Helen Leslie
Helen Leslie in 1916
Born
Helen Gracia Riesing

May 20, 1897
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Other names
  • Helen Riesing
  • Gracia Jaccard
  • Helen Gracia Jaccard
OccupationActress
Spouse
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(m. 1915; div. 1924)​

Helen Leslie (born Helen Riesing and sometimes known as Gracia Jaccard) was an American actress active in Hollywood during the silent era. She was briefly married to writer/director Jacques Jaccard.[1]

Biography

Helen was born on May 20, 1897, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to William Riesling and Frederika Childs.[2]

She was 18 years old and continuing a career as an actress at Universal when she married writer/director Jacques Jaccard, 28 years old.[3][4][5] After her marriage, she gave up acting and her promising career. The marriage was tumultuous and did not last. After her divorce, [6][7][8] she dropped out of public life.

In 1930, she was running the La Granada Apartments in Los Angeles's Koreatown neighborhood.[6]

Selected filmography

  • Stepping Out (1917)
  • Society's Hypocrites (1916)
  • The Gold Band (1916)
  • Ashes of Remembrance (1916)
  • If My Country Should Call (1916)
  • From the Rogue's Gallery (1916)
  • The Code of the Mounted (1916)
  • A Thousand Dollars a Week (1916)
  • The Sody Clerk (1916)
  • Timothy Dobbs, That's Me (1916)
  • Son o' the Stars (1916)
  • A Life at Stake (1915)
  • A Kentucky Idyll (1915)
  • The Shriek in the Night (1915)
  • The Weird Nemesis (1915)
  • From the Shadows (1915)
  • Fate's Alibi (1915)
  • The Toll of Youth (1915)
  • The Little Girl of the Attic (1915)
  • The Prophet of the Hills (1915)
  • Nature's Triumph (1915)
  • When the Spider Tore Loose (1915)
  • His Last Trick (1915)
  • The Bay of Seven Isles (1915)
  • To Redeem an Oath (1915)
  • Martin Lowe, Financier (1915)
  • The Temptation of Edwin Swayne (1915)
  • Pawns of Fate (1915)
  • The Big Sister's Christmas (1914)
  • The Widow's Last (1914)
  • The Link That Binds (1914)

References

  1. ↑ Cooper, Mark Garrett (October 1, 2010). Universal Women: Filmmaking and Institutional Change in Early Hollywood. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-09087-5.
  2. ↑ Photoplay: The Aristocrat of Motion Picture Magazines. Photoplay Magazine Publishing Company. 1915.
  3. ↑ "At the Stage Door". The Los Angeles Sunday Times (Los Angeles, California). October 27, 1914. p. 24. Retrieved March 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "At the Universal". The Los Angeles Sunday Times (Los Angeles, California). October 18, 1914. p. 30. Retrieved March 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Poor Little Helen". The Los Angeles Sunday Times (Los Angeles, California). July 29, 1915. p. 26. Retrieved March 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. 1 2 "Helen Leslie Wins Divorce". Variety. Variety Inc. December 3, 1924. p. 23. Archived from the original on June 30, 2021. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Matrimonial Seas Get Choppy in Filmland". Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California). May 17, 1925. p. 91. Retrieved March 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Blames Crime on Loneliness". The Los Angeles Sunday Times (Los Angeles, California). January 9, 1922. p. 21. Retrieved March 15, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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