Helene Costello

Helene Costello
Costello (left) pictured with her sister Dolores
Born	(1906-06-21)June 21, 1906 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	January 26, 1957(1957-01-26) (aged 50) San Bernardino, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Pneumonia
Resting place	Calvary Cemetery
Nationality	American
Other names	Helen Costello Miss Helene
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1909–1942
Spouse(s)	John W. Regan (m. 1927; div. 1929) Lowell Sherman (m. 1930; div. 1932) Arturo de Barrio (m. 1933; div. 1939) George Lee Le Blanc (m. 1940; div. 1946)
Children	1
Parent(s)	Maurice Costello Mae Costello
Relatives	Dolores Costello (sister)

Helene Costello (June 21, 1906 – January 26, 1957) was an American stage and film actress, most notably of the silent era.

Born in New York City, Costello was the youngest daughter of the prominent stage and pioneering film actor Maurice Costello and his actress wife Mae Costello (née Altschuk). She had an older sister Dolores who also became an actress and would go on to marry John Barrymore. Costello first appeared on screen, opposite her father, in the 1909 film adaptation of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables. She would continue acting in films throughout the 1910s as a child actor and also worked in vaudeville and appeared in stage roles. In 1924, she appeared with her sister Dolores in George White's Scandals. Shortly thereafter, both sisters signed contracts with Warner Bros. Costello reached her peak of public popularity in the mid-1920s and earned a reported $3,000 a week.

Although she had been appearing on screen since her early childhood, Costello was selected as a WAMPAS Baby Star in 1927, a promotional campaign sponsored by the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers in the United States, which honored thirteen young women each year who they believed to be on the threshold of movie stardom. In 1928, Costello co-starred in the first all-talking full-length feature film Lights of New York. Later that same year, she was released from her contract with Warner Bros. after she refused to star as a leading lady opposite Rin Tin Tin. Costello's final substantial role was opposite her sister Dolores in the all-star Technicolor musical revue The Show of Shows (1929). Costello and her sister performed in the "Meet My Sister" musical number.