Portrait of Helen MacKellar

Acting

Helen MacKellar

Career

Active from 1933 to 1942, busiest in 1939 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
6
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for Draegerman Courage
Draegerman Courage
GoodWatch score67/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Helen MacKellar Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.8, average 5.4
  • Uncanny
    1.1, average 2.5
  • Pop Culture
    0.8, average 2.2
  • Fantasy
    0.5, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Vintage Cinema 2
  • Classic Western 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Nostalgic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

32
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1940s

13 titles ยท average score 62
Lady in the Death House
Lady in the Death House (1944)
GoodWatch score 55

as Prison Matron (uncredited)

Silver Spurs
Silver Spurs (1943)
GoodWatch score 55

as Mrs. Davis

The Powers Girl
The Powers Girl (1943)

as Mrs. Hendricks

The Sundown Kid
The Sundown Kid (1942)

as Lucy Randall

The Man Who Returned to Life
The Man Who Returned to Life (1942)

as Ma Beebe

The Great Train Robbery
The Great Train Robbery (1941)

as Mrs. Logan

Gangs of Sonora
Gangs of Sonora (1941)

as Kansas Kate Conners

The Great Mr. Nobody
The Great Mr. Nobody (1941)
GoodWatch score 59

as Mrs. Barnes

Three Faces West
Three Faces West (1940)
GoodWatch score 50

as Mrs. Welles

Dark Command
Dark Command (1940)
GoodWatch score 83

as Mrs. Hale

Northwest Passage
Northwest Passage (1940)
GoodWatch score 72

as Sarah Hadden

Women Without Names
Women Without Names (1940)

as Juror

1930s

19 titles ยท average score 59
The Day of Rest
The Day of Rest (1939)

as Mrs. Doakes

Bad Boy
Bad Boy (1939)

as Mrs. Fraser

See Your Doctor
See Your Doctor (1939)

as Mrs. Mabel Doakes

Disbarred
Disbarred (1939)

as Abbey Tennant

Delinquent Parents
Delinquent Parents (1938)

as Judge Edith Ellis

Little Tough Guy
Little Tough Guy (1938)
GoodWatch score 58

as Mrs. Wanamaker

Barefoot Boy
Barefoot Boy (1938)

as Martha Whittaker

Draegerman Courage
Draegerman Courage (1937)
GoodWatch score 67

as Mrs. Mary Haslett

Two Against the World
Two Against the World (1936)
GoodWatch score 61

as Martha Carstairs

High School Girl
High School Girl (1934)

as Jane Andrews

Flirtation
Flirtation (1934)

as Mrs. Smith, the baby's mother

The Past of Mary Holmes
The Past of Mary Holmes (1933)

as Mary Holmes