Helen Holmes (1893-1950)Her parents were poor and could barely afford her education,so as she got older she became a photographer's model to help pay the family bills.In 1910 she moved to NYC and began appearing in local plays.Mabel Normand invited her to Hollywood,where she got her friend some modeling and movie work.Holmes soon achieved success,and by 1913 was starring in her own films.She was now turned into a newspaperwoman,a switch that did not sit well with her fans. Although she continued to make films and serials,many of them weren't starring roles anymore.Retired from the screen in 1926,although she made a few appearances over the next 20 years.She was the queen of the railroad serials of the mid-teens and early '20s.She always played an independent and resourceful heroine,just as capable of running after,jumping on and stopping a runaway train as she was batting her eyes at the male "hero".
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