Famous People with Name Helen

Helen Menken            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Helen Menken: was an American actress, born Helen Meinken to a German-French father, Frederick Meinken, and an Irish-born mother, Mary Madden

Helen Wong            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Helen Wong: better known by her stage name Allenina, is a Los Angeles-based, model, actress, dancer and emerging director.[1][2] Allenina grew up in Hong Kong and emigrated to the United States at age 17, residing in Los Angeles.[2][1] Allenina is a transwoman and as such has worked most of her adult life. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Southern California.[3]

Helen Newington Wills Roark            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Helen Newington Wills Roark: also known as Helen Wills Moody, was an American tennis player and widely considered one of the greatest female tennis players of all time. She has been described as "the first American born woman to achieve international celebrity as an athlete."Wills was born Helen Newington Wills in Centerville, California, now part of Fremont, California, and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. She was already quite famous when she married Frederick Moody in December 1929. She won approximately one-half of her major championships as Helen Wills and one-half as Helen Wills Moody. Wills divorced Moody in 1937 and married Aidan Roark in October 1939.

Helen Traubel            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Helen Traubel: was an American operatic dramatic soprano, best known for her Wagnerian roles, especially those of Brünnhilde and Isolde.she made her debut as a concert singer with the St. Louis Symphony in 1923. In 1926 she got a first offer to join the Metropolitan Opera company which she turned down to continue with her studies. She didn't appear on the opera stage until May 12 1937, when the composer Walter Damrosch asked her to sing the first performance of his opera The Man without a Country.

Helen Forrest            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Helen Forrest: was one of the most popular female jazz vocalists during America's Big Band era. She was born Helen Fogel to a Jewish family in Atlantic City, New Jersey on April 12, 1917. She first sang with her brother's band at the age of 10, and later began her career singing on CBS radio under the name Bonnie Blue.