AKA Helen Francesca Traubel

Born: 16-Jun-1899
Birthplace: St. Louis, MO
Died: 28-Jul-1972
Location of death: Santa Monica, CA
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, CA

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Singer

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Wagnerian soprano

Father: Otto Ferdinand Traubel (druggist)
Mother: Clara Stuhr (singer)
Brother: Walter
Husband: Louis Franklin Carpenter (m. 1922, div.)
Husband: William L. Bass (real estate broker, m. 1938, until her death)

    New York Metropolitan Opera (1939-53)
    St. Louis Walk of Fame 1994
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 6422 Hollywood Blvd. (recording)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Gunn (28-Jun-1967) · Maggie
    The Ladies' Man (28-Jun-1961) · Helen Wellenmellon
    Deep in My Heart (9-Dec-1954) · Anna Mueller

Author of books:
The Metropolitan Opera Murders (1951, novel)
St. Louis Woman (1959, memoir, with Richard Hubler)

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