Acting
Helen Gibson
Born 1892-08-27
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Department: Acting
Biography
Helen Gibson (born Rose August Wegner) was an American film actress, vaudeville performer, radio performer, film producer, trick rider, and rodeo performer; and is considered to be the first American professional stunt woman.
Known For
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
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Stagecoach
1939
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Bride of Frankenstein
1935
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The Horse Soldiers
1959
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The Man from the Alamo
1953
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The Climax
1944
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City That Never Sleeps
1953
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New Frontier
1939
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Horizons West
1952
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Woman They Almost Lynched
1953
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (127 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | Townswoman (uncredited) | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Horse Soldiers | Townswoman (uncredited) | Movie | 1959 |
 | The Man from the Alamo | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1953 |
 | City That Never Sleeps | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1953 |
 | Woman They Almost Lynched | Townswoman (uncredited) | Movie | 1953 |
 | Horizons West | Townswoman (uncredited) | Movie | 1952 |
 | The Treasure of Lost Canyon | Mother (uncredited) | Movie | 1952 |
 | Hollywood Story | Herself | Movie | 1951 |
 | Cheyenne Cowboy | Cookie | Movie | 1949 |
 | The Climax | Audience Member (Uncredited) | Movie | 1944 |
 | Sheriff of Tombstone | Liza Starr | Movie | 1941 |
 | Young Bill Hickok | Relay Station Woman | Movie | 1940 |
 | Deadwood Dick | Townswoman | Movie | 1940 |
 | Cowboys from Texas | Settler | Movie | 1939 |
 | Saga of Death Valley | Woman at Party | Movie | 1939 |
 | The Marshal Of Mesa City | Mrs. Bentley (uncredited) | Movie | 1939 |
 | New Frontier | Jed's Wife | Movie | 1939 |
 | The Oregon Trail | Wagon Train Pioneer | Movie | 1939 |
 | Southward Ho! | Mrs. Crawford | Movie | 1939 |
 | Stagecoach | Girl in Saloon (uncredited) | Movie | 1939 |
| Stagecoach | Stunts | Movie | 1939 |
 | The Luck of Roaring Camp | Woman in Saloon | Movie | 1937 |
 | Danger Valley | Nana Temple | Movie | 1937 |
 | Custer's Last Stand | Calamity Jane | Movie | 1936 |
 | Gun Play | Woman at Dance (uncredited) | Movie | 1935 |
 | Fighting Caballero | Drusella Jenkins | Movie | 1935 |
 | Bride of Frankenstein | Villager (uncredited) | Movie | 1935 |
 | The Drunkard | Betty | Movie | 1935 |
 | Cyclone of the Saddle | Ma | Movie | 1935 |
 | The Way of the West | Townswoman | Movie | 1934 |
 | King of the Arena | Circus Cowgirl | Movie | 1933 |
 | Law and Lawless | Mrs. Kelley | Movie | 1932 |
 | The Silver Lining | Dorothy Dent | Movie | 1932 |
 | The Cheyenne Cyclone | Townswoman (Uncredited) | Movie | 1931 |
 | The Lightning Warrior | Pioneer Woman [ch 1-2] | Movie | 1931 |
 | The Vanishing West | Mrs. Kincaid | Movie | 1928 |
 | The Chinatown Mystery | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1928 |
 | Heroes of the Wild | Julia | Movie | 1927 |
| Thorobred | Helen | Movie | 1922 | |
 | Nine Points of the Law | Cherie Du Bois | Movie | 1922 |
 | The Broken Trestle | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1920 |
 | The Broken Brake | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1920 |
| Winning the Franchise | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1920 |
| The Ghost of the Canyon | Helen Mortimer | Movie | 1920 |
 | Payroll Pirates | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1920 |
 | Loot | Maid | Movie | 1919 |
| Ace High | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1919 | |
 | Gun Law | Letty | Movie | 1919 |
 | The Rustlers | Postmistress - Nell Wyndham | Movie | 1919 |
| The Black Horse Bandit | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1919 | |
 | Danger Ahead | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1918 |
| The Midnight Flyer | Helen Morgan | Movie | 1918 | |
| Play Straight or Fight | Helen Rankin | Movie | 1918 | |
| The Branded Man | Helen Ewing | Movie | 1918 | |
 | Fighting Mad | Mary Lambert | Movie | 1917 |
| The Wrong Man | Undetermined Supporting Role | Movie | 1917 | |
 | The Hazards of Helen | Helen | Movie | 1917 |
 | The Sidetracked Sleeper | Helen | Movie | 1917 |
| The Prima Donna's Special | Helen | Movie | 1917 |
| The Death Siding | Helen | Movie | 1917 |
| The Railroad Claim Intrigue | Helen | Movie | 1917 |
| The Wrecked Station | Helen, Operator at Lone Point | Movie | 1917 |
| The Fireman's Nemesis | Helen, Operator at Lone Point | Movie | 1917 |
| The Mogul Mountain Mystery | Helen, Operator at Lone Point | Movie | 1917 |
| A Race with Death | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Vanishing Box Car | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
 | The Midnight Express | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Lineman's Peril | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Trial Run | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Forgotten Train Order | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Runaway Sleeper | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Lone Point Mystery | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Gate of Death | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Lost Messenger | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| A Daring Chance | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| To Save the Special | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Blocked Track | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Death Swing | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| Defying Death | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Hoodoo of Division B | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| Ablaze on the Rails | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Secret of the Box Car | Helen Gibson | Movie | 1916 |
| At Danger's Call | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| With the Aid of the Wrecker | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| Hurled Through the Drawbridge | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| A Mystery of the Rails | Helen Gibson | Movie | 1916 |
 | A Plunge from the Sky | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Broken Brake | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| To Save the Road | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Engineer's Honor | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Mysterious Cipher | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
 | In Death's Pathway | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| A Race Through the Air | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Treasure Train | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Spiked Switch | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Capture of Red Stanley | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
 | One Chance in a Hundred | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Bridge of Danger | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Human Telegram | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Trail of Danger | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Governor's Special | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Race for a Siding | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Record Run | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Trapping of 'Peeler' White | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Detective's Peril | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Girl Who Dared | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| A Race for a Life | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Girl Telegrapher's Nerve | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Switchman's Story | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Perilous Swing | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Peril of the Rails | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Broken Wire | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| Tapped Wires | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Open Track | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| The Haunted Station | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| When Seconds Count | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
| At the Risk of Her Life | Helen | Movie | 1916 |
 | A Boy at the Throttle | Helen | Movie | 1915 |
| The Wrong Train Order | Helen | Movie | 1915 |
| Crossed Wires | Helen | Movie | 1915 |
| The Tramp Telegrapher | Helen | Movie | 1915 |
| The Dynamite Train | Helen | Movie | 1915 |
| The Girl on the Bridge | Helen | Movie | 1915 |
| The Girl and the Special | Helen | Movie | 1915 |
| Danger Ahead! | Helen | Movie | 1915 |
| The Rescue of the Brakeman's Children | Helen | Movie | 1915 |
| A Mile a Minute | Helen | Movie | 1915 |