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Profile of Helen Gibson
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Helen Gibson |
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27th August 1892 |
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Helen Gibson (August 27, 1892 - October 10, 1977) was an American rodeo rider and film actress.
Born Rose August Wenger in Cleveland, Ohio, she became a stunt rider in a "Wild West" rodeo working in the Pacific Northwest and California. On the rodeo circuit she met Hoot Gibson and after a lengthy relationship the two married. A daughter, Lois Charlotte Gibson, was born in 1923.
Hoot Gibson had worked as a stuntman in motion pictures during the off season. Because of her riding skills and athleticism, Kalem Studios tested Rose Wenger-Gibson for the lead role in The Hazards of Helen adventure film serial. The highly successful series had begun with actress Helen Holmes in the lead role for the first twenty-six episodes followed by Elsie McLeod in the next twenty-three. However, its intial popularity had fallen off somewhat and after director James Davis saw the attractive Wenger perform, he gave her the role. To fit the persona of the series heroine, she adopted the "Helen" moniker in combination with her married last name to create the stage name of Helen Gibson.
Helen Gibson proved to be a capable actress and the movie-going public made her a star. She filmed another sixty-nine "The Hazards of Helen" episodes until the series ended in February of 1917. Her horsemanship skills led to starring roles in a number of action westerns for producer Thomas Ince and Universal Pictures. In the early part of the 1920s, she created "Helen Gibson Productions" as a vehicle to star in but encountered severe financial difficulties that led to a six year absence from the screen. Separated from her husband in 1927, the two divorced in 1930. For the next thirty years Gibson earned a living with appearances in a variety of small film roles.
Following a stroke, Helen Gibson died of heart failure in 1977 in Roseburg, Oregon.
External link
- Helen Gibson at the Internet Movie Database
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