Helen Talbot (April 7, 1924 January 29, 2010) was a motion picture

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and

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in the

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. She was born Helen Darling in

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and lived there until 1941 when she moved to live with her brother in

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. Talbot starred in at least 23 films and television projects, including a number of westerns as a leading lady. Her appearances include ''

King of the Forest Rangers ''King of the Forest Rangers'' (1946) is a Republic film serial. Cast *Larry Thompson as Forest Ranger Captain Steve King *Helen Talbot as Marion Brennan *Stuart Hamblen as Prof Carver *Anthony Warde as Burt Spear *LeRoy Mason as "Flush" Haliday ...

'', ''

Corpus Christi Bandits ''Corpus Christi Bandits'' is a 1945 American Western film directed by Wallace Grissell and written by Norman S. Hall. The film stars Allan Lane, Helen Talbot, Jack Kirk, Twinkle Watts, Francis McDonald and Roy Barcroft. The film was released ...

'', and ''

Trail of Kit Carson ''Trail of Kit Carson'' is a 1945 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander, written by Jack Natteford and Albert DeMond, and starring Allan Lane, Helen Talbot, Tom London, Twinkle Watts, Roy Barcroft and Kenne Duncan. It was released o ...

''. She also had a lead role in ''

Federal Operator 99 ''Federal Operator 99'' is a 1945 Republic film serial. It was later edited down into a feature version titled ''F.B.I. 99'' for television. The serial is about an FBI agent named Jerry Blake who battles gentleman thief Jim Belmont, who escapes ...

''.

Partial filmography

* ''

Pistol Packin' Mama "Pistol Packin' Mama" was a " Hillbilly"-Honky Tonk record released at the height of World War II that became a nationwide sensation, and the first "Country" song to top the Billboard popular music chart. It was written by Al Dexter of Troup, ...

'' (1943) * '' California Joe'' (1943) * '' Canyon City'' (1943) * ''

Outlaws of Santa Fe ''Outlaws of Santa Fe'' is a 1944 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Norman S. Hall. The film stars Don "Red" Barry, Helen Talbot, Wally Vernon, Twinkle Watts, Charles Morton and Herbert Heyes. The film was rel ...

'' (1944) * '' Faces in the Fog'' (1944) * ''

'' (1945) * ''

Lone Texas Ranger ''Lone Texas Ranger'' is a 1945 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet starring Wild Bill Elliott in the role of Red Ryder and costarring as Little Beaver, actor ''(Bobby)'' Robert Blake. It was the eighth of twenty-three Red ...

'' (1945) * ''

'' (1946)

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