Helen Kane(1904-1966)

Actress
Music Department
Soundtrack

Lively childish leading lady on stage and films during the transition to sound. She began on stage at seventeen and went on to films in 1929. She made several early talkies at Paramount but her popularity soon waned.

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Known for

Dangerous Nan McGrew

4.7

Dangerous Nan McGrew

1930

House of 1000 Corpses

6.0

Soundtrack("I Wanna Be Loved By You")

2003

Nothing But the Truth

6.4

Mabel Jackson

1929

Heads Up

5.5

Betty Trumbull

1930

Credits

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Actress

Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
- Betty Boop (singing voice)
- 2024
Three Little Words
6.9
- Helen Kane (singing voice, uncredited)
- 1950
A Lesson in Love
5.8
Short
- Helen
- 1931
Heads Up
5.5
- Betty Trumbull
- 1930
Dangerous Nan McGrew
4.7
- Dangerous Nan McGrew
- 1930
Paramount on Parade
5.7
- Schoolteacher (The Schoolroom)
- 1930
Pointed Heels
5.6
- Dorothea 'Dot' Nixon
- 1929
Sweetie
6.3
- Helen Fry
- 1929
Nothing But the Truth
6.4
- Mabel Jackson
- 1929

Music Department

Soundtrack

Babylon
7.1
- performer: "Aba Daba Honeymoon"
- 2022
Moon Rock City
5.0
- performer: "Me And The Man In The Moon"
- 2017
Grand Piano
5.9
- performer: "I Wanna Be Loved By You" (1928) (uncredited)
- 2013
BioShock Infinite
9.1
Video Game
- performer: "Button Up Your Overcoat"
- 2013
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical
8.1
Video
- performer: "Unidentified Song", "Dangerous Nan McGrew" (uncredited)
- 2008
House of 1000 Corpses
6.0
- performer: "I Wanna Be Loved By You"
- 2003
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
7.8
- performer: "My Silent Love" (1932) (uncredited)
- 1983
Pennies from Heaven
6.5
- performer: "I Want to Be Bad" (1929)
- 1981
That's Entertainment!
7.8
- performer: "I Wanna Be Loved By You" (1928) (uncredited)
- 1974
The Age of Ballyhoo
6.7
Video
- performer: "I Wanna Be Loved by You"
- 1973
Three Little Words
6.9
- performer: "I Wanna Be Loved by You" (uncredited)
- 1950
A Lesson in Love
5.8
Short
- performer: "I Love Myself Because You Love Me"
- 1931
Dangerous Nan McGrew
4.7
- performer: "Dangerous Nan McGrew" (uncredited)
- 1930
Paramount on Parade
5.7
- performer: "What Did Cleopatra Say"
- 1930
Sweetie
6.3
- performer: "I Think You'll Like It", "Prep Step", "He's So Unusual" (uncredited)
- 1929

Personal details

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Height
- 5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
Born
- August 4, 1904
- Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Died
- September 26, 1966
- Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, New York, USA(breast cancer)
Spouses
Other works
Stage: Appeared in "Good Boy" on Broadway.
Publicity listings
- 1 Biographical Movie
- 2 Articles

Did you know

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Trivia
She brought to life the Betty Boop character of Max Fleischer cartoons. The character was originally a dog with droopy ears and a similar squeaky voice. In 1932 the dog was transformed into the iconic Betty.

Quotes
"I just put it in at one of the rehearsals, a sort of interlude. It's hard to explain -- I haven't explained it to myself yet. It's like vo-de-o-do, Crosby with boo-boo-boo, and Durante with cha-cha-cha." -- Helen Kane, explaining the creation of her "boop-boop-a-doop" signature phrase.