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name: "Helene Whitney"
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roles: []
born: "8 July 1914"
died: "28 March 1990"
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average_fi1m_score: 84
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T01:00:38.061347+00:00"
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# Helene Whitney

Actor. Born 8 July 1914 in Brussels, Belgium. Died 28 March 1990.

## Details

- **Born:** 8 July 1914, Brussels, Belgium
- **Died:** 28 March 1990
- **Also known as:** Helene Reynolds, Kenyon Fortescue, Helene Fortescue, Joyce Gardner
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helene_Whitney, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1602027, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0721748/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/127519

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Heaven Can Wait*](https://film.one/film/heaven-can-wait-1943.md) (84)

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## Biography

Helene Whitney, also credited as Helene Reynolds, Kenyon Fortescue and Joyce Gardner, was an American actress. Born Kenyon Fortescue in Brussels, Belgium, she appeared in films from the late 1930s to the mid-1940s, often in supporting roles.

Her screen credits include *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1939) as Fleur de Lys (as Helene Whitney), *The Philadelphia Story* (1940) as a Main Line Society Woman (uncredited), *Moontide* (1942) as Woman on Boat, and *Heaven Can Wait* (1943) as Peggy Nash (as Helene Reynolds). She later performed in stage productions, including several Broadway musicals in the 1940s and 1950s.

After her marriage to J. Louis Reynolds (1936–1939) she was known as Helene Reynolds. She was a grandniece of Alexander Graham Bell and a first cousin once removed of President Theodore Roosevelt.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Heaven Can Wait* (1943), Fi1m 84, as Peggy Nash — [page](https://film.one/film/heaven-can-wait-1943.md)

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

- *The Philadelphia Story* (1940), Fi1m 84, as Main Line Society Woman (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-philadelphia-story.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Bermuda Mystery* (1944), as Angela
- *Wintertime* (1943), as Marian Daly (uncredited)
- *Heaven Can Wait* (1943), as Peggy Nash — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/heaven-can-wait-1943.md)
- *Dixie Dugan* (1943), as Jean Patterson
- *The Meanest Man in the World* (1943), as Wife
- *Girl Trouble* (1942), as Helen Martin
- *Tales of Manhattan* (1942), as Actress
- *Moontide* (1942), as Woman on Boat
- *The Man Who Wouldn't Die* (1942), as Anna Wolff
- *Roxie Hart* (1942), as Velma Wall
- *Blue, White and Perfect* (1942), as Helen Shaw
- *Confirm or Deny* (1941), as Dorothy
- *The Philadelphia Story* (1940), as Main Line Society Woman (uncredited) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-philadelphia-story.md)
- *Millionaire Playboy* (1940), Actor
- *The Saint's Double Trouble* (1940), as Anne Bitts
- *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1939), as Fleur de Lys

## Gallery

- ![Helene Whitney](https://film.one/media/person/353437/gallery-dca9d1fdb79d.jpg) Helene Whitney — Los Angeles Daily News, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Actress_Helen_Fortescue_Reynolds%2C_Los_Angeles%2C_1930s%2C_cropped.jpg/1280px-Actress_Helen_Fortescue_Reynolds%2C_Los_Angeles%2C_1930s%2C_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![TITLE Actress Helen Fortescue Reynolds, Los Angeles, 1930s DATE CREATED 1930s PUBLISHER Los Angeles Daily News LANGUAGE No linguistic content COLLECTION Los Ang](https://film.one/media/person/353437/gallery-f96cf9b1ba61.jpg) TITLE Actress Helen Fortescue Reynolds, Los Angeles, 1930s DATE CREATED 1930s PUBLISHER Los Angeles Daily News LANGUAGE No linguistic content COLLECTION Los Ang — Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Actress_Helen_Fortescue_Reynolds%2C_Los_Angeles%2C_1930s.jpg/1280px-Actress_Helen_Fortescue_Reynolds%2C_Los_Angeles%2C_1930s.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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