Not only was Helen Gardner the first American film actress to form her own production company, she was also the among the first filmmakers to embrace making features, and was the first vamp on screen.

KNOWN FOR

Sandra
1924
The Butterfly
1914
The Miracle
1912
Regeneration
1911
A Tale of Two Cities
1911
A Reformed Santa Claus
1911
Arbutus
1911
Cleopatra
1912
The Old Silver Watch
1912
Vampire of the Desert
1913
The Lure of Vanity
1911
The Still, Small Voice
1915

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
55
Writing
1
Producing
1
Editing
1
1924
Sandra
as La Flamme's wife
1920
The Sleep of Cyma Roget
as Cymba Roget
1917
The Common Sin
1915
The Breath of Araby
as Clothilde
1915
Snatched from a Burning Death
as Joan Le Grande
1915
The Still, Small Voice
as Musa
1915
Miss Jekyll and Madame Hyde
as Madeleine Jekyll / Madame Hyde
1914
The Moonshine Maid and the Man
as Nancy - the Moonshine Maid
1914
The Butterfly
as Nancy North - the Butterfly
1914
Underneath the Paint
as Tryphena Winter
1914
The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray
as Sylvia Gray / Silvery
1913
A Princess of Bagdad
as Princess Ojira
1913
Becky, Becky
as Becky
1913
Eureka!
as The Castaway
1913
Alixe; or, the Test of Friendship
as Alixe
1913
The Wife of Cain
as Save - the Wife of Cain
1913
Vampire of the Desert
as Lispeth, Vampire of the Desert
1913
A Sister to Carmen
as Margo
1912
Cleopatra
as Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt
1912
The Illumination
as Sabina
1912
Her Boy
as Sue - Harry's Sweetheart
1912
A Problem in Reduction
as Mrs. Smartly - a Woman Who Wants to Reduce
1912
Where the Money Went
as Mrs. Fred Hart - the Jealous Wife
1912
The Love of John Ruskin
as Mrs. John Ruskin
1912
The Old Silver Watch
1912
The Serpents
as Linda
1912
The Miracle
as Abbasah, the Caliph's Wife
1912
Yellow Bird
as Song Bird, a Young Indian
1912
The Heart of Esmeralda
as Louise Lennox - a Novelist
1912
The Party Dress
as Lydia Borne
1912
An Innocent Theft
as Malcolm's Mother
1911
The Sleep Walker
as Lucy Langham
1911
Barriers Burned Away
as John's Wife
1911
The Inherited Taint
as The Nurse
1911
A Tale of Two Cities
1911
For Her Brother's Sake
as Bessie Black - The Sister
1911
Treasure Trove
1911
The Wooing of Winifred
as Winifred
1911
The Lure of Vanity
as Edna White
1911
She Came, She Saw, She Conquered
as Rose Leigh - a Young Schoolteacher
1911
A Quaker Mother
as Lois Pearson Harmon - A Quaker Wife
1911
The Death of King Edward III
as Alice Ferrers
1911
For Love and Glory
as Rose Seaton
1911
Regeneration
as Elfie - Ross's Sweetheart
1911
Madge of the Mountains
as Madge of the Mountains
1911
By Woman's Wit
as The Wife
1911
Ups and Downs
as The Young Wife
1911
Arbutus
as The Mountain Woman Who Becomes a Celebrated Singer
1911
The Girl and the Sheriff
as The Mountain Girl
1911
An Aeroplane Elopement
1911
The Freshet
as Meg Matthews
1911
A Reformed Santa Claus
as The Widow
1911
Vanity Fair
as Becky Sharp
1911
The Show Girl
as Audrey, an Actress
1910
How She Won Him
as Muriel Hanson