Helen Flint (June 14, 1898Wilson, Scott (2016).
Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.
'. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 247. – September 9, 1967) was an American actress.

Early life and career

Born in Chicago,"Helen Flint Returns"
''Springfield Evening Union''. February 21, 1931. p. 10. Retrieved October 8, 2024. Flint was the daughter of Mary Eva Black and attorney Alexander Flint,"Helen Flint Is Intrepid; Has Wandered Afar; Finally Lands in Pictures"
''Los Angeles Daily News''. September 27, 1935. p. 21. Retrieved October 8, 2024. and the niece of popular stage actress Dorothy Dorr. It was Dorr's career that first inspired her niece to pursue acting and she later facilitated Flint's efforts to find work on Broadway. Flint debuted as a member of the chorus in the ''

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'' when she was 17. Her Broadway resume included more than 20 productions between 1921 and 1946. She also worked as a model, posing for such artists as

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and

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. Flint appeared in more than 20 films from 1931 to 1944, often portraying seedy or sexually available women. Her films included ''

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'' and '' Black Legion''. She portrayed the fortune-hunting actress Minna Tipton in

David O. Selznick David O. Selznick (born David Selznick; May 10, 1902June 22, 1965) was an American film producer, screenwriter and film studio executive who produced ''Gone with the Wind (film), Gone with the Wind'' (1939) and ''Rebecca (1940 film), Rebecca'' (1 ...

's production of ''

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''. Flint's career ended with an acting appearance in the comedy ''The Dancer'' (1953) in New York.

Personal life and death

Banker H. Spencer Auguste married Flint on January 27, 1938 in Palm Beach, Florida. They were divorced in Reno, Nevada, on January 7, 1939. In 1954, en route from New York to

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and a planned new home purchase, Flint's plans were abruptly overhauled by what was meant to be a brief stopover in the Georgetown district of

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A Georgetown resident for the remainder of her life, Flint eventually purchased four residential buildings containing four units each, becoming what, by 1958, '' The Washington Sunday Star'' would dub a "unique landlady" and "house mother" to tenants whose apartments were characterized above all by "homeyness." On September 9, 1967, Flint died in

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after being hit by a motorist. She was sixty-nine.United Press International (September 10, 1967)
"Ziegfeld Star Dead of Injuries"
''Albuquerque Journal''. p. B-24. Retrieved October 8, 2024.

Filmography

References

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