When Helen Frances Starr was born on 14 September 1911, in Marion, Indiana, United States, her father, Charles M. Starr, was 47 and her mother, Fannie Rhen Cuer, was 37. She grew up in Indianapolis at 3442 North Capitol Street. She attended Shortridge High School. As a child she would organized children's plays in her neighborhood, and she did what was then called "readings." The readings were poems or short stories/vignettes that she would read to various groups around Indianapolis. She had a program on the radio during which she read stories to children. In her mementos her family found fan letters that she received from her audience. She was known as the Wo-We-Po-Pe girl on the radio. Not sure what that all stood for but, that the "Po" stood for police, who were one of her sponsor.
She then studied drama at Arthur Jordon Conservatory. It was an independent music and fine arts school that was later incorporated into Butler. She completed her studies in drama there,
She met Max "Gordon" Bringle while she was a student at Jordan, he had appeared in plays that were produced there.
She married Max Gordon Bringle on 2 July 1933. They were the parents of 1 son and 1 daughter, Robert "Bob" Gordon Bringle and Joan Elizabeth Bringle. She lived in United States in 1949 and Richmond, Wayne Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States in 1950. She loved to Bowl and was very competitive. In Richmond, she taught dramatic arts one-on-one in her living room, usually to young people but she would also coach adults on their public speaking skills. The lessons consisted of enunciation, projection, and expression as they delivered "readings." She taught drama classes at the YWCA. She also directed plays for the Children's Theater and coached youth who appeared in Richmond Civic Theater plays. As a result of the latter, they designated the Helen Bringle Award for the best child/youth actor of the season, the only named award given by Civic Theater. She was also active in a state women's church group and gave talks as part of her work with them. She sold and composed advertising for a free weekly newspaper in Richmond, the Graphic, to earn money for tuition for children while they attended Hanover College. She died on 27 February 1971, in Wayne, Indiana, United States, at the age of 59, after a battle with Breast Cancer. She was buried in Earlham Cemetery, Richmond, Wayne Township, Wayne, Indiana, United States.