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Helen Morgan
Deceased

How Did Helen Morgan Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 41
Also known asHelen Riggin, Helen RigginsGenderFemaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn01/08/1900Born inDanville, Illinois, USADied09/10/1941Died inChicagoCauseliver cirrhosisWikidataQ455116Buried atHoly Sepulchre CemeteryTMDb#145959

Helen Morgan was an American singer and actress who worked in films and on the stage. A quintessential torch singer, she made a big splash in the Chicago club scene in the 1920s. She starred as Julie LaVerne in the original Broadway production of Hammerstein and Kern's musical Show Boat in 1927, as well as in the 1932 Broadway revival of the musical, and appeared in two film adaptations, a part-talkie made in 1929 and a full-sound version made in 1936, becoming firmly associated with the role.

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Filmography6 titles

Importing filmography…
YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
1981American PopMovieSinger in Raided Nightclub (archive footage)81
1936Show BoatMovieJulie LaVerne36
1935Go Into Your DanceMovieLuana Wells35
1934Marie GalanteMovieMiss Tapia34
1929Show BoatMovieJulie LaVerne [prologue]29
1929ApplauseMovieKitty Darling29