Helen Tracy (May 7, 1850 – September 5, 1924)[1] was an American stage and silent film actress.

Helen Tracy
Film still (left to right) of Tracy, Alice Gale, Theda Bara, Edward Holt in Romeo and Juliet (1916)
Born	Helen T. Tracy (1850-05-07)May 7, 1850 Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Died	September 5, 1924(1924-09-05) (aged 74) Staten Island, New York, U.S.
Occupation	actress
Years active	1916-1924
Children	Virginia Tracy

Tracy was born in Jacksonville, Florida, and grew up in San Francisco.[2]

Tracy's stage career began there in stock theater at the California Theatre. From there she went east, acting in stock for two years at the Boston Theatre. On September 20, 1870, she opened with Wallack's stock company, portraying Julia in The Rivals.[2] Her Broadway debut came in Birth (1871), and her last Broadway credit was Romance (1921).[3]

Tracy began working in films around 1916 and did only a few features.^{[citation needed]}

She was the mother of Virginia Tracy[2] through a relationship with actor John McCullough.^{[citation needed]}

She died at the Actors' Fund Home on Staten Island on September 5, 1924.[4]

Selected filmography

• Romeo and Juliet (1916)
• The Land of Promise (1917)
• Sunshine Nan (1918)
• Let's Get a Divorce (1918)
• Blue-Eyed Mary (1918)
• The Net (1923)
• Twenty-One (1923)

References

External links

• Helen Tracy at IMDb
• Helen Tracy IBDb.com
• still(University of Louisville, Macauley Theatre collection)
• Helen Tracy photo gallery New York Public Library, Billy Rose collection
• Tracy as a young actress