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Helen Mack
  • Birth Name:
    Helen McDougall
  • Date of Birth:
    November 13, 1913
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Scorpio
  • Place of Birth:
    Rock Island, Illinois, USA
  • Place of Death:
    Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Date of Death:
    August 13, 1986
  • Cause of Death:
    Cancer
  • Height:
    5' 4"
  • Sex:
    Female
  • Nationality:
    American
  • Religion:
    Christianity

Family

Helen Mack
  • Father:
    William McDougall
  • Mother:
    Regina McDougall
  • Spouse:
    Thomas McAvity - Deceased, Charles Irwin - Divorced

Career

Helen Mack

Trivia

Helen Mack
  • In 1949, she collaborated with Roger Price in writing the children's record Gossamer Wump, narrated by Frank Morgan and released by Capitol Records.
  • In the 1940s and 1950s, Mack worked as a producer and director of radio programs including such series as Richard Diamond, Private Detective and The Saint. As TV succeeded radio as the prevalent entertainment medium, she continued to write plays and TV episodes until her death.
  • Her Fox Film screen test came in March 1931 and within three weeks she was on the studio lot.
  • Her greater success as an actress was as a leading lady in the 1930s.
  • Mack started her career as a child actress in silent films, moving on to Broadway plays, and touring the vaudeville circuit.
  • Is one of the earliest examples of pioneering women who were successful in the entertainment industry, first as a performer and then orchestrating behind the scenes.

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Helen Mack

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