Helen Broderick: Helen Broderick. Actress: Swing Time. Helen Broderick was a deliciously funny character comedienne with vaudeville and stage experience, a close friend of Jeanne Eagels. The story goes that, at the age of 14, she ran away from home because her mother (who featured in operatic comedy) was totally obsessed by the theatre. Ironically, all the people she met turned out to be performers, and Helen (who needed to make a...
Known For: Swing Time (Mabel Anderson), Top Hat (Madge Hardwick), Murder on a Bridle Path (Hildegarde Withers), No, No, Nanette (Mrs. Susan Smith)