Career Highlights: The Falcon in San Francisco, Moonlight in Vermont, Women Without Names
First Major Screen Credit: Women Without Names (1940)
Biography
Even in her twenties, American actress Fay Helm exuded a clear-minded maturity that enabled her to avoid traditional ingenue roles. Signed by Columbia in 1938, Helm played Mrs. Fuddle in several of the early "Blondie" entries. At Universal in 1941, she was seen briefly as Jenny Williams, the first victim of the title character in The Wolf Man. Two years later, she was the frosty, elusive title character in the film noir classic Phantom Lady. Fay Helm also worked at Warner Bros. and RKO before her all-too-soon retirement from films in 1946. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide