{{Short description|American actress (1924–2010)}} {{Use American English|date=June 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Helen Talbot | image = Helen Talbot in Lone Texas Ranger Publicity Photo 1945.jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Talbot in 1945 | birth_name = Helen Darling | birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|04|07}} | birth_place = Concordia, Kansas, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|01|29|1924|04|07}} | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1943&ndash;1946 | known_for = | notable_works = }}

'''Helen Talbot''' (April 7, 1924 {{endash}} January 29, 2010) was an American actor and pin-up girl in the United States. She was born Helen Darling in Concordia, Kansas and lived there until 1941 when she moved to live with her brother in West Los Angeles, California.

==Career== During World War II, Talbot joined a USO-Camp Shows tour in the Southwest Pacific, entertaining American servicemen in Australia and New Guinea. In a lighthearted gesture by one service unit, she was named "Miss Palmyra Island of 1944," reflecting the troops' appreciation.<ref>{{cite news |title=Actress Back From Pacific |newspaper=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/683785620/?match=1&clipping_id=173089476 |date=May 31, 1944 |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

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'', ''Corpus Christi Bandits'', and ''Trail of Kit Carson''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1945/04/23/archives/news-of-the-screen-patric-knowles-gets-lead-with-olivia-de.html|work=New York Times|accessdate=May 27, 2013|title=NEWS OF THE SCREEN; Patric Knowles Gets Lead With Olivia de Havilland in 'To Each His Own'--7 Film Arrivals This Week}}</ref> She also had a lead role in ''Federal Operator 99''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cline |first=William C. |title=In the Nick of Time |year=1984 |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc. |isbn=0-7864-0471-X |chapter=5. A Cheer for the Champions (The Heroes and Heroines) |page=95}}</ref>

==Partial filmography== * ''Pistol Packin' Mama'' (1943) * ''California Joe'' (1943) * ''Canyon City'' (1943) * ''Outlaws of Santa Fe'' (1944) * ''Faces in the Fog'' (1944) * ''Corpus Christi Bandits'' (1945) * ''Lone Texas Ranger'' (1945) * ''Federal Operator 99'' (1945) * ''Trail of Kit Carson'' (1945) * ''King of the Forest Rangers'' (1946)

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==External links== {{commons category|Helen Talbot}} * {{IMDb name|0847911|Helen Talbot}} * [https://filesofjerryblake.com/serial-heroines/helen-talbot/ Helen Talbot] fan page

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