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Helen Lindroth

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Helen Lindroth
Lindroth, Frank Losee, William Courtleigh, Jr., and Valentine Grant (child actor unknown) in The Innocent Lie (1916) directed by Sidney Olcott
Born(1874-12-03)December 3, 1874
DiedOctober 5, 1956(1956-10-05) (aged 81)
OccupationActress

Helen Lindroth, December 3, 1874 – October 5, 1956 in Boston, Massachusetts, was a Swedish-born American screen and stage actress.

Biography

Lindroth acted on stage in New York City before entering motion pictures with the Kalem Company and Famous Players. She performed in the film adaptation of The Swan (1925) and in The Song and Dance Man (1926), produced by George M. Cohan.

Lindroth has ninety-six screen credits beginning with a role in the Battle of Pottsburg Bridge in 1912. Other films she appeared in include A Battle of Wits (1912), The Menace of Fate (1914), The Black Crook (1916), Shadows of Suspicion (1919), The Way of a Maid (1921), Unguarded Women (1924), and The Song and Dance Man (1926).

Lindroth gave up acting around 1936 and became associated with the Christian Science Benevolent Association in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. She retired from this philanthropic work in 1953.

Partial filmography

References

  • "Motion Picture News". Frederick Maryland Post. January 13, 1914. p. 12.
  • "Helen Lindroth". New York Times. October 12, 1956. p. 29.