Helen Westcott

Helen Westcott was born on Jan 01, 1928 in USA. Helen Westcott's big-screen debut came with Thunder Over Texas directed by Edgar G. Ulmer in 1934. Helen Westcott is known for Day of the Outlaw directed by André De Toth, Robert Ryan stars as Blaise Starrett and Burl Ives as Jack Bruhn. The upcoming new movie Helen Westcott plays is Pieces of Dreams which will be released on Sep 23, 1970.

Born January 1, 1928, to acting parents, Helen Westcott's show biz career began at the ripe old age of 4 when she performed on stage with her vaudevillian mother who played piano and drums. Her father was handsome Warner Bros. actor Gordon Westcott who appeared in second leads opposite a number of the top stars of the day including Bette Davis, Joe E. Brown, Joan Blondell, William Powell, James Cagney, etc. His untimely death in Hollywood at age 31 following a horse polo accident robbed Hollywood of a rising talent and deprived Helen, then age 7, of her father. Through her father's connections at Warners, young Helen was able to muster up a couple of pictures, earning a sizable role in the western Thunder Over Texas (1934) and as a little fairy in Le songe d'une nuit d'été (1935).After time out for education, Helen returned to films as a beautiful young ingénue in the late 40s. She appeared in both lead and second lead roles in a number of pictures, notably playing Gregory Peck's estranged wife in the classic La cible humaine (1950), the lovely damsel-in-distress in Deux nigauds contre Dr. Jekyll et Mr. Hyde (1953), and the spurned wife of Aldo Ray in the steamy drama Le Petit Arpent du Bon Dieu (1958). She played plucky bobbysoxer co-eds in light comedies and musicals and went on to provide feminine diversion in "B" adventure showcases starring Errol Flynn, George Montgomery, Guy Madison, Lex Barker and Dale Robertson.When her cinematic career started to slow down significantly in the late 50s, she pursued TV work and showed up in such popular dramas as Perry Mason (1957), Au nom de la loi (1958), Bonanza (1959), La quatrième dimension (1959) and M Squad (1957). She also returned to the live stage. A founding member of the Stage Society, Helen performed in such plays as "The Golden Fleece" (1968). In the 1970s, she could still be glimpsed occasionally on film and TV. She died of complications from cancer on March 17, 1998, at age 70, far away from the limelight. There were no reported survivors.