HELEN WESTLEY

Helen Westlye was a leading Broadway stage actress from the turn of the century, having her greatest success in the 1920s. In the 1930s, when she was in her late 50s, she turned to movies, where she played stern elderly lady types and is best known for her work in All This, and Heaven Too, Heidi, Show Boat, Roberta, Death Takes a Holiday, Alexander's Ragtime Band, and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. She appeared in 38 movies from the 1930s to the 1940s. She passed away in 1942 at the age of 67.