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Helene Costello

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Helene Costello

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Overview

  • Born
    June 21, 1906 · New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    January 26, 1957 · Los Angeles, California, USA (pneumonia and tuberculosis)
  • Birth name
    Helen Costello
  • Height
    1.57 m

Biography

    • Some of Helene Costello's films available on video are Her Crowning Glory (1911), Lulu's Doctor (1912) and Lights of New York (1928), the first all-talking feature. She worked for a time as a reader for 20th Century Fox in the early 1940s. Miss Costello died on January 26, 1957, in California's Patton State Hospital. She left behind a daughter Deirdre by her fourth husband. Deirdre now resides in Winston Salem, NC
      - IMDb mini biography by: Steve Glover (sg262@aol.com)

Family

  • Spouses
      George ("Lee") Le Blanc(August 14, 1940 - 1948) (divorced, 1 child)
      Arturo Del Barrio(January 3, 1933 - 1939) (divorced)
      Lowell Sherman(March 1930 - 1932) (divorced)
      John W. Regan(September 27, 1927 - 1928) (divorced)
  • Children
      Deidre Le Blanc
  • Parents
      Maurice Costello
      Mae Costello
  • Relatives
      Dolores Costello(Sibling)

Trivia

  • Great-aunt of Drew Barrymore.
  • While committing herself to Patton State Hospital once again for barbiturate addiction, she developed pneumonia, re-aggravated from an earlier chest operation, and died at age 50. Sister Dolores Costello was at her side.
  • Sister of Dolores Costello. Former sister-in-law of John Barrymore.
  • Was double-jointed and could wrap both legs around her neck.
  • Aunt of John Drew Barrymore and DeeDee Barrymore.

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