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name: "Helen Lynd"
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roles: []
born: "18 January 1902"
died: "1 April 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T00:13:27.303587+00:00"
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# Helen Lynd

Actor. Born 18 January 1902 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. Died 1 April 1992.

## Details

- **Born:** 18 January 1902, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
- **Died:** 1 April 1992
- **Also known as:** Helene Lynch
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 84 (1), 1940s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Lynd_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60292697, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528505/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1196710

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Of Mice and Men*](https://film.one/film/of-mice-and-men.md) (84)

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## Biography

Helen Lynd, also credited as Helene Lynch, was an American actress and comedienne. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on 18 January 1902, she began her career in 1919 as a chorus girl in a Broadway revue. She performed under the name Helene Lynch in early stage work before appearing on Broadway in musicals and revues including *Yes, Yes, Yvette* (1927), *The Little Show* (1929–1930) and *The Earl Carroll Vanities* (1931–1932).

From the mid-1930s she worked primarily in film in California, appearing in shorts and features until the late 1940s. Her film credits include *Of Mice and Men* (1939) as Susie, *Lucky Partners* (1940) as Ethel, *Murder in the Air* (1940) as Dolly, *The Strawberry Blonde* (1941) as Josephine and *Power Dive* (1941) as Mabel. She was married to talent agent Al Melick and died in Beverly Hills, California, on 1 April 1992.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Of Mice and Men* (1939), Fi1m 84, as Susie — [page](https://film.one/film/of-mice-and-men.md)

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

- *Kitty Foyle* (1940), Fi1m 70, as Girl in Elevator #1 (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/kitty-foyle.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *So Proudly We Hail* (1943), as Lt. Elsie Bollenbacher
- *Night in New Orleans* (1942), as Blonde Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
- *You're Telling Me* (1942), as Miss Ames
- *Groom and Bored* (1942), as Dolly McGonigle
- *The Great Man's Lady* (1941), as Bettina
- *Power Dive* (1941), as Mabel
- *Here Comes Happiness* (1941), as Flo
- *The Strawberry Blonde* (1941), as Josephine
- *Kitty Foyle* (1940), as Girl in Elevator #1 (uncredited) — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/kitty-foyle.md)
- *Lucky Partners* (1940), as Ethel
- *Murder in the Air* (1940), as Dolly
- *South of the Boudoir* (1940), as Hazel
- *Road to Singapore* (1940), as Society Girl (uncredited)
- *Of Mice and Men* (1939), as Susie — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/of-mice-and-men.md)
- *Flight at Midnight* (1939), as Josephine
- *The Kid From Texas* (1939), as Mabel
- *Cafe Society* (1939), as Millie
- *The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt* (1939), as Marie Templeton
- *Swingtime in the Movies* (1938), as Lorna an Actress
- *There's That Woman Again* (1938), as Pearl
- *Next Time I Marry* (1938), as Cynthia Bloomar (uncredited)
- *Youth Takes a Fling* (1938), as Girl
- *Hats Off* (1936), as Ginger Connolly
- *Sweet Surrender* (1935), Actor
- *Melody in Spring* (1934), as Blonde in Washington's Bed
- *Tee for Two* (1932), as Blonde Vocalist
- *Success* (1931), as Molly
- *Purely an Accident* (1930), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Helen Lynd](https://film.one/media/person/1231337/gallery-3d2df84e456e.jpg) Helen Lynd — film screenshot (Grand National Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Helen_Lynd_in_Hats_Off_%281936%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Helen Lynd](https://film.one/media/person/1231337/gallery-31e2fb2a9aeb.jpg) Helen Lynd — Image via TMDB

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