Helena Carter

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Invaders from Mars TrailerThe Pathfinder TrailerThe Golden Hawk Trailer

Helena Carter (24 August 1923–11 January 2000) was an American film actress in the 1940s and 1950s. Carter was born Helen Rickerts in New York City, and her family was of Scottish descent. She attended Columbia University, studying for a teaching degree. During this period she worked as a fashion model, which led to her becoming a cover girl. She was offered a film acting contract by producer Leonard Goldstein, which led to a brief acting career. Her first film role was Time Out of Mind in 1947, which starred Ella Raines, Eddie Albert, and Phyllis Calvert. From 1947 to 1953 she would appear in thirteen films, during which time she also worked as a model. In 1948 she appeared on the cover of Life Magazine. One of her most recognizable film roles was opposite Randolph Scott in the 1951 western Fort Worth. Her final film role was in 1953 when she starred in William Cameron Menzies' sci-fi thriller Invaders from Mars. She married twice, the first ending in divorce. Her second marriage was to Michael Meshekoff, with whom she would remain until his death. She was living in Culver City, California at the time of her death at age 76 on January 11th, 2000.

Most Popular Helena Carter Trailers

Total trailers found: 13

The Fighting O'Flynn Trailer (1949)

26 February 1949

A swashbuckling Irishman opposes French agents during the Napoleonic wars.

Double Crossbones Trailer (1951)

26 April 1951

Falsely accused by the corrupt Governor Elden of Charleston of fencing stolen pirate booty, young Davey Crandall and friend Tom Botts buy passage on the ship of local buccaneer Bloodthirsty Ben.

The Golden Hawk Trailer (1952)

08 October 1952

A 17th-century French pirate sides with an English noblewoman who's posing as a pirate.

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye Trailer (1950)

19 August 1950

Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inmate’s sister, gets back quickly into the crime business, faces corrupt local cops who run the city’s underworld and meets a powerful tycoon’s whimsical daughter.

Invaders from Mars Trailer (1953)

09 April 1953

A boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabitants.

Intrigue Trailer (1947)

06 December 1947

Dishonorably discharged from the Army Air Corps, Brad Dunham (George Raft) disconsolately decides to try his luck with Shanghai's postwar black market.

South Sea Sinner Trailer (1950)

30 August 1950

A tramp steamer lands sick crewman Jake Davis on rubber-growing island Oraka, from which voluptuous, bedroom-eyed saloon singer Coral is about to be ejected because "men like her too much.

The Pathfinder Trailer (1952)

09 December 1952

Pathfinder, a white man raised by the Mohican Indians, joins forces with the British army to avenge himself on the Mingo warriors and the French, who have brought death and pillage to his people.

River Lady Trailer (1948)

20 May 1948

In the 1850s, in a logging town on the Mississippi River, a conflict between the people of a mill town and the lumberjacks who work downriver.

Fort Worth Trailer (1951)

14 July 1951

Ex-gunfighter Ned Britt returns to Fort Worth after the civil war to help run a newspaper which is against ambitious men and their schemes for control.

Bugles in the Afternoon Trailer (1952)

04 March 1952

Old enemies stationed together at an Army post vie for the same woman.

Something in the Wind Trailer (1947)

21 July 1947

A grandson of a recently deceased millionaire mistakes a beautiful female disc jockey for her aunt, who once dated the grandfather.

Time Out of Mind Trailer (1947)

03 May 1947

The son of a wealthy Maine family shocks his relatives by announcing he wants to pursue a career in music.