Helen Morgan
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I heard from a relative that Helen Morgans song "Just My Bill",was based on a relative called Bill who was a Irish American NY Gangster in the 20`s and her lover. True?
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    Name Helen Morgan
    (Helen Riggins)
    Build Slim
    Date of Birth August 2, 1902
    Birthplace Danville, Illinois
    Star Sign Leo
    Died October 8, 1941 (Aged 39)
    Location of Death Chicago, Illinois
    Cause of Death cirrhosis of the liver
    Nationality American
    Ethnicity White
    Occupation Actress
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  • She became very famous in the 1920s and was popular throughout the 30s, but she is not well-remembered today, except perhaps by musical theatre buffs. This is due partly to the fact that all her recordings date from the 1920s and 30s and they are not often found in stores, but it is also partly due to the fact that her best and most often seen film, the 1936 version of "Show Boat", is not shown on television as often as it could be (the 1951 Technicolor remake, with Ava Gardner playing Ms. Morgan's role, has been frequently shown on TV instead). Ms. Morgan's other films are very rarely -or never- seen, so relatively few film enthusiasts are acquainted with her work.
    (imdb.com)
  • Made her screen debut in the sound prologue to the 1929 part-talking film of "Show Boat", in which she sang the songs that she sang in the stage version, but did not actually play the role of Julie that she had played onstage. Instead, this role was played in that 1929 film by Alma Rubens. In 1936, she finally got the chance to both act and sing the role of Julie onscreen, in the first all-talking film version of "Show Boat". But, unfortunately, it was her last film. Her alcoholism caused her death five years later.
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  • Best remembered on screen as Julie in 'Show Boat' (1936), repeating her earlier Broadway role.
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  • She was spoofed in the 1936 animated cartoon "The CooCoo Nut Grove". In it, her animated counterpart sings "The Little Things You Used to Do" while sitting atop a piano and weeping. Before long, everyone else in the club is weeping uncontrollably and the club is on its way to becoming flooded.
    (imdb.com)
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