Helen Morgan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Helen Morgan

American jazz singer and actress

Date of Birth: 02-Aug-1900

Place of Birth: Danville, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 09-Oct-1941

Profession: singer, musician, stage actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Helen Morgan (August 2, 1900 – October 9, 1941) was an American singer and actress who worked in films and on the stage.
A quintessential torch singer, she made a big splash in the Chicago club scene in the 1920s.
She starred as Julie LaVerne in the original Broadway production of Hammerstein and Kern's musical Show Boat in 1927, as well as in the 1932 Broadway revival of the musical, and appeared in two film adaptations, a part-talkie made in 1929 (prologue only) and a full-sound version made in 1936, becoming firmly associated with the role.
She suffered from bouts of alcoholism, and despite her notable success in the title role of another Hammerstein and Kern's Broadway musical, Sweet Adeline (1929), her stage career was relatively short.
Helen Morgan died of cirrhosis of the liver at the age of 41.
She was portrayed by Polly Bergen in the Playhouse 90 drama The Helen Morgan Story and by Ann Blyth in the 1957 biopic based on the television drama.



Alternative names	Carl Van Vetchen; Carl van Vechten
Description	American writer and photographer
Date of birth/death	17 June 1880	21 December 1964
Location of birth/death	Cedar Rapids	New York City
Authority control	: Q312851 VIAF: 5056030 ISNI: 0000 0001 1558 7789 ULAN: 500058409 LCCN: n78095475 NLA: 35576955 WorldCat