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Helen Shipman (1899–1984) was an American singer, dancer and actress who starred in various Broadway musicals and musical comedies and who also acted in movies. Helen Shipman was the daughter of William H. and Annie L. (Mitchell) Shipman of Pennsylvania. Her full name was Helen Phyllis Shipman. Helen's mother was a stage actress of some note in her youth, and her father was a printer who died in 1925. Helen began performing at the age of three doing impressions of famous adult stars. Her first professional job was as "Baby Phyllis" at the Duquesne Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She... MORE

Helen Shipman (1899–1984) was an American singer, dancer and actress who starred in various Broadway musicals and musical comedies and who also acted in movies. Helen Shipman was the daughter of William H. and Annie L. (Mitchell) Shipman of Pennsylvania. Her full name was Helen Phyllis Shipman. Helen's mother was a stage actress of some note in her youth, and her father was a printer who died in 1925. Helen began performing at the age of three doing impressions of famous adult stars. Her first professional job was as "Baby Phyllis" at the Duquesne Theater in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She later (in 1908) toured on the B. F. Keith show circuit in a play titled Little Nemo. After that tour, she moved with her mother and older sister to New York City to advance her career, however, she continued to tour on the B.F. Keith show circuit. Between tours, she worked in variety shows at the Palace Theatre in NYC where she sang songs composed for her by the well-known lyricist, Neville Fleeson. It was in these shows that she got to know other entertainers such as Jimmy Durante and the Marx Brothers. She was childhood friends with Ira and George Gershwin, the latter of which became enamored LESS