Helen Cohan

From Wikipedia Helen Cohan September 13 1910 September 14 1996 was an American stage dancer and briefly a Hollywood film actress She was the youngest daughter of vaudeville and Broadway legend George M Cohan She was born in New York City and studied at Marymount College in Tarrytown New York and in France At the age of 17 Helen appeared as a dancer at New Yorks Heckscher Theatre in the 1928 Dance Recital produced by Ned Wayburn Her first appearance on the stage came during the run of The Merry Malones at Erlangers Theatre She danced with her father for one performance In 1931 she joined her dad in his play Fast Friendships The previous season she played in the KaufmanLardner comedy June Moon Miss Cohan spent five months in Hollywood hoping to break into motion pictures before she was signed to a contract by Fox Film in 1930 Her film credits are few she had roles in Kiss and MakeUp 1934 The Penal Code 1932 and Lightnin 1930 The latter movie featured Will Rogers