Helene Whitney

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Helene Whitney
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Whitney (as Fortescue Reynolds) in Los Angeles, 1930s
Born
Kenyon Fortescue

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Brussels, Belgium
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Atlantis, Florida, U.S.
Other nameTemplate:Pluralize from textHelen Fortescue
Joyce Gardner
Helene Reynolds
Years active1939–1948
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SpouseTemplate:Pluralize from textJ. Louis Reynolds (1936–1939; divorced)Template:Pluralize from text
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ParentTemplate:Pluralize from textGranville Roland Fortescue
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Helene Whitney (born Kenyon Fortescue, July 4, 1914 – March 28, 1990) was an American actress who appeared in films in the late 1930s and 1940s. She was known as Helene Reynolds after her marriage.

Biography

Whitney was born Kenyon Fortescue in 1914, but was known as Helene.[1][2] Through her mother, Grace Fortescue, she was a grandniece (and cousin twice removed) of Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone. Through her father Granville Roland Fortescue, she was a first cousin once removed of US President Theodore Roosevelt.

She grew up in Washington D.C. where she attended the National Cathedral School for Girls.[3] She married Julian Louis Reynolds,[2] son of Richard S. Reynolds, Sr.[4] and heir to the Reynolds aluminum and tobacco fortunes, on July 15, 1936, in Washington, becoming Helene Fortescue Reynolds.[5] After three years of marriage, they divorced in May 1939.[5][6][7]

She became an actress, using the stage names of Joyce Gardner, Helene Whitney and Helene Reynolds, appeared in films in the late 1930s and 1940s and later in stage productions.[3] After her acting career ended, she became a Manhattan art gallery proprietor and artist in the 1960s.[1] She died of pneumonia at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Atlantis, Florida aged 75 on March 28, 1990.[3]

Filmography

As Helene Whitney/Helen Whitney

Year Title Role
1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Fleur de Lys NYT
1940 The Saint's Double Trouble Anne Bitts IMDb
1940 Millionaire Playboy aka Glamour Boy (UK) uncredited IMDb
1940 The Philadelphia Story Main Line Society Woman IMDb
1941 City of Missing Girls Katherine Crawford IMDb

As Helene Reynolds

Year Title Role
1941 Confirm or Deny Dorothy IMDb
1941 Blue, White and Perfect Helen Shaw NYT
1942 Girl Trouble Helen Martin IMDb
1942 Roxie Hart Velma Wall IMDb
1942 Tales of Manhattan Actress IMDb
1942 Moontide Woman in boat IMDb
1942 The Man Who Wouldn't Die Anna Wolff NYT
1943 Dixie Dugan Jean Patterson IMDb
1943 Heaven Can Wait Peggy Nash IMdb
1943 Wintertime Marian Daly (uncredited) NYT
1943 The Meanest Man in the World Wife (Park Ave. Neighbor) IMDb
1944 Bermuda Mystery Angela IMDb

Television

As Helene Reynolds

Year Title Role
1945 The Front Page Mollie Malloy IMDb
1948 Mirage in Manhattan (Chevrolet Tele-Theatre) IMDb

Stage

Family tree

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  1. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Spinzia, Raymond E. "Those Other Roosevelts: The Fortescues". THE FREEHOLDER: Magazine Online. The Oyster Bay Historical Society. Archived from the original on December 7, 2008. Retrieved January 3, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Ancestry.co Historical Person Overview: Kenyon "Helene" Fortescue, accessed May 2017.
  3. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Obituary: Helene Fortescue Reynolds". The Washington Post. March 31, 1990. p. B5. Retrieved October 15, 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Milestones". Time. July 27, 1936. Archived from the original on December 15, 2008. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
  5. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Helene Reyonlds To Seek Friendly Divorce in Reno". The Washington Post. March 26, 1939. Retrieved January 3, 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fine, Mary Jane (January 23, 1984). "Reliving a scandalous past". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved January 3, 2009. "The papers crowed about the wedding, when Helen Fortescue and Julian Reynolds married on July 15, 1936, in Washington, DC, where Helene had grown up. They gloated over the divorce a few years later in story after sparing nary a detail.... The divorce was granted in May of 1939."
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Former Helen Fortesque at Reno to divorce Reynolds". The New York Times. March 28, 1939. p. 2. Retrieved January 3, 2009. "Mrs. Helen E. Fortesque Reynolds arrived here today by plane from New York, prepared to take up residence to divorce Julian Louis Reynolds, tobacco heir."

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