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Known For

Helen Walker is known for:

  • Nightmare Alley
    Stanton Carlisle joins a seedy carnival, working with "Mademoiselle Zeena" and her alcoholic husband, Pete.
  • Call Northside 777
    In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal to look into the case. For some time, O'Neal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.
  • The Big Combo
    Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Helen Walker (born July 17, 1920 – March 10, 1968) was an American movie actress of the 1940s and 1950s. She was born in Worcester, Massachusetts and made her film debut in 1942. After a promising start in Hollywood, Walker was involved in a 1946 car wreck. A hitchhiker was killed, and Walker and two others were seriously injured, for which she was charged with drunk and reckless driving. She made a comeback, but her career never fully recovered. She retired from acting at the age of 35, then died in North Hollywood, California from cancer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Helen Walker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia