Helen Flint (June 14, 1898Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 247. "Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7HD-7GD : Sat Jul 20 23:06:13 UTC 2024), Entry for Flint and Alexander Flint, 14 Jun 1898. – September 9, 1967) was an American actress.
Early life and career Born in Chicago,"Helen Flint Returns". Springfield Evening Union. February 21, 1931. p. 10. Retrieved October 8, 2024. Flint was the daughter of Mary Eva Black and attorney Alexander Flint,"Actress Here Hunts Mother's Girlhood Home". The Wichita Beacon. December 15, 1937. p. 10. Retrieved October 8, 2024."United States Census, 1900", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSQD-Q6D : Thu Apr 11 18:03:44 UTC 2024), Entry for Alexander Flint and Mary Eva Flint, 1900."Helen Flint Is Intrepid; Has Wandered Afar; Finally Lands in Pictures". Los Angeles Daily News. September 27, 1935. p. 21. Retrieved October 8, 2024. and the niece of popular stage actress Dorothy Dorr. It was Dorr's career that first inspired her niece to pursue acting and she later facilitated Flint's efforts to find work on Broadway.
Flint debuted as a member of the chorus in the Ziegfeld Follies when she was 17. Her Broadway resume included more than 20 productions between 1921 and 1946. She also worked as a model, posing for such artists as James Montgomery Flagg and Arthur William Brown.
Flint appeared in more than 20 films from 1931 to 1944, often portraying seedy or sexually available women. Her films included Ah, Wilderness! and Black Legion. She portrayed the fortune-hunting actress Minna Tipton in David O. Selznick's production of Little Lord Fauntleroy.
Flint's career ended with an acting appearance in the comedy The Dancer (1953) in New York.
Personal life and death Banker H. Spencer Auguste married Flint on January 27, 1938 in Palm Beach, Florida. They were divorced in Reno, Nevada, on January 7, 1939.
In 1954, en route from New York to Palm Springs, Florida and a planned new home purchase, Flint's plans were abruptly overhauled by what was meant to be a brief stopover in the Georgetown district of Washington, D.C. A Georgetown resident for the remainder of her life, Flint eventually purchased four residential buildings containing four units each, becoming what, by 1958, The Washington Sunday Star would dub a "unique landlady" and "house mother" to tenants whose apartments were characterized above all by "homeyness."Hornig, Roberta (December 14, 1958). "Unique Landlady: 'Homeyness' Is Key to Her Apartments". The Washington Star. p. D-37. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
On September 9, 1967, Flint died in Georgetown University Hospital after being hit by a motorist. She was sixty-nine.United Press International (September 10, 1967). "Ziegfeld Star Dead of Injuries". Albuquerque Journal. p. B-24. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1931 The Clyde Mystery Ann Clyde short1934 The Ninth Guest Sylvia Inglesby 1934 Midnight Ethel Saxton 1934 Manhattan Love Song Carol Stewart 1934 Handy Andy Mrs. Beauregard 1934 Broadway Bill Mrs. Henry Early uncredited1935 Devil Dogs of the Air Mrs. Brown scenes deleted1935 While the Patient Slept Isobel Federie 1935 Doubting Thomas Nelly Fell 1935 Ah, Wilderness! Belle 1936 Riffraff Sadie 1936 Little Lord Fauntleroy Minna 1936 Early to Bed Mrs. Duvall 1936 Fury Franchette 1936 A Son Comes Home Belle uncredited1936 Give Me Your Heart Dr. Florence Cudahy 1937 Black Legion Pearl Danvers 1937 Sea Devils Sadie Bennett 1937 Step Lively, Jeeves! Babe 1937 Married Before Breakfast Miss Fleeter 1937 Blonde Trouble Lucille Sears 1942 Time to Kill Marge uncredited1944 Gaslight Franchette uncredited
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