Actress. She was best known for playing the character roles of pioneer women, saloon ladies, golfers, and saleswomen, usually in romance films and mystery films. She will be best remembered for playing the role of 'Sylvia DeWitt' in the romance film drama, "Break Of Hearts" (1935). The film which was directed by Philip Moeller, which was written for the screen by Sarah Y. Mason, Victor Heerman, and Anthony Veiller, and which also starred Katharine Hepburn, Charles Boyer, and John Beal, tells the story of the womanizing and partying Franz Roberti who is a successful New York orchestra conductor. Through his poor mentor Professor Thalma, Franz Roberti meets poor and aspiring composer and pianist Constance Dane, one of the Professor's friends and neighbors in their Washington Square apartment building. Constance Dane is an introvert who lives primarily in her music. It is because of their shared passion for music that against the odds Franz Roberti and Constance Dane fall in love and get married. But it is not long before Franz Roberti is drawn back into his partying ways, that he is hiding his return to this life from her. When Constance Dane catches Franz Roberti in this lie, she decides to leave him. But Franz Roberti realizes that he made a mistake in his actions leading to the ruin of the marriage and the love he still has for Constance Dane. Constance Dane, as well, still loves Franz Roberti but could not tolerate the deceit. As such, both Constance Dane and Franz Roberti's lives start to spiral downward out of control both personally and thus by association professionally. While a good-hearted party boy named Johnny Lawrence whom Constance Dane met through Franz Roberti wants to help her pick up the pieces of her life as always having been in love with her himself, Franz Roberti and Constance Dane may end up being each other's savior if they can get over their obstacles. She will also be best remembered for playing the role of 'Mrs. Featherton' in the episode entitled, "Pest Exterminators," of the classic comedy television series, "The Abbott And Costello Show," which originally aired on December 5, 1953, and which also starred Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and Sid Fields. She was born as Helene S. Millard in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Royal Charles Millard (1877-1927), and his wife Iva E. Sargent Millard (1880-1950), on September 30, 1905. She began her acting career in stock companies, including the Henry Duff Players, before being noticed and entering films. She made her actual film debut playing the role of 'Mary Eastwood' in the mystery film drama, "The Thirteenth Chair" (1929). The film which was directed by Tod Browning, which was written for the screen by Joseph Farnham, which was based on the play by Bernard Veiller, and which also starred Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams, and Margaret Wycherly, tells the story of a murdered friend who was by all accounts a scoundrel a true "bounder" and Edward Wales is determined to trap the killer by staging a seance using a famous medium. Many of the 13 seance participants had a reason and a means to kill, and one of them uses the cover of darkness to kill again. When someone close to the medium is suspected she turns detective, in the hope of uncovering the true murderer. During this time she also appeared on Broadway in New York City, New York, in the stage production of the play, as 'Sybil Weyman' in "A Roman Servant" (December 01, 1934, to December 1934). Besides, playing the role of 'Mary Eastwood' in the mystery film drama, "The Thirteenth Chair" (1929), and playing the role of 'Sylvia DeWitt' in the romance film drama, "Break Of Hearts" (1935), her many other film credits include, "He Loved The Ladies" (1929), "Their Own Desire" (1929), "The Divorcee" (1930), "Let Us Be Gay" (1930), "Lawful Larceny" (1930), "The Pay-Off" (1930), "The Great Meadow" (1931), "Don't Bet On Women" (1931), "Doctors' Wives" (1931), "Politics" (1931), 'Ladies Of The Jury" (1932), "Lady With A Past" (1932), " (1932), "By Whose Hand?" (1932), "Two Lips And Jelups" or "Southern Love And Northern Exposure" (1932), "The Fourth Horseman" (1932), "False Faces" (1932), "Desirable" (1934), "Broadway Bill" (1934), "My American Wife" (1936), "History Is Made At Night" (1937), "My Husband Lies" (1937), "Change Of Heart" (1938), "Marie Antoinette" (1938), "Letter Of Introduction" (1938), "The Women" (1939), "The Night Of Nights" (1939), "I Take This Woman" (1940), "The Biscuit Eater" (1940), "Men Against The Sky" (1940), "Lady With Red Hair" (1940), "Unfinished Business" (1941), "Nothing But The Truth" (1941), "We Were Dancing" (1942), "Young Man With Ideas" (1952), "And Now Tomorrow" (1952), "The Clown" (1953), and "Remains To Be Seen" (1953). Besides, playing the role of 'Mrs. Featherton' in the episode entitled, "Pest Exterminators," of the classic comedy television series, "The Abbott And Costello Show," which originally aired on December 5, 1953, and which also starred Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, and Sid Fields, her many other television credits include, "Racket Squad," "The Cisco Kid," "Mark Saber," and "I'm The Law." Her last television role was playing 'Mrs. Denwood' in the episode entitled, "Theatricals," of the classic fantasy-comedy television series, "Topper," which originally aired on June 25, 1954, and which also starred Anne Jeffreys, Robert Sterling, and Leo G. Carroll. She retired from acting shortly thereafter. She passed away in Laguna Hills, California, on September 20, 1974, at the age of 68, and she was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. She was married to LTC Harold Geiger Spielman (1891-1950), in Los Angeles, California, on January 17, 1942. The couple had no children together. He passed away in Los Angeles, California, on February 2, 1950, at the age of 59, and is buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego, California.