Anne Helm
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Anne Helm is a retired actress, born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and currently resides in Pasadena, CA.
Living in New York City
, she began pursuing a career as an actress which eventually led to Hollywood. Beginning in the 1950s, she made guest appearances on different television series and made her motion picture debut in 1960. In 1961, she guest-starred in the premiere episode of ABC
's Bus Stop
series with Marilyn Maxwell
, a drama
set in a bus station and diner
in fictitious Sunrise, Colorado
. That same year, she appeared in the first season of Route 66 in the episode "The Clover Throne", and in the syndicated
crime drama The Brothers Brannagan
in the episode "Equinox".
She subsequently drew national recognition as the love interest of Elvis Presley
in his 1962 film, Follow That Dream
. During filming, she began a relationship with Presley and visited his home at Graceland
after shooting finished.
Helm made five more films during the 1960s and appeared in numerous guest spots on television series, including the role of Linda Moon in the 1960 episode "A Thief or Two" on CBS's anthology series The DuPont Show with June Allyson
, with co-star Lew Ayres
. From 1971 to 1973, Helm was a regular cast member on the television soap opera
General Hospital
.
Her brother, Peter Helm
(born 1941), also became an actor. The two appeared separately on the NBC
medical drama
The Eleventh Hour
. Anne Helm starred as Janet Nolan in the 1964 episode "The Only Remaining Copy Is in the British Museum".
Anne Helm was married from 1968 to 1969 to author John Sherlock, with whom she had a son, Peter Sherlock.
She married a second time to actor Robert Viharo in 1971 and had a daughter Serena Viharo, who also became an actress. Helm and Viharo divorced in 1979.
After her acting career ended in 1986, she published children's books The Sunshine Angel Book for Angel Workers of All Ages (1992) and The Little Angel Workbook for Children of all Ages (1993) as Annie Helm.
Living in New York City
New York City
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, she began pursuing a career as an actress which eventually led to Hollywood. Beginning in the 1950s, she made guest appearances on different television series and made her motion picture debut in 1960. In 1961, she guest-starred in the premiere episode of ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
's Bus Stop
Bus Stop (TV series)
Bus Stop is a 26-episode drama which aired on ABC from October 1, 1961, until March 25, 1962, starring Marilyn Maxwell as Grace Sherwood, the owner of a bus station and diner in the fictitious town of Sunrise in the Colorado Rockies...
series with Marilyn Maxwell
Marilyn Maxwell
Marilyn Maxwell , born Marvel Marilyn Maxwell, was an American actress and entertainer.Noted for her blonde hair and sexually alluring persona, she appeared in several films and radio programs, and entertained the troops during World War II and the Korean War on USO tours with Bob Hope.-Career:She...
, a drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
set in a bus station and diner
Diner
A diner, also spelled dinor in western Pennsylvania is a prefabricated restaurant building characteristic of North America, especially in the Midwest, in New York City, in Pennsylvania and in New Jersey, and in other areas of the Northeastern United States, although examples can be found throughout...
in fictitious Sunrise, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
. That same year, she appeared in the first season of Route 66 in the episode "The Clover Throne", and in the syndicated
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
crime drama The Brothers Brannagan
The Brothers Brannagan
The Brothers Brannagan is an American crime drama television series that aired in syndication from September 24, 1960, and July 15, 1961.-Synopsis:...
in the episode "Equinox".
She subsequently drew national recognition as the love interest of Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
in his 1962 film, Follow That Dream
Follow that Dream
Follow That Dream is a 1962 musical film starring Elvis Presley made by Mirisch Productions. The movie was based on the 1959 novel Pioneer, Go Home! by Richard P. Powell. Producer Walter Mirisch liked the song Follow that Dream and retitled the picture...
. During filming, she began a relationship with Presley and visited his home at Graceland
Graceland
Graceland is a large white-columned mansion and estate that was home to Elvis Presley in Memphis, Tennessee. It is located at 3764 Elvis Presley Boulevard in the vast Whitehaven community about 9 miles from Downtown and less than four miles north of the Mississippi border. It currently serves as...
after shooting finished.
Helm made five more films during the 1960s and appeared in numerous guest spots on television series, including the role of Linda Moon in the 1960 episode "A Thief or Two" on CBS's anthology series The DuPont Show with June Allyson
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
The DuPont Show with June Allyson is an American anthology drama series which aired on CBS from September 21, 1959 to April 3, 1961 with rebroadcasts continuing until June 12, 1961...
, with co-star Lew Ayres
Lew Ayres
Lew Ayres was an American actor, best known for starring as Paul in All Quiet on the Western Front and for playing Dr...
. From 1971 to 1973, Helm was a regular cast member on the television soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
General Hospital
General Hospital
General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns....
.
Her brother, Peter Helm
Peter Helm
Peter J. Helm is an actor originally from Toronto, Canada, who appeared on American television from 1960-1971.-Early years:...
(born 1941), also became an actor. The two appeared separately on the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
medical drama
Medical drama
A medical drama is a television program, in which events center upon a hospital, an ambulance staff, or any medical environment.In the United States, most medical episodes are one hour long and, more often than not, are set in a hospital. Most current medical Dramatic programming go beyond the...
The Eleventh Hour
The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)
The Eleventh Hour is an American medical drama about psychiatry starring Wendell Corey, Jack Ging, and Ralph Bellamy, which aired sixty-two new episodes plus selected rebroadcasts on NBC from October 3, 1962, to September 9, 1964.-Series premise:...
. Anne Helm starred as Janet Nolan in the 1964 episode "The Only Remaining Copy Is in the British Museum".
Anne Helm was married from 1968 to 1969 to author John Sherlock, with whom she had a son, Peter Sherlock.
She married a second time to actor Robert Viharo in 1971 and had a daughter Serena Viharo, who also became an actress. Helm and Viharo divorced in 1979.
After her acting career ended in 1986, she published children's books The Sunshine Angel Book for Angel Workers of All Ages (1992) and The Little Angel Workbook for Children of all Ages (1993) as Annie Helm.