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Helen Gregory MacGill Helen Gregory MacGill (7 January 1864 – February 27 1947) was one of Canada's first woman judges and for many years the only woman judge, and a noted women's rights advocate in Canada, where she fought for female sufferage.
Helen Halyard Helen Betty Halyard (born in 1951) was a third-party candidate for President of the United States in the United States presidential election, 1992, representing the Socialist Equality Party (US). She had previously run twice as their vice-presidential candidate, as Edward Winn's running mate.
Helen Hayes Helen Hayes (October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress whose successful and award-winning career spanned almost 70 years. She was eventually to garner the nickname "First Lady of the American Theater", and was one of the nine people who has won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award.
Helen Hayes Awards Resident Acting These Helen Hayes Awards are given for acting in resident theatre productions in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. The awards are generally divided between male and female performers, between lead and supporting performers, and since the early 1990s between dramatic plays and musicals.
Helen Hayes Theatre The Helen Hayes Theatre (originally the Little Theatre) is a Broadway theatre at 240 West 44th Street in New York City. Designed by Ingalls & Hoffman, and built by Winthrop Ames, it opened on 12 March 1912.
Helen Hill Helen Hill (May 9, 1970 - January 4, 2007) was an experimental animator/filmmaker who lived in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was murdered about 5:30 in the morning on January 4th, 2007 by an intruder in her home in the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood.
Helen Hughes Helen Hughes AO is Professor Emeritus at the Australian National University and Senior Fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies. Born in 1928, she was Professor of Economics and Director of the National Centre for Development Studies at ANU from 1983 to 1993, and a member of the Fitzgerald Committee on Immigration: A Commitment to Australia.
Helen Cha-Pyo Helen Cha-Pyo is a Korean-born American conductor and organist. Described as being "on the front edge of a lustrous career as a conductor” by the Mail Tribune of Oregon, Cha-Pyo has gained international prominence as both a renowned conductor and organist.
Helen Chamberlain Helen Marie Chamberlain (born April 2, 1967 in Street, Somerset) is a presenter of the popular British Saturday morning sports show Soccer AM and Friday-evening sports show Soccer AM's All Sports Show, both shown on Sky Sports. Additional credits include presenting roles on two former Channel 4 breakfast shows - The Big Breakfast, RI:SE, and Nickelodeon.
Helen Jerome Eddy Helen Jerome Eddy (February 25 1897 - January 27 1990) was a motion picture actress from New York, New York. She was noted as a character actress who played genteel heroines in films such as Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1916).
Helen Jewett Helen Jewett (October 18, 1813 - April 10, 1836) was an upscale New York City prostitute whose murder and the subsequent trial and acquittal of her alleged killer, Richard P. Robinson, generated an unprecedented amount of media coverage.
Helen Johns Helen Johns (born April 24, 1953 in Toronto, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2003, and served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves.
Helen Joseph Helen Joseph (8 April 1905 – 25 December 1992), a South African anti-apartheid activist, was born in Sussex, England and graduated from King's College, in 1927. After working as a teacher in India for three years, Helen came to South Africa in 1931, where she met and married Billie Joseph.
Helen Kane Helen Kane (August 4 1903 – September 26 1966) was an American popular singer, best known for her "boop-boop-a-doop" trademark and her signature song, "I Wanna Be Loved By You". Fleischer Studios animator Grim Natwick used Kane as the model for his studio's most famous creation, Betty Boop.
Helen Keller International Helen Keller International (HKI) combats the causes and consequences of blindness and malnutrition by establishing programs based on evidence and research in vision, health and nutrition. Founded in 1915 by Helen Keller and George Kessler, the organization’s mission is to save the sight and lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged.
Helen Keller Junior High School (Schaumburg, Illinois) Helen Keller Junior High School (often just called Keller Junior High) is an American middle school in Schaumburg, Cook County, Illinois; which educates children in grades seven and eight. The school was named in honor of Helen Keller, a deaf-blind American author, activist, and lecturer.
Helen King (professor) Dr Helen King is professor of the History of Classical Medicine and head of the department of Classics at the University of Reading, England. Her first degree, at University College London, was in Ancient History and Social Anthropology; she then held research fellowships in Cambridge and Newcastle, taught in Liverpool for 8 years, and came to Reading on a Wellcome Trust University Award in 1996.
Helen Koral Helen Koral was the wife of Alexander Koral, both were Americans who allegedly worked for Soviet intelligence during World War II. The Koral's headed the "Art" or "Berg" group of Soviet spies.
Helen Kroger Helen Kroger is an Australian political figure. She was the Victorian state president of the Liberal Party of Australia from 2003 to 2006, and oversaw the rebuilding of the party after the disastrous 2002 state election.
Helen Kurup Helen Kurup (born September 9 1986 in North London) is a British actress best known for her role as Khush In BBC1's I Dream, a thirteen part series based around the lives of 13 youths as they attend a music school called Avalon Heights.
Helen Kushnick Helen Kushnick (born Helen Gorman circa 1945 in NYC and died August 28 1996) was the agent of comedian Jay Leno for much of his early career. Leno had been performing stand-up comedy in a variety of venues when she found him, and afterwards, Kushnick was with him all the way to his role hosting The Tonight Show.
Helen Latham Helen Latham (born 1976, in UK ) is a British actress. She is currently best known for playing Lucy Milligan in series 4 and 5 of the British TV Drama Footballers' Wives and in series 1 and 2 of its spin-off Footballers' Wives: Extra Time.
Helen Love (band) Helen Love are an indie band from Wales whose music is a combination of punk rock, bubblegum pop and disco dance music. The main thematic elements in their oeuvre are Joey Ramone, summer days and bubblegum music.
Helen Mack Helen Mack (November 13, 1913 in Rock Island, Illinois - August 13, 1986 in Beverly Hills, California) started her career in movies as a child actress, but her greater success was as a leading lady in the 1930s. She may be best remembered for the 1933 movie sequel The Son of Kong, as Harold Lloyd's sister in The Milky Way (1936) and as the suicidal Molly Malloy in His Girl Friday (1940).
Helen Maria Williams Helen Maria Williams (1761 or 1762–1827) was a British novelist, poet, and translator of French-language works. A religious dissenter, she was a supporter of abolitionism and of the ideals of the French Revolution; she was imprisoned in Paris during the Reign of Terror, but nonetheless spent much of the rest of her life in France.
Helen Mary Helen Mary Innocent (born March 14, 1977 in Kerala) is a female field hockey goalkeeper from India, who made her international debut for her native country in 1992 in the test serie against Germany. In 2003 she saved two penalty strokes in final tie-breaker to win title for India at the Afro-Asian Games in Hyderabad.
Helen Mary Jones Helen Mary Jones is a member of the National Assembly for Wales. She was born in Colchester, Essex, in 1960, and educated at Colchester County High School for Girls, Llanfair Caereinon High School in Powys and the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
Helen Mayhew Helen Mayhew is a British radio presenter and producer, specialising in jazz music. Mayhew started with the BBC, and then moved to Jazz FM at its launch, but has now rejoined the BBC where she presents her own weekly show.
Helen Maynor Scheirbeck Helen Maynor Scheirbeck is a Native American educator and activist. Born in Lumber ton, North Carolina, she currently serves as the Assistant Director for Public Programs at the Smithsonian Institute National Museum of the American Indian.
Helen Milner Helen V. Milner or Helen Milner is a political scientist who has written extensively on issues related to international political economy like international trade, the connections between domestic politics and foreign policy, globalization and regionalism, and the relationship between democracy and trade policy.
Helen Modern Helen Modern is an English actress best known for her recurring role as Naomi in British sitcom, Respectable on Five. In 2006 she also starred in the eighth series of ITV1 drama Bad Girls as inmate Stella Gough, the daughter of Governing Governor Joy Masterton.
Helen Morgan (Miss World) Helen Elizabeth Morgan (born 1951), of the Barry, Wales, is the 1974 winner of the Miss United Kingdom pageant. She earned the right to represent the United Kingdom in Miss World, eventually becoming the fourth delegate from her country to win the competition in 1974.
Helen Morlok Helen Morlok (Born: May 19, 1930 in Lansing, Michigan, Died: October 31, 2003 in Lansing, Michigan) is one of the four sisters listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's oldest identical quadruplets. Her sisters were Edna, Wilma, and Sarah.
Helen of Serbia Princess Jelena of Serbia (November 4, 1884 - October 16, 1962), later known as Princess Elena Petrovna of Russia, or sometimes Princess Helena Petrovna or Princess Helen Petrovna, or Princess Ellen Petrovna or Princess Hélène Petrovna, was the daughter of King Peter I of Yugoslavia and his wife Princess Zorka of Montenegro. She was the elder sister of George, Crown Prince of Serbia and Alexander I of Yugoslavia.
Helen O'Hara Helen O'Hara (born Helen Bevington 3 January 1955) is a British musician, formerly a member of the band Dexys Midnight Runners between 1982 and 1987 including performing on songs such as the single Come on Eileen from the Too-Rye-Ay album.
Helen Oakley Dance Helen Margaret Oakley Dance, née Oakley (February 15, 1913 — May 27, 2001) was a jazz journalist, producer, historian, and musician. She is perhaps best known for production and for her biography of T-Bone Walker.
Helen Ophelia Dubuois Helen Ophelia Dubuois is a recurring character in Nickelodeon's Drake & Josh show, played by Yvette Nicole Brown. Helen was immediately introduced as a loud-voiced character; the formidable manager of The Premiere movie theater.
Helen Pearce Helen Pearce was the child star of the film When the Whales Came (1989), based on Michael Morpurgo's book Why the Whales Came which is set on the island of Bryher. She is daughter of the artist Richard Pearce who lives on Bryher.
Helen Pitts Helen Pitts (1838 - 1903), was an American suffragette and the second wife of Frederick Douglass. She also created the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association was born in Honeoye, New York], [[Ontario County, New York|Ontario County.
Helen Pryor Helen Pryor is a fictional character from the NBC television show American Dreams, played by actress Gail O'Grady. She is the mother of the Pryor household, an Irish Catholic family living in West Philadelphia between 1963 and 1966.
Helen Raynor Helen Raynor (born March 27 1972) is a British television and theatre writer and script editor. Since 2004 she has been one of the two script editors of the revived version of the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who.
Helen Razer Helen Razer (born 1968) is a Melbourne-born radio presenter and writer. She is the author of four non-fiction books, and is a columnist with the Australian chapter of The Big Issue and Melbourne newspaper The Age.
Helen Roberts Helen Roberts, (1912) is a retired English singer and actress, best known for her performances in soprano roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. She married D'Oyly Carte baritone Richard Walker in 1944 and lives in Australia.
Helen Sawyer Hogg Helen Battles Sawyer Hogg, CC, FRSC (August 1, 1905 – January 28, 1993) was a prolific astronomer noted for her research into globular clusters. She is best remembered for her astronomy column, which ran from 1951 until 1981 in the Toronto Star, and her articles on the history of astronomy which ran from 1946 until 1965 in the Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada under the title “Out of Old Books”.
Helen Sjöholm Marie Helen Sjöholm (born 10 July 1970) is a Swedish singer, actress and musical theatre performer who lives in Gamla Enskede in Stockholm. She grew up in Sundsvall and started to sing in choirs at an early age, working, among others, with Swedish conductor Kjell Lönnå.
Helen Smith (New Zealand) Helen Smith (born 1927) was a Porirua City Councillor until 2001. First elected in a by-election in the early 1970s as a Values Party councillor Helen was the first 'Green' candidate elected in the entire world.
Helen Smith (psychologist) Helen Smith is a forensic psychologist in Knoxville, Tennessee who specializes in violent children and adults. She holds a PhD from the University of Tennessee and masters degrees from The New School for Social Research and the City University of New York.
Helen Spence Helen Spence, accomplished British actress, has acquired many years of professional experience in the entertainment business. Notable credits include such roles as Tasha's Mum in the film version of Jacqueline Wilson's distinguished novel "The Illustrated Mum," and Penny in "True Love.
Helen Stetter Helen Stetter (born November 18, 1893 in Chadron, Nebraska) is an American supercentenarian, the oldest living Nebraska and the sixth oldest in the world. The only Nebraskan older than her was Clara Herling Huhn.
Helen Stuart Campbell Helen Stuart Campbell (1839 - 1918) was a social reformer and pioneer in the field of home economics. Campbell wrote several important studies about women trapped in poverty, and the role that effective home economics could play in lifting women and families out of poverty.
Helen Svensson Fletre Helen Svensson Fletre (1909–1987) was a prominent Norwegian-American Author/Journalist born in Sweden and who was married to Lars Fletre (1904—1977) of Voss, Norway. She met her Husband while visiting Chicago, Illinois.
Helen Terry Helen Terry (born May 25 1956) is a British singer, probably best known for her backing work with Culture Club, as well as her Aretha Franklin-like voice. She had a solo career as well, and scored a UK Top 40 hit in 1984 with "Love Lies Lost".
Helen Thomas Helen Thomas (born August 4, 1920) is a noted news service reporter, a Hearst Newspapers columnist, and member of the White House Press Corps. She served for fifty-seven years as a correspondent and White House bureau chief for United Press International (UPI).
Helen Thompson Sunday Helen Amelia Thompson Sunday (June 25, 1868 – February 20, 1957) was the wife of Billy Sunday, an indefatigable organizer of his huge evangelistic campaigns during the first decades of the twentieth century, and eventually an evangelistic speaker in her own right.
Helen Trevillion Helen Trevillion is a musician from England. She creates music in various styles, but is mainly known for her 'Celtic' music, her Tolkien-influenced songs, such as 'Eldamar', and her popular video game music remixes.
Helen van der Ben Helena Johanna ("Helen") Lejeune-Van der Ben (born July 25, 1964 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland) is a former Dutch field hockey defender, who won the bronze medal with the National Women's Team at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Helen Vernet Helen Vernet was a British professional gambler and one of the first female bookmakers involved in horseracing during the interwar years. In 1918, she began taking small bets from female acquaintances who frequented local racetracks as major bookmakers were reluctant to take such small wagers.
Helen Volk Helen Volk (born March 29, 1954) is a former field hockey player from Zimbabwe, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Because of the boycott of the United States and other countries, only one team was available to compete in the Women's Field Hockey Tournament: the hosting USSR team.
Helen Vollam Helen Vollam (b. 1974) is Principal Trombone for the BBC Symphony Orchestra, appointed in 2004 as the first woman to be appointed principal trombone in the UK since Maisie Ringham of the Halle Orchestra earlier this century.
Helen Ward Helen Ward (1913-1998) was a singer of swing (genre) perhaps best known for singing in Benny Goodman's first band. She would be one of the first popular swing "girl singers", as they were then called, and among Goodman's most popular.
Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly is the Fellow and Tutor in German at Exeter College, Oxford. She specialises in the early modern period, and is a distinguished scholar in this field, and in the field of Germanic studies as a whole.
Helen Wellington-Lloyd Helen Wellington-Lloyd (born January 1, 1954), also called Helen of Troy, was a follower of punk band The Sex Pistols. She appeared in Derek Jarmans film 'Jubilee' and the 'Great Rock and Roll Swindle (Julien Temple)
Helen Wills Moody Helen Newington Wills Roark (October 6, 1905 – January 1, 1998), also known as Helen Wills Moody, was an American tennis player who is generally considered to have been one of the greatest female tennis players of all time.
Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute The Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute (HWNI) at the University of California, Berkeley was founded in 1999 with assistance from a US$10 million bequeathal left by eight-time Wimbledon champion Helen Wills Moody, an alumna of the University of California - Berkeley.
Helen Zia Helen Zia (謝漢蘭; pinyin: Xiè Hànlán) (1952 - ) is a second generation Chinese American and an award-winning journalist and scholar who has covered Asian American communities and social and political movements for decades.
Helen's Bay Helen's Bay is a village on the North Down coastline at Grey Point between Crawfordsburn and Seahill, four miles west of Bangor. It is named after Helen, Lady Dufferin (née Sheridan), mother of Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava and owners of the Clandeboye Estate.
Helen's Trust Helen's Trust is a charity located in Derbyshire, England which helps people with an incurable illness to stay in their own home. The Trust endeavours to fund whatever necessary to achieve this aim, for example: palliative care, help running a house, care for others living in the home, specialist equipment or complementary therapy.
Helen, Sweetheart of the Internet Helen, Sweetheart of the Internet is a comic strip by Peter Zale about a technically adept young woman who works at a technology firm. Helen is a "tyrannical genius", a woman too young and too smart and too messed up by her precocity to ever live a normal life.
Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Helena is one of the iconic four young lovers in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. She is generally interpreted as being tall and slim and blonde - her best friend Hermia calls her a "painted maypole" during an argument.
Helena (song) "Helena" is the second single from My Chemical Romance's 2004 album Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge. The lyrics describe lead singer Gerard Way's feelings for his late grandmother, Elena Lee Rush (friends called her 'Helen', and because of this, Way always thought of her as "Helena").
Helena Andrian Helena Andrian (born September 5 1984 in Jakarta) is an Indonesian singer who rose to popularity after placing fourth in Indonesian Idol shown in RCTI. Helena was subsequently discontinued with all associations to Indonesian Idol due to a refusal to sign a contract with the show's management team.
Helena Brewers The Helena Brewers are a minor league baseball team located in Helena, Montana. The Brewers (nicknamed the "Brew Crew") compete in the Pioneer League, along with the Billings Mustangs, the Missoula Osprey, the Great Falls White Sox, the Idaho Falls Chukars, the Casper Rockies, the Ogden Raptors, and the Orem Owlz.
Helena Carr Helena Carr (born September 1946) is an Australian businesswoman and the wife of former premier of the Australian state of New South Wales, Bob Carr. As of 2004 she had extensive holdings in Australian printing corporations making her a millionaire.
Helena Cronin Dr Helena Cronin is a noted Darwinian philosopher and rationalist. Co-director of Darwin Centre (Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Sciences, Philosophy, Logic & Scientific Method Department, Darwin@LSE) at the LSE.
Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws Helena Ann Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws QC, FRSA, (born in Glasgow, 12 May, 1950) is a British barrister, broadcaster and Labour member of the House of Lords. She currently chairs the Human Genetics Commission, which advises the UK government on ethical, social and legal issues arising from developments in genetic science.
Helena Kobrin Helena Kempner Kobrin (born April 27, 1948) is an American Scientologist and lawyer at the firm Moxon & Kobrin, working for the Religious Technology Center, which controls the trademarks of Scientology and the copyright of the works of L. Ron Hubbard.
Helena Šikolová Helena Šikolová was a former Czechosolvakian cross country skier who competed during the 1970's. She won a bronze medal in the 5 km event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, becoming the first Czech of either sex to win an Olympic medal in cross country skiing.
Helena Norberg-Hodge Helena Norberg Hodge is the founder and director of the International Society for Ecology and Culture, a non-profit organisation concerned with the protection of both biological and cultural diversity, and education for action: moving beyond single issues to look at the more fundamental influences that shape our lives. ISEC runs programs on four continents aimed at strengthening ecological diversity and community, with a particular emphasis on local food and farming.
Helena Normanton Helena Florence Normanton (December 14, 1882 - October 14, 1957) was the first woman to practise as a barrister in the UK. In 1922 she was called to the Bar of England and Wales at the Middle Temple, following the example set by Ivy Williams earlier that year.
Helena Patursson Súsanna Helena Patursson (born 27 August 1864 in Kirkjubøur; died 15 December 1916 in Kirkjubøur) was a Faroese actress and writer, and the first political feminist in the country. She also wrote the first play in the Faroese language.
Helena Růžičková Helena Růžičková (born 13 June 1936 in Prague; died 4 January 2004 in Pilsen) was a Czech actress. She made her start in the film Three Nuts for Cinderella, playing a small floweret dressed in red, and is forced to dance with the Prince.
Helena Rubinstein Helena Rubinstein (December 25, 1872 Krakau, Austria-Hungary (now Poland) - April 1, 1965 New York, USA) was a Polish-American cosmetics industrialist. She was the founder and eponym of Helena Rubinstein, Incorporated, which made her one of the world's richest women.
Helena Shipman Helena Shipman was born in Aberdeen, Washington, USA. She became a stage actress of some note, however, her greatest claim to fame was as the wife of actor Robert Keith and mother of his son, Brian Keith who went on to become a famous actor on screen and television.
Helena Takalo Anni Helena Takalo (born October 28 1947 in Nivala is a former Finnish cross country skier. She was a part in dominating women's cross-country skiing in the 1970s, earning five Winter Olympic medals and four FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medals (golds in 5 km and 4 x 5 km (Both 1978), and bronzes in 3 x 5 km (1970), 10 km (1974), and 20 km (1978).
Helena Vondráčková Helena Vondráčková (born June 24, 1947, Prague) is a Czech singer whose career has spanned five decades. Remarkably Vondrackova remained popular after Czechoslovakia's transition in the early 1990s, a feat managed by few Czechoslovak artists.
Helena Wolińska-Brus Helena Wolińska-Brus (born 1919 of Jewish parentage as Fajga Mindla Danielak) is a former military prosecutor from Poland, involved in Stalinist regime show trials of the 1950s. She was responsible for the persecution of non-communists in the Peoples Republic of Poland, where numerous people were sentenced to death and executed after trials based on falsified evidence.
Helena-West Helena, Arkansas Helena-West Helena is the county seat and largest city within Phillips County, Arkansas. The current city represents a consolidation, effective on January 1, 2006, of the two Arkansas cities of Helena and West Helena.
Helena, Montana Helena is the capital of the State of Montana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 25,780, but with the surrounding area the population reaches 67,636 It is the county seat] of [[Lewis and Clark County, Montana|Lewis and Clark County.
Helenów (Goleniów) Helenów, until 1945 Helgenfeld, the part of the town Goleniów, in Goleniów District, Poland, situated about 2 km south from the centre of town, near the road leading to Stargard Szczeciński, by the river Wiśniówka, on the edge of Równina Goleniowska (Goleniów Plain) and Równina Nowogardzka (Nowogard Plain), from the west side surrounded by the forests of Puszcza Goleniowska (Goleniów Forest).
Helendale, California Helendale is a town located in San Bernardino County, California, on historic Route 66 west of the Mojave Freeway, between Barstow and Victorville, in the Victor Valley. It includes the Helendale resort community of Silver Lakes.
Helene (moon) Helene (hel'-e-nee, sometimes he-lee'-nee, , Greek Ἑλένη) is a moon of Saturn. It was discovered by Pierre Laques and Jean Lecacheux in 1980 from ground-based observations at Pic du Midi Observatory, and was designated S/1980 S 6.
Helene (name) Helene (from Greek: 'Ελένη [helene - "torch" or "corposant"], modern Greek pronuncation Eleni, English also Helena, Elena, Elaine, Helen, Hellen, or Ellen) is a very popular female name, first attested in the Iliad (Helen of Troy). The name is used in many other languages.
Helene Aylon Helene Aylon (born 1931 in New York) is an American artist and ecofeminist known for taking Hebrew and English versions of the Torah and turning them into installation sculpture. Her work is the product of her Orthodox Jewish background.
Helene Elliott Helene Elliott is an American sportswriter for the Los Angeles Times who covers the sport of ice hockey. She is the first female journalist to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, receiving the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award for bringing "honor to journalism and to hockey" in 2005.
Helene Hanff Helene Hanff was an American writer; born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 15, 1916; died New York, New York, April 9, 1997. She is best known as the author of the book 84 Charing Cross Road, on which the play, teleplay, and film were based.
Helene Christaller Helene Christaller [krístalər], née Heyer (January 31, 1872, Darmstadt - May 24, 1953, Jugenheim/Bergstraße) was a German protestant writer mostly of youth books, especially for girls. During the Nazi-Era her books were not printed because of their christian tenor.
Helene Chung Martin Helene Chung Martin, journalist and author, is a former Beijing correspondent, the first female ever posted abroad by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Lazy Man in China is co-written by her late partner, the witty self-dubbed lazy man John Martin.
Helene Konstolakis-Jiannopoulou Helene Konstolakis-Jiannopoulou is a Greek archaeologist who was working the last 20 years in the region of east Peloponnesein Greece. She descovered many ancient and prehistoric places in the area of Trizin and the Saronic gulf.
Helene Mayer Helene Mayer (1910-53), born in Offenbach, Germany, was a world champion Olympic fencer who competed for Nazi Germany in the 1936 Summer Olympics, despite having being forced to leave Germany and resettle in the United States because of her Jewish heritage.
Helene Schjerfbeck Helene Schjerfbeck (10 July 1862 - 28 January 1946) was a Finnish artist who has made her place in art history with her extraordinary painting talent. Schjerfbeck’s undeniably amazing art paved the way for many other female artists.

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