1945), as Doreen Temple
- *Son of Lassie* (1945), as Joanna
- *A Song to Remember* (1945), as Madame Chopin (uncredited)
- *One Body Too Many* (1944), as Estelle Hopkins
- *Mademoiselle Fifi* (1944), as The Manufacturer's Wife
- *Lady in the Dark* (1944), as Miss Bowers
- *Phantom Lady* (1944), as Ann Terry
- *Moonlight in Vermont* (1943), as Lucy Meadows
- *Calling Dr. Death* (1943), as Mrs. Duval
- *Honeymoon Lodge* (1943), as Mrs. Mary Thomas
- *Hers to Hold* (1943), as Hannah Gordon
- *Captive Wild Woman* (1943), as Nurse Strand
- *Life Begins at Eight-Thirty* (1942), as Ruthie
- *Night Monster* (1942), as Margaret Ingston
- *Half Way to Shanghai* (1942), as Marion Mills
- *Give Out, Sisters* (1942), as Susan Waverly
- *The Wolf Man* (1941), as Jenny Williams — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wolf-man.md)
- *Million Dollar Baby* (1941), as Mrs. Grayson
- *The Wagons Roll at Night* (1941), as Wife (uncredited)
- *Life with Henry* (1941), as Office Secretary (uncredited)
- *Kitty Foyle* (1940), as Prim Girl (uncredited) — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/kitty-foyle.md)
- *The Flag of Humanity* (1940), as Elsie Howard
- *Blondie Has Servant Trouble* (1940), as Mrs. Fuddle
- *Untamed* (1940), as Miss Olcott
- *Dr. Kildare's Strange Case* (1940), as Mrs. Adams
- *Women Without Names* (1940), as Millie
- *Little Orvie* (1940), as Mrs. Balliser
- *Blondie on a Budget* (1940), as Mrs. Fuddle
- *Abe Lincoln in Illinois* (1940), as Mrs. Seth Gale (uncredited)
- *Parole Fixer* (1940), as Rita Mattison
- *The Light That Failed* (1939), as Red-Haired Girl
- *A Child is Born* (1939), as The Woman
- *Blondie Brings Up Baby* (1939), as Mrs. Fuddle
- *Hollywood Cavalcade* (1939), as Nurse
- *Our Leading Citizen* (1939), as Tonia
- *They All Come Out* (1939), as Mamie Jacklin (uncredited)
- *Dark Victory* (1939), as Miss Dodd — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/dark-victory.md)
- *Sergeant Madden* (1939), as Nurse
- *The Story of Dr. Jenner* (1939), as Mrs. Edward Jenner (uncredited)
- *Beauty for the Asking* (1939), as Miss Henley (uncredited)
- *Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus* (1938), as Mrs. De Cava
- *Blondie* (1938), as Mrs. Fuddle (uncredited)
- *I Am the Law* (1938), as Mrs. Butler
- *Racket Busters* (1938), as Mrs. Charlie Smith
- *Strange Glory* (1938), as Anna Ella Carroll
- *Midnight Intruder* (1938), as Marion Loring (uncredited)
- *Merry Go Round of 1938* (1937), as Dainty Doris
- *Song of the City* (1937), as Marge
- *Fury* (1936), as Townswoman (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Fay Helm](https://film.one/media/person/1231071/gallery-c370a9c1a5a2.jpg) Fay Helm — Studio Publicity (Universal Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Fay_Helm_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Fay Helm & Bela Lugosi in The Wolf Man - publicity still (cropped) (1941)](https://film.one/media/person/1231071/gallery-17e70c89fbc8.jpg) Fay Helm & Bela Lugosi in The Wolf Man - publicity still (cropped) (1941) — unknown (Universal Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/The_Wolf_Man_%281941%29_still_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Fay Helm](https://film.one/media/person/1231071/gallery-57e7a99fc185.jpg) Fay Helm — Image via TMDB
- ![Fay Helm](https://film.one/media/person/1231071/gallery-6640e8ed981c.jpg) Fay Helm — Image via TMDB

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