Helen Menken
from the film Stage Door Canteen (1943).
Birth name	Helen Meinken
Born	December 12, 1901 New York, New York, USA
Died	March 27, 1966 New York, New York, USA
Spouse(s)	Humphrey Bogart (1926–1927) Henry T. Smith (1932–1947) George N. Richard (1948–1966)

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Born in New York City, Menken was originally a teenaged actress who made her Broadway debut in Parlor, Bedroom and Bath in 1917. Her greatest stage triumphs were Seventh Heaven in 1922–1924 (Janet Gaynor played her role of Diane in the 1927 classic film), Mary of Scotland in 1933–1934 as Elizabeth Tudor opposite Helen Hayes in the title role, and The Old Maid, the Pulitzer Prize winning play that starred Menken and Judith Anderson in 1935. Bette Davis would recreate Menken's role as the spinster with a secret in the 1939 classic film. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... For other uses, see Seventh Heaven (disambiguation) Seventh Heaven is a 1927 silent film that was one of the first films to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture (then called Best Picture, Production). The film was written by H.H. Caldwell (titles), Benjamin Glazer, Katherine Hilliker (titles... Janet Gaynor Janet Gaynor [1] (October 6, 1906 – September 14, 1984) was an actress who, in 1928, was the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress. ... Mary of Scotland is a 1936 film starring Katharine Hepburn as the 16th century ruler, Mary I of Scotland. ... Elizabeth Tudor (July 2, 1492 – September 14, 1495) was the second daughter and fourth child of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York. ... Helen Hayes (October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress whose successful and award-winning career spanned almost 70 years. ... The Old Maid is a 1939 romantic drama film, produced by Warner Brothers. ... The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition. ... Dame Judith Anderson, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 Dame Judith Anderson, AC DBE (February 10, 1897–January 3, 1992), born Frances Margaret Anderson-Anderson, was an Tony award and Emmy winning stage and film actress who was also nominated for a Grammy and an Oscar. ... For the singer, see Betty Davis, for the meteorologist, see Betty Davis (meteorologist). ...

Menken's final Broadway appearance was in an unsuccessful play named "The Laughing Woman", which ran for less than a month in 1937. She was active on radio in the 1940's (notably recreating her performance opposite Judith Anderson in a 1946 radio adaption of "The Old Maid") and a major presence behind the scenes in the theater world, especially at the American Theatre Wing. She received a special Tony Award posthumously in 1966 for her work. The American Theatre Wing (ATF) is a New York City-based organization dedicated to supporting excellence and education in theatre, according to its mission statement. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ...

The first of her three husbands, from 1926 to 1928, was actor Humphrey Bogart. She was Bogart's first wife. Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American actor. ...

Helen Menken died from a heart attack in 1966 at the age of 64. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), more commonly known as a heart attack, is a disease state that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted. ...

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