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Helen Holmes (June 19, 1892 – July 8, 1950) was an American silent film actress, most notable for starring in the serial ''The Hazards of Helen''. ==Early life== Helen Holmes was born on June 19, 1892 in Illinois.〔While some references state Holmes was born on July 7, 1892, and indicate she was born in either South Bend, Indiana or Louisville, Kentucky (e.g. Buck Rainey, ''Those Fabulous Serial Heroines: Their Lives and Films'' (Scarecrow Press, 1990):97.), her death certificate indicates her date of birth was June 19, 1892, and that she was born in Cook County, Illinois. See Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census (on-line ). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 15, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 264; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 472; FHL microfilm: 1240264; and also see John J. McGowan, ''J.P. McGowan: Biography of a Hollywood Pioneer'' (McFarland, 2005), n2, 209. McGowan indicates: "The confusion seems to have arisen because the record of her birth was not filed until many years after her birth. The record was lodged by Helen's uncle in 1942".〕〔Holmes' gravestone indicates she was born in 1891. See ("Helen Holmes" ). See photo of gravestone: (Photo of Gravestone of Helen Holmes ).〕 While there is uncertainty about her place of birth, Holmes stated in an interview that she was born on a farm in South Bend, Indiana,〔''Photoplay'' 7 (1914):54.〕 but grew up in Chicago, Illinois. A 1917 article indicates Holmes was born on her father's private railroad car, "Estevan".〔''Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen's Magazine'', Vol. 62 (1917).〕 Holmes was the daughter of Norwegian immigrant Louis A. Holmes (born in Norway in October 1862), a railroad clerk employed by the Illinois Central Railroad, who had migrated to the United States in 1867,〔Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census (on-line ). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 15, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 264; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 472; FHL microfilm: 1240264.〕 and his wife Sophia (born April 1869 in Indiana), and was the sister of Frank O. Holmes (born June 1889 in Illinois) and Florence (born in May 1896 in Illinois), and two other siblings who died in infancy.〔John J. McGowan, ''J.P. McGowan: Biography of a Hollywood Pioneer'' (McFarland, 2005):63.〕〔Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census (on-line ). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 15, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 264; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 472; FHL microfilm: 1240264.〕〔Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census (on-line ). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 28, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_273; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 1244; Image: 965; FHL microfilm: 1374286.〕 Holmes was educated in St Mary's Convent in South Bend, Indiana.〔"Helen of Kalem", ''The Atlanta Constitution'' (March 14, 1915):A3.〕〔''The Sun'' (Baltimore, MD: April 11, 1915):3A.〕 Holmes began working as a photographer's model but turned to acting, performing in live theatre and making her Broadway debut in 1909. She became friends with film star Mabel Normand. Due to tuberculosis in the family, about 1910 Holmes and her widowed mother and siblings moved to California Valley, a few miles east of Shoshone in Death Valley, California, where they lost their life savings in a real estate swindle buying a property by the Colorado River.〔William Carruthers, ''Loafing Along Death Valley Trails: A Personal Narrative of People and Places'', 2nd ed. (Ontario, CA: Death Valley Publishing, 1951):126-127.〕 Meanwhile, Mabel Normand moved to Hollywood in 1912 to work at Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios, she encouraged Holmes, after her brother had passed on, to try the film business in the balmier climes of the West Coast. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Helen Holmes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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