Helena D'Algy

Acting

Helena D'Algy

Born June 18, 1906 · Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Died January 1, 1992 · aged 85

No biography available.

Known For

Don JuanDon Juan · 1926
Don Juan
★ 6.61926
MovieAdventureRomance
If there was one thing that Don Juan de Marana learned from his father Don Jose, it was that women gave you three things - life, disillusionment and death. In his father's case it was his wife, Donna Isobel, and Donna Elvira who supplied the latter. Don Juan settled in Rome after attending the University of Pisa. Rome was run by the tyrannical Borgia family consisting of Caesar, Lucrezia and the Count Donati. Juan has his way with and was pursued by many women, but it is the one that he could not have that haunts him. It will be for her that he suffers the wrath of Borgia for ignoring Lucrezia and then killing Count Donati in a duel. For Adriana, they will both be condemned to death in the prison on the river Tigre.
Let's Get MarriedLet's Get Married · 1931
Let's Get Married
★ 9.01931
MovieComedyDrama
Gisèle accidentally marries her stalker when she thinks she is signing a hotel register in a foreign country.
The Cowboy and the CountessThe Cowboy and the Countess · 1926
The Cowboy and the Countess
★ 9.01926
MovieWestern
A carefree range devil rescues visiting Countess Justina of Belgravia (Helena D'Algy) from a car wreck.
The Exquisite SinnerThe Exquisite Sinner · 1926
The Exquisite Sinner
★ 8.01926
MovieDramaRomance
Adapted by Alice Duer Miller from a novel by Alden Brooks, the film concerns a young man who forsakes the humdrum business world for the bohemian life of an artist. Josef von Sternberg had been the original director of Exquisite Sinner, but MGM was dissatisfied with the picture and refused to release it. When the film finally surfaced in 1926 (a full year after its completion), it had been radically altered by staff director Phil Rosen.
A Sainted DevilA Sainted Devil · 1924
A Sainted Devil
★ 8.01924
MovieDrama
A nobleman seeks to rescue his bride, who has been kidnapped by his former lover and a bandit.
Mrs. LiesMrs. Lies · 1930
Mrs. Lies
★ 9.01930
MovieDrama
Much to the disapproval of his snooty children, a wealthy widowed attorney takes up with a beautiful but "lower-class" woman. Spanish language version of the 1929 film "The Lady Lies".
Daddy's Gone A-HuntingDaddy's Gone A-Hunting · 1925
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
★ 5.41925
MovieDrama
Julian (Percy Marmont) is a poor artist who lives with wife Edith (Alice Joyce) and their newborn baby in Harlem. Struggling to make ends meet, he foregoes his artistic calling and draws for magazines. Reaching his limits, Julian convinces his wife he could reach higher grounds if he were to go to Paris. He moves to Paris while his Edith works at a shop on Fifth Avenue. Each of their lives evolves differently—Edith is courted by a wealthy suitor whom she ignores while pining for her husband, while Julian fails to meet his goals in Paris, returning defeated three years later. The meeting highlight how different their routes have been.
Pretty LadiesPretty Ladies · 1925
Pretty Ladies
★ 5.81925
MovieComedyDrama
Maggie, a headlining comedienne with the Follies, takes a fall off the stage into the orchestra pit and lands on the drum of musician Al Cassidy. One thing leads to another, they fall in love and get married. Al becomes a famous songwriter and Maggie stays home and has children. One day Al is hired to write a big number for Selma Larson, one of the Follies' most beautiful stars, and falls for her.

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Don JuanDon Juan · 1926
Don Juan
★ 6.61926
MovieAdventureRomance
If there was one thing that Don Juan de Marana learned from his father Don Jose, it was that women gave you three things - life, disillusionment and death. In his father's case it was his wife, Donna Isobel, and Donna Elvira who supplied the latter. Don Juan settled in Rome after attending the University of Pisa. Rome was run by the tyrannical Borgia family consisting of Caesar, Lucrezia and the Count Donati. Juan has his way with and was pursued by many women, but it is the one that he could not have that haunts him. It will be for her that he suffers the wrath of Borgia for ignoring Lucrezia and then killing Count Donati in a duel. For Adriana, they will both be condemned to death in the prison on the river Tigre.

Donna Elvira (uncredited)