Helen Backlin(1921-2024)

Actress

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Helen Backlin

Helen Backlin was born on 21 January 1921 in Holmes City, Douglas, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for Shadow of the Cloak (1951), Rocky King, Detective (1950) and The Amazing Mr. Beecham (1949). She died on 12 February 2024 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Known for

Shadow of the Cloak (1951)

Shadow of the Cloak

TV Series

Actress

Roscoe Karns in Rocky King, Detective (1950)

Rocky King, Detective

7.6

TV Series

Actress

The Amazing Mr. Beecham (1949)

The Amazing Mr. Beecham

6.1

June Farrell

1949

Hands of Mystery

6.0

TV Series

Actress

Credits

Actress

Three Empty Rooms
TV Movie
- Woman Neighbour
- 1955
ITV Television Playhouse
7.9
TV Series
- Sister
- 1955
Rheingold Theatre
8.4
TV Series
- Mary
- Girl
- 1955
The Vise
7.0
TV Series
- Sally
- 1955
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
6.9
TV Series
- Alayne
- 1955
Shadow of the Cloak
TV Series
- 1951
Rocky King, Detective
7.6
TV Series
- 1951
Hands of Mystery
6.0
TV Series
- 1951
The Amazing Mr. Beecham
6.1
- June Farrell
- 1949

Personal details

Born
- January 21, 1921
- Holmes City, Douglas, Minnesota, USA
Died
- February 12, 2024
- Los Angeles, California, USA(Undisclosed)
Other works
(1963 season) Paul Ballantyne, Graham Brown, Gordon Bryars, Zoe Caldwell, Charles Cioffi, Clayton Corzatte, Nicholas Coster, John Cromwell, Hume Cronyn, Judith Doty, Katherine Emery, Carol Emsjoff, Rita Gam, Ellen Geer, John Going, George Grizzard, Janet MacLachlan, Ruth Nelson, Robert Pastene, William Pogue, Ed Preble, Lee Richardson, Alfred Rossi, Ken Ruta, Jessica Tandy, Joan Van Ark, Claude Woolman and she were members of the first ensemble acting company at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Trivia
According to ancestry, she was the daughter of Joseph E Backlin and Hattie Victoria Wagenius. She married one Manfred Mosk and eventually died in California. She held a B.A. (1944) and an M.A. (1962) degree from the University of Minnesota and became Professor Emerita of Theatre in 1962.

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