Helen Martin
Helen Martin
In the late '30s she worked in Chicago's WPA Theater. She moved to New York City in the early '40s, where she was a member of the Rose McClendon Players. She debuted on Broadway in 1941, portraying the sister of Bigger Thomas (Canada Lee) in Orson Welles's production of Native Son (1941). She established herself as a serious stage actress. She was one of the founders of the American Negro Theater. Over the years she landed a small handful of film roles, debuting onscreen in The Phenix City Story (1955). In the '70s she became recognizable to a large audience through her appearances on a number of sitcoms; she was a regular on Baby, I'm Back and 227, and she had guest appearances on many other shows. ~ All Movie Guide
Filmography of Helen Martin:
- Hollywood Shuffle with Robert Townsend , Robert Townsend , Robert Townsend , Robert Townsend , Anne-Marie Johnson , Starletta DuPois , Craigus R. Johnson , Dom Jack Irrera , Paul Mooney , Lisa Mende , Robert R. Shafer , John Witherspoon , Ludie C. Washington , Keenen Ivory Wayans , Franklyn Ajaye , Jesse Aragon , Jim Beaver , Conni Marie Brazelton , Verda Bridges , Wren T. Brown , Grand L. Bush , Michael Colyar , Sarah Katie Coughlin , Richard Jr. Cummings , Tony Edwards , Roy Fegan , Roy Fegan , Roy Fegan , Marc Figueroa , Marc Figueroa , Eugene Robert Glazer , Myra J. , Lorrie Marlow , Bobby McGee , David McKnight , Lydia Nicole , Brad Sanders , Nick Stewart , Le Tari , Damon Wayans , Kim Wayans , Jimmy Woodard , Gregory "Popeye" Alexander , Carl Craig , Rusty Cundieff , Donald Douglass , Sena Ayn Black , Michael Conn , Christopher Jackson , E.J. Murray , Don Reed , Nancy Scher , Steven Fertig , Howard Allen , Beverly Brown , Nancy Cheryl Davis , Nancy Cheryl Davis , Steve W. James , Tommy Jr. Morgan , Michael Smith
- A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich with Cicely Tyson , Paul Winfield , Larry B. Scott , Glynn E. Turman , David Groh , Kevin Hooks , Kenneth Green , Harold Sylvester , Erin Blunt , Claire Brennan , Arthur French , Bill Cobbs , Sheila Wills , Arnold Johnson , Barbara Alston , Keny Long , Hartwell Simms
- Where's Poppa? with George Segal , Ruth Gordon , Ron Leibman , Trish VanDevere , Barnard Hughes , Vincent Gardenia , Rae Allen , Paul Sorvino , William leMassena , Israel Lang , Garrett Morris , Arnold Williams , Buddy Butler , Martha Greenhouse , Jane Hoffman , Tom Atkins , Alice Drummond , Jack Manning , John Gilliar , Rehn Scofield , John McCurry , April Geleta , Edwart Brooks , Benson W. Terry , Fuddles , Michael McGuire , Rob Reiner , Joe Keyes , Florence Tarlow
- Cotton Comes to Harlem with Godfrey Cambridge , Raymond St. Jacques , Calvin Lockhart , Judy Pace , Redd Foxx , John Anderson , Emily Yancy , J.D. Cannon , Mabel Robinson , Eugene Roche , Frederick O'Neal , Gene Lindsey , Van Kirksey , Cleavon Little , Turk Turpin , Tommy Lane , Arnold Williams , Vinnette Carrol , Leonardo Cimino , Lou Jacobi , Dick Sabol , Theodore Wilson
- Bulworth with Warren Beatty , Halle Berry , Don Cheadle , Oliver Platt , Paul Sorvino , Jack Warden , Isaiah Washington , Joshua Malina , Christine Baranski , Richard C. Sarafian , Amiri Baraka , Sean Astin , Laurie Metcalf , Wendell Pierce , Michele Morgan , Ariyan Johnson , Graham Beckel , Nora Dunn , Jackie Gayle , George Furth
- Beverly Hills Cop III with Eddie Murphy , Judge Reinhold , Hector Elizondo , Timothy Carhart , Stephen McHattie , John Saxon , Bronson Pinchot , Theresa Randle , Alan Young , Al Green , Tracy Lindsey , Yareli Arizmendi , Fred Asparagus , Michael Bowen , Joe Dante , Jerry Dunphy , Gene Elman , Gilbert R. Hill , Elaine Kagan , Philip Levien , Dan Martin , Gregory A. McKinney , Matt Myers , Roger E. Reid , John Rubinow , Forry Smith , Julie Strain , Jon Tenney , Joey Travolta , Hattie Winston , Rick Avery , Martha Coolidge , Jeannie Epper , Ray Harryhausen , Arthur Hiller , Tino Insana , George Lucas , Ray Lykins , Peter Medak , George Schaefer , Barbet Schroeder , John Singleton , Curtis Williams , Eugene Collier , Jimmy Ortega , Albie Selznick , Jackie Burch , Jonathan Hernandez , Louis Lombardi , Heather Elizabeth Parkhurst , Pat Quinn
- House Party 2 with Christopher "Kid" Reid , Christopher "Play" Martin , Tisha Campbell , Iman , Martin Lawrence , D. Christopher Judge , Georg Stanford Brown , Paul Anthony , George Anthony Bell , Tony Burton , Alice Carter , Barry Diamond , Mark Wiz Eastmond , Brian George , Randy Harris , Kamron , Hazel Todd Lane , Chance Langton , Queen Latifah , Bowlegged Lou , Louie Louie , Guy Margo , Amber McIntyre , Christopher Michael , William S. Murray , Angela Nicholson , Anjul Nigam , William Schallert , Tony Toni Tone , Ralph Tresvant , Keith Washington , Billy Williams , Eugene Allen , B-Fine , Daryl Mitchell , John McCabe , George Fisher
- Repo Man with Harry Dean Stanton , Emilio Estevez , Olivia Barash , Tracey Walter , Sy Richardson , Jennifer Balgobin , Richard Foronjy , Del Zamora , Fox Harris , Vonetta McGee , Susan Barnes , Jimmy Buffett , Circle Jerks , Tom Finnegan , Sue Kiel , Jorge Martinez , Eddie Pansullo , Angelique Pettyjohn , George Sawaya , Cynthia Szigeti , Eddie Velez , Biff Yeager , Rick Barker , Michael Bennett , David Chung , Alex Cox , Dolores Deluxe , Bob Ellis , Jack McAnelly , Tom Musca , Nancy Richardson , Dick Rude , Zander Schloss , Monona Wali , Harry Wowchuk , Rodney Bingenheimer , Logan Carter , Todd Darling , Kelita Kelly , Steve Mattson , Michael Sandoval , Jon St. Elwood , Michael Walters , Bruce White , Dorothy Bartlett , Con Covert , Eddie Hice , Fred Scheiwiller , Laura Sorenson , Rick Seaman , Harry Hauss , Keith Morris
- A Rage in Harlem with Forest Whitaker , Gregory Hines , Robin Givens , Zakes Mokae , Danny Glover , Badja Djola , Ron Taylor , Willard E. Pugh , Jack Beatty , John Toles Bey , Arthur Burghardt , T.K. Carter , Tyler Collins , James Copeland , Leslie Dockery , Anthonia Dotson , Clebert Ford , Edgar Jr. Godineaux , Birdie M. Hale , Kimberly Hester , Leonard Jackson , Olivette Miller-Briggs , Hajna O. Moss , Tasha O'Bryant , Joni Palmer , John Parks , Stack Pierce , Ernest Jr. Perry , Wendell Pierce , Herbert Rawlins , Romelle Reaux , Reynaldo Rey , Eugene Jr. Robinson , Mike Roscoe , Kevin Ruthven , William L. Schwarber , Kiki Sheppard , Wynonna Smith , James Spinks , Cornelius Stafford , Tracy A. Taylor , Sam Williams , Beatrice Winde , Screamin' Jay Hawkins , John Seitz , Aleta Helena Chappelle , George Wallace , John W. Hardy
- Mona Lisa with Bob Hoskins , Cathy Tyson , Michael Caine , Robbie Coltrane , Kate Hardie , Clarke Peters , Sammi Davis , Zoe Nathenson , Rod Bedall , Joe Brown , Pauline Melville , Dawn Archibald , Kenny Baker , Gary Cady , Robert Dorning , Perry Fenwick , David Halliwell , Hossein Karimbeik , G.B. "Zoot" Money , Bill Moore , Maggie O'Neill , Stephen Persaud , Jack Purvis , Raad Raawi , Richard Strange , Alan Talbot , Mandy Winch , Joan Darling , Donna Cannon , Jeremy Hardy , Geoffrey Larder , Bryan Coleman
- Doc Hollywood with Michael J. Fox , Julie Warner , Barnard Hughes , Woody Harrelson , David Ogden Stiers , Bridget Fonda , Frances Sternhagen , George Hamilton , Mel Winkler , Roberts Blossom , Tom Lacy , Macon McCalman , Raye Birk , Edye Byrde , Eric Bechtel , Dan Bell , Roxanne Benseman , Janis Bjorkland , Douglas Brush , Vince Burnes , Daniel Cerny , Dan Charles , Cristi Conaway , Darrell Jay Cook , William Cowart , Ted Davis , Amanda Junette Donatelli , David DuPre , Billy Gillespie , Karen Hartman-Golden , Ken Josefsberg , Emily Lester , Jordan Lund , Melanie MacQueen , Adele Malis-Morey , Kelly Jo Minter , Robert Munns , Kathy Poling , Kelly Roland , Kirsche Smith , Barry Sobel , Amzie Strickland , David Thompkins , David H. "Dutch" vanDalsem , K.T. Vogt , Time Winters , Michael Caton-Jones , Michael Chapman , Owens Hill , Marion Dougherty , Martin Alan Johnson
- Death Wish with Charles Bronson , Hope Lange , Vincent Gardenia , Steven Keats , William Redfield , Stuart Margolin , Olympia Dukakis , Stephen Elliott , Chris Gampel , Hank Garrett , Jeff Goldblum , Edward Grover , Marcia Jean Kurtz , Robert Kya-Hill , Floyd Levine , Christopher Logan , Gregory Rozakis , Fred J. Scollay , Kathleen Tolan , Jack Wallace , Christopher Guest , Eric Laneuville
- Deal of the Century with Chevy Chase , Sigourney Weaver , Gregory Hines , Vince Edwards , William Marquez , Eduardo Ricard , Richard Herd , Graham P. Jarvis , Wallace Shawn , Judith Baldwin , Robert Alan Browne , Betty Cole , Alex Colon , Robert Cornthwaite , Louis Giambalvo , David Haskell , Wilfredo Hernandez , Kelly Lange , Ken Letner , Charles Levin , Richard Libertini , Maurice Marsac , Jan McGill , Miguel Pinero , Tony Plana , Loyda Ramos , Pepe Serna , Ebbe Roe Smith , J.W. Smith , James Staley , John Stinson , Michael Yama , Ray Manzarek , Stephen Keep , Frank Lugo , Gwil Richards , Jonathan Terry , Nancy Klopper , Eddie Hice , Randi Brooks , Jim Ishida , John Reilly , Joe Ross , John Hancock , David Hall , John Davey
- The Anderson Tapes with Sean Connery , Dyan Cannon , Martin Balsam , Alan King , Ralph Meeker , Christopher Walken , Val Avery , Conrad Bain , Paul Benjamin , Hildy Brooks , John Call , Carmine Caridi , Sam J. Coppola , Reid Cruickshanks , Robert Dagny , Bradford English , Michael Fairman , Stanley Gottlieb , Margaret Hamilton , Anthony Holland , Scott Jacoby , Joseph Leon , Judith Lowry , Garrett Morris , Meg Myles , Michael Prince , Norman Rose , Richard B. Shull , Max Showalter , Tom Signorelli , Paula Trueman , Janet Ward , Dick Anthony Williams , Jack Doroshow , John Braden , Michael Miller , Frank Macetta , Ralph Stantley , Dick Williams
Helen Martin Trivia
When was Helen Martin born?
Helen Martin date of birth: July 23, 1909
What role did Helen Martin portray in Hollywood Shuffle?
Helen Martin played Bobby's Grandmother in Hollywood Shuffle
What role did Helen Martin play in A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich?
Helen Martin played Mrs. Bell in A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
What role did Helen Martin portray in I Got The Hook-Up?
Helen Martin played Grandmother in I Got The Hook-Up
What role did Helen Martin play in Where's Poppa?
Helen Martin played Job Applicant in Where's Poppa?
What role did Helen Martin portray in Cotton Comes to Harlem?
Helen Martin played Church Sister in Cotton Comes to Harlem
Who did Helen Martin play in Bulworth?
Helen Martin was Nina's Mother in Bulworth
Who did Helen Martin play in Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood?
Helen Martin was Grandma in Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
What role did Helen Martin portray in Beverly Hills Cop III?
Helen Martin played Grandma in Beverly Hills Cop III
Who did Helen Martin play in House Party 2?
Helen Martin was Mrs. Deevers in House Party 2
What role did Helen Martin portray in Repo Man?
Helen Martin played Mrs. Parks in Repo Man
Who did Helen Martin play in A Rage in Harlem?
Helen Martin was Mrs. Canfield in A Rage in Harlem
Who did Helen Martin play in Mona Lisa?
Helen Martin was Peep Show Girl in Mona Lisa
What role did Helen Martin play in Doc Hollywood?
Helen Martin played Maddie in Doc Hollywood
What role did Helen Martin portray in Death Wish?
Helen Martin played Alma Lee Brown in Death Wish
Who did Helen Martin portray in Deal of the Century?
Helen Martin was Baptist #3 in Deal of the Century
