Anne Helm

• Born — 12 September 1938 • Birthplace — Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Known for — * Follow That Dream • The Interns • Occupation — * Actress • author • Years Active — 1941–1986 • Children — 2 • Other Names — Annie Helm • Family — Peter Helm (brother) Tiffany Helm (niece)

Helm began studying ballet with the National Ballet Guild of Canada when she was 12, and at 14 she studied at the Metropolitan Opera Ballet School.

Helm began performing on Broadway in the 1940s as she danced in High Kickers (1941), Lady in the Dark (1943), and Mexican Hayride (1944). She returned as an actress, portraying Sally Reece in Cloud 7 (1958) and Edwina Booth in Edwin Booth (1958). During the 1950s, she modeled clothing for teenage girls in New York, made commercials and danced at the Copacabana night club. Living in New York City, Helm began her pursuit of an acting career, which eventually led to Hollywood. Beginning in the 1950s, she made guest appearances on television series. Her television debut occurred on The Phil Silvers Show in the role of a contestant in a beauty pageant. Her 1958 title role in Shirley Temple's Storybooks presentation of "The Sleeping Beauty" was the subject of an article in Life magazine. She made her motion picture debut in 1960. Helm was cast as 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. She appeared on the CBS Western series Rawhide in the episodes "Incident Near Gloomy River (1961) and "Inside Man" (1962). She guest-starred in an episode of the CBS sitcom My Sister Eileen, with Elaine Stritch and Shirley Bonne. In 1961, Helm appeared in "The Changing Heart" and, in 1962, "The Big Kick", both episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (season 6, episode 14, and season 7 episode 37). In 1961 she also guest-starred in the premiere episode of ABC's Bus Stop drama series. That same year, she appeared in the first season of CBS's Route 66 in the episode "The Clover Throne", and in the syndicated crime drama The Brothers Brannagan in the episode "Equinox." She also played Glamis Barlow, the title character, in the Perry Mason TV episode, "The Case of the Duplicate Daughter." In Dec 1961 she appeared as a drug addicted gun moll in The Untouchables episode 3–8, "Mankiller". Helm was cast as Jennie Metcalf, the daughter of an outlaw who seeks vengeance for her father's death, in the 1962 episode "Girl with a Gun", on the syndicated anthology series, Death Valley Days. Helm drew national recognition as Holly Jones, the love interest of Elvis Presley in his 1962 film Follow That Dream. She made five more films during the 1960s including The Iron Maiden (released in the US as Swinging Maiden), a 1962 British made comedy film, The Interns (1962), Honeymoon Hotel (1964), The Unkissed Bride (1966), and the horror film Nightmare in Wax (1969). Helm played different roles in three appearances on Wagon Train, an American Western series. The first episode Helm was on was entitled "The Dick Pederson Story" (10 Jan. 1962); the second episode was entitled "Heather and Hamish" (10 Apr. 1963) and the third was "The Story of Cain" (16 Dec. 1963). On January 15, 1963, Helm guest-starred in the episode "Protective Custody" of NBC's Western series, Laramie. David Brian played Walt Douglas, an official of the stage line, who arrives in Laramie seeking his estranged daughter, Alicia, portrayed by Helm. • Illustration — Helm and John Drew Barrymore in a 1964 episode of CBS's Gunsmoke In the Gunsmoke TV Series she played "Helena Dales" in "One Killer on Ice", and "Trudy Trent" in "Bad Seed". Later in 1963, she was cast as Joanie in the series finale, "The Convention," of the modern Western series, Empire. In 1963 she also guest-starred as Janie in Season-three of CBS's TV series Route 66 in the episode: "Narcissus On An Old Red Fire Engine". Helm appeared in The Magic Sword (1962) opposite Basil Rathbone and Gary Lockwood. She was originally cast to play Joan Crawford's daughter Carol in William Castle's Strait-Jacket (1964) but was replaced. Helm appeared as Nora Martin in a 1964 episode of The Fugitive titled "Ballad for a Ghost", and again in a 1964 episode of 'Burke's Law' - 'Who Killed 1/2 Of Glory Lee?' - as Sable Delacroix. Helm had the role of Amy in the ABC drama The Long, Hot Summer (1965-1966). She also appeared in two episodes of the ABC Western series The Big Valley, both times in a role that interacted prominently with main cast member Lee Majors. Her first appearance was on October 20, 1965, in the first-season episode "Heritage" in the role of Brydie Hanrahan. Helm then returned on March 4, 1968, in the third season in the episode entitled "The Devil's Masquerade," playing the role of Nancy. In 1967 she appeared as Jeanne Springer in Season 3 Episode 16 "Long Time Dead" of Twelve O'Clock High. Helms' appearance on The F.B.I. in 1968 was her third on that series in three years. In 1968, Helm appeared as Irene Park in Season 1 of Hawaii Five-O. In 1968 appeared in the chapter 32 of the season 9 as a teacher in the tv Series Bonanza. In 1969 she appeared as Karen Mallory on the TV Series The Virginian in the episode titled "Journey to Scathelock." From 1971 to 1973, Helm was a regular cast member on the ABC soap opera General Hospital. In 1986, Helm appeared in the episode "The Doll", on Steven Spielberg's dramatic television anthology, Amazing Stories.

After her acting career ended in 1986, Helm started writing children's books, as Annie Helm. Her book The Sunshine Angel Book for Angel Workers of All Ages was published in 1992, followed in 1993 by The Little Angel Workbook for Children of all Ages. Fifteen years later, in 2018, her book Babystar was published.

Helm was married from 1968 to 1969 to author John Sherlock, with whom she had a son. Her second husband was actor Robert Viharo, whom she wed in 1971 and had a daughter. Helm and Viharo divorced in 1979. Her former sister-in-law is actress Brooke Bundy who had a daughter, Tiffany Helm, that went on to become an actress like her mother.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1960 — Tales of Wells Fargo — Nell — Season 5 Episode 9: "The Killing of Johnny Lash" • data-sort-value="Outlaws, The" | The Outlaws — Blanche Chante — Season 1 Episode 3: "Beat the Drum Slowly" • Sea Hunt — Caroline Tucker — Season 3 Episode 29: "Storm Drain" • 1961 — Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Lisa Klemm — Season 6 Episode 14: "The Changing Heart" • Bus Stop — Shirley — Season 1 Episode 1: "Afternoon of a Cowboy" • Route 66 — Sweet Thing — Season 1 Episode 15: "The Clover Throne" • Rawhide — Flora Travis — Season 3 Episode 19: "Incident Near Gloomy River" • Rawhide — Sheila Brewester — Season 4 Episode 6: "The Inside Man" • Gunsmoke — Trudy — Season 6 Episode 21: "Bad Seed" • Perry Mason — Glamis Barlow — Season 4 Episode 26: "The Case of the Duplicate Daughter" • 1962 — Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Judy — Season 7 Episode 37: "The Big Kick" • Route 66 — Lorre Martin — Season 2 Episode 32: "From an Enchantress Fleeing" • data-sort-value="Iron Maiden, The" | The Iron Maiden (US: The Swinging Maiden) — Kathy Fisher • Follow that Dream — Holly Jones • Wagon Train — Janey Cutler — Season 5 Episode 15: "The Dick Pederson Story" • The Interns — Mildred • 1963 — Route 66 — Janie Nickerson — Season 3 Episode 24: "Narcissus on an Old Red Fire Engine" • Laramie — Alicia Douglas / Leona — Season 4 Episode 15: "Protective Custody" • data-sort-value="Lieutenant, The" | The Lieutenant — Laurice Arnold — Season 1 Episode 13: "The Art of Discipline" • Wagon Train — Heather MacIntosh — Season 6 Episode 29: "The Heather and Hamish Story" • Wagon Train — Ruth Cain — Season 7 Episode 13: "The Story of Cain" • 1965 — Gunsmoke — Helena Dales — Season 10 Episode 18: "One Killer on Ice" • data-sort-value="Big Valley, The" | The Big Valley — Brydie Hanrihan — Season 1 Episode 6: "Heritage" • Bonanza — Meredith Smith / Callie Martin — Season 7 Episode 8: "The Meredith Smith" • Daniel Boone (1964 TV series) — Sumah — Season 1 Episode 29: "The Courtship of Jericho Jones" • 1967 — data-sort-value="F.B.I., The" | The F.B.I. — Gloria Burnett — Season 2 Episode 28: "Force of Nature" • 1968 — data-sort-value="Big Valley, The" | The Big Valley — Nancy Briggs — Season 3 Episode 24: "The Devil's Masquerade" • Bonanza — Abigail Pettigraw — Season 9 Episode 32: "Pride of a Man" • data-sort-value="F.B.I., The" | The F.B.I. — Dorothy Phillips / Anita Hale — Season 3 Episode 23: "The Ninth Man" • data-sort-value="F.B.I., The" | The F.B.I. — Karen Dryden — Season 4 Episode 11: "The Butcher" • Hawaii Five-O — Irene Park — Season 1 Episode 9: "By the Numbers" • 1969 — Hawaii Five-O — Joyce — Season 2 Episode 4: "Just Lucky, I Guess" • data-sort-value="F.B.I., The" | The F.B.I. — Amy Springer — Season 5 Episode 6: "Gamble with Death" • Adam-12 — Peg Tompkins — Season 1 Episode 20: "Log 73: I'm Still a Cop"