---
name: "Helen Traubel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/helen-traubel"
fi1m_id: "helen-traubel"
imdb_id: "nm0871182"
tmdb_id: 129546
wikidata_id: "Q435347"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 June 1899"
died: "28 July 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T14:19:41.414153+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."
---

# Helen Traubel

## Identity

Helen Traubel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/helen-traubel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** helen-traubel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0871182
- **TMDB ID:** 129546
- **Wikidata ID:** Q435347
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Traubel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q435347, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0871182/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/129546

Actor. Born 15 June 1899 in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. Died 28 July 1972.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 June 1899, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
- **Died:** 28 July 1972
- **Also known as:** Helen Francesca Traubel
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Traubel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q435347, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0871182/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/129546

## Biography

Helen Traubel was an American opera singer and actress. A dramatic soprano, she was known for her Wagnerian roles, particularly Brünnhilde and Isolde, and sang at the Metropolitan Opera from 1937 to 1953.

Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, she began her career as a concert singer before her opera debut. From the 1950s she also performed in nightclubs and cabaret, and appeared in television, films and musical theatre.

Her film roles include Miss Helen N. Wellenmellon, a retired opera singer, in *The Ladies Man* (1961).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Ladies Man* (1961), Fi1m 72, as Miss Helen N. Wellenmellon — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ladies-man.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Gunn* (1967), as Mother
- *Valentine's Day* (1964), series, as Muriel
- *The Ladies Man* (1961), as Miss Helen N. Wellenmellon — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ladies-man.md)
- *The Mikado* (1960), as Katisha
- *The Bell Telephone Hour* (1959), series, as Katisha
- *Deep in My Heart* (1954), as Anna Mueller

## Gallery

- ![Front cover of Playbill for Pipe Dream. I looked at every page and there were not copyright symbols or assertions. (1956)](https://film.one/media/person/3907371/gallery-079eef280a34.jpg) Front cover of Playbill for Pipe Dream. I looked at every page and there were not copyright symbols or assertions. (1956) — Playbill, Incorporated, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Helen_Traubel_%28cropped%29.jpeg/1280px-Helen_Traubel_%28cropped%29.jpeg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Helen Traubel at Haneda Airport. (1952)](https://film.one/media/person/3907371/gallery-7e60e12ad544.jpg) Helen Traubel at Haneda Airport. (1952) — 朝日新聞社, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Helen_Traubel_in_Japan.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Helen Traubel as Fauna with some of her (prostitute) "girls". Presumably the Act 2 party scene.](https://film.one/media/person/3907371/gallery-2607e324e6d6.jpg) Helen Traubel as Fauna with some of her (prostitute) "girls". Presumably the Act 2 party scene. — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Happiest_house.jpg/1280px-Happiest_house.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Helen Traubel](https://film.one/media/person/3907371/gallery-305ca3049248.jpg) Helen Traubel — Image via TMDB

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/helen-traubel