Helen Eby-Rock (July 18, 1896 – July 20, 1979) was an American actress and stage performer.
Helen Eby-Rock | |
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| Born | July 18, 1896  Pennsylvania |
| Died | July 20, 1979 (aged 83) Woodland Hills |
| Spouse(s) | William Rock |
Helen Eby was born on July 18, 1896 in Pennsylvania.[1] She initially worked as a public school teacher in Altoona, Pennsylvania.[2]
She performed in the musical revue Hitchy-Koo.with the vaudeville team of William Rock and Frances White. Rock and White split in 1919, and Eby and Rock teamed up and married. After Rock's death, Eby-Rock briefly teamed up with Jack Haley in 1925 as his straight woman.[3] She appeared on stage in Dancing Mothers (1924),[4] Delmar's Revels (1927),[5] and That's the Woman (1930).[6]
She became a character actor, starring in small roles in numerous feature films, starting with her role as dope addict Kitty Cognac in Ann Vickers (1933).[7][8] She also appeared in small roles in television comedies, like The Colgate Comedy Hour,[9] The Charlie Farrell Show,[10] and The Jack Benny Program.[11]
Helen Eby-Rock died on 20 July 1979 in Woodland Hills, California.[1]
Filmography
edit- The Salesman (1929)[12]
- Opening Night (1931)[12]
- The Spirits of 76th Street (1931)[12]
- Ann Vickers (1933)[13]
- The Crime of Helen Stanley (1934)[13]
- The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)[13]
- The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)[14]
- My Reputation (1946)[14]
- Undercurrent (1946)[14]
- High Wall (1947)[15]
- Force of Evil (1948)[15]
- The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)[14]
- Side Street (1949)[14]
- Born Yesterday (1950)[16][17]
- Caged (1950)[16][15]
- A Life of Her Own (1950)[18]
- Callaway Went Thataway (1951)[16]
- The Man with a Cloak (1951)[16]
- Pat and Mike (1952)[16][18]
- Singin' in the Rain (1952)[19]
- A Star is Born (1954)[18]
- Over-Exposed (1956)[16]
References
edit- ^ a b Doyle, Billy H. (1999). The ultimate directory of silent and sound era performers : a necrology of actors and actresses. Internet Archive. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3547-4.
- ^ Altoona Tribune Sat, Mar 31, 1923 ·Page 24
- ^ Slide, Anthony (1981). The vaudevillians : a dictionary of vaudeville performers. Internet Archive. Westport, Conn. : Arlington House. ISBN 978-0-87000-492-6.
- ^ The Best plays and the year book of the drama in America. Oliver Wendell Holmes Library Phillips Academy. New York, Dodd, Mead. 1909.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ The Best plays and the year book of the drama in America. Oliver Wendell Holmes Library Phillips Academy. New York, Dodd, Mead. 1909.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Mantle, Burns (1931). The Best plays of 1930-1931 ; and the year book of the drama in America. Internet Archive. New York : Dodd, Mead.
- ^ Ragan, David (1976). Who's who in Hollywood, 1900-1976. Internet Archive. New Rochelle, N.Y. : Arlington House. ISBN 978-0-87000-349-3.
- ^ Parish, James Robert (2000). Prison pictures from Hollywood : plots, critiques, casts and credits for 293 theatrical and made for television releases. Internet Archive. Jefferson, N.C. ; London : McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-0939-6.
- ^ National Broadcasting Company. (1954). [N.B.C trade releases]. College Park University of Maryland. [New York, N.Y. : National Broadcasting Company].
- ^ Ross, Wallace A. (1956). Ross reports on television. College Park University of Maryland. New York, N. Y. : Wallace A. Ross.
- ^ Sam Frank (1999). Buyer's guide to fifty years of TV on video. Internet Archive. Prometheus Books. ISBN 978-1-57392-226-5.
- ^ a b c Bradley, Edwin M. (2005). The first Hollywood sound shorts, 1926-1931. Internet Archive. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1030-9.
- ^ a b c The American Film Institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States : feature films 1931-1940. Internet Archive. Berkley, CA ; London : University of California Press. 1993. ISBN 978-0-520-07908-3.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ a b c d e Fetrow, Alan G. (1994). Feature films, 1940-1949 : a United States filmography. Internet Archive. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland. ISBN 978-0-89950-914-3.
- ^ a b c Silver, Alain; Ward, Elizabeth; Macek, Carl; Porfirio, Robert; Ursini, James (1992). Film noir : an encyclopedic reference to the American style. Internet Archive. Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press. ISBN 978-0-87951-479-2.
- ^ a b c d e f Fetrow, Alan G. (1999). Feature films, 1950-1959 : a United States filmography. Internet Archive. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-0427-8.
- ^ Zinman, David (David H. ) (1979). 50 from the 50s : vintage films from America's mid-century. Internet Archive. New Rochelle, N.Y. : Arlington House. ISBN 978-0-87000-318-9.
- ^ a b c Clarens, Carlos (1976). George Cukor. Internet Archive. London : Secker and Warburg [for] the British Film Institute. ISBN 978-0-436-09942-7.
- ^ Hess, Earl J.; Dabholkar, Pratibha A. (2009). Singin' in the rain : the making of an American masterpiece. Internet Archive. Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-1656-5.