{{Short description|Russian-born American costume designer (1898–1990)}} {{Family name hatnote|Christoforovna|Wermicheff|lang=East Slavic}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Helene Pons | image = Helene Pons (2).jpg | alt = Professional sepia photograph of a young woman with dark eyes, and with dark, bobbed hair. | caption = Helene Pons, in {{circa|1920}} | birth_name = Helene Christoforovna Wermicheff | birth_date = {{birth date|1898|04|30}} | birth_place = Tiflis, Russian Empire | death_date = {{death date and age|1990|04|19|1898|04|30}} | death_place = Rome, Italy | education = | occupation = Costume designer | organizations = {{ubl| Broadway theatres | Metropolitan Opera | American Ballet Theatre | New York City Ballet }} | awards = }}
'''Helene Christoforovna Wermicheff''',{{sfn|Morris| Morris|Pollock|2021|page=34}} known by her married name '''Helene Pons''', (April 30, 1898 – April 19, 1990) was a Russian-born American costume and fashion designer. With her husband, George Pons, she co-founded the George & Helene Pons studio in New York in 1924. The studio created costumes for more than 100 Broadway productions from 1924 through 1965, including costumes for the original productions of ''Our Town'' (1938), ''Pal Joey'' (1940), ''Kiss Me, Kate'' (1948), ''My Fair Lady'' (1956), ''Camelot'' (1960), and ''Sail Away'' (1961). In 1956 she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Costume Design at the 10th Tony Awards for her designs for three 1955 plays: ''The Diary of Anne Frank'', ''A View from the Bridge'', and ''The Heavenly Twins''.{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} In addition to designing for Broadway, Pons also designed and/or made costumes for production staged by the Metropolitan Opera, the American Ballet Theatre, and the New York City Ballet.{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} She was also the author of the children's book ''The Story of Vanya'' (1963) and occasionally designed ready-to-wear clothing for American department stores.{{sfn|Morris| Morris|Pollock|2021|page=37}}
==Early life, education, and marriage== Helene Wermicheff was born on April 30, 1898, in Tiflis, Russian Empire in what is today Tbilisi, Georgia.{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} Her mother, Varva, was a pianist who had trained under a teacher that had studied with Ludwig van Beethoven. Her father, Christofor Avaloumovitch Wermicheff, was an aristocrat, writer, and journalist who studied with Leo Tolstoy and worked as a newspaper publisher. He was elected mayor of Tiflis in 1904. Christofor sent his wife and daughter to Switzerland just prior to the outbreak of the Russian Revolution of 1905.{{sfn|Morris| Morris|Pollock|2021|page=34}}
Helene was educated in Switzerland and an art school in Paris;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-helene-pons-the-dai/193043165/|title=Helene Pons|work=The Daily Telegraph|date= May 2, 1990| page= 19}}</ref> arriving in France in 1920.<ref name="obit">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/20/obituaries/helene-pons-91-a-top-designer-of-broadway-and-ballet-costumes.html|title=Helene Pons, 91, a Top Designer Of Broadway and Ballet Costumes|work=The New York Times|first=Enid|last= Nemy|page=B7|date=April 20, 1990}}</ref> While studying in Paris she met her future husband George Pons who was then technical director of La Chauve-Souris, a Parisian theatre company made up of Russian expats.<ref name="obit" /> Helene got a job with La Chauve-Souris as a doll maker and traveled with the company on their 1921 tour of England.{{sfn|Morris| Morris|Pollock|2021|page=34}} On November 8, 1921, Helene and George married in London.<ref name="NYUS"/> She subsequently adopted his name professionally.{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}}
==Early career in the United States== Pons and her husband immigrated to the United States; arriving in the US from England via the SS Lapland on January 31, 1922.<ref name="NYUS"/> She later became a naturalized American citizen in 1933.<ref name="NYUS">Helene Pons in the ''New York, U.S., Naturalization Records, 1882-1944''</ref> She and her husband established the George & Helene Pons Studio (GHPS, often shortened to Helene Pons Studio) in New York City which fabricated both original designs by Helene and costumes designed by other artists.{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} GHPS specialized in made-to-order costumes; making from scratch garments that were often labour intensive and unique. They would sometimes be brought into a production that was largely designed by someone else to design or make highly specific and unusual costumes that lay outside of the skillset of the primary designer.{{sfn|White|2014|page=117}} Helene was also the primary costume designer for many Broadway shows,{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} and was a member of the Theatrical Costumers Association.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/09/01/archives/theatres-league-shuns-new-threat-producers-and-managers-say.html?searchResultPosition=4|title=THEATRE'S LEAGUE SHUNS NEW THREAT; Producers and Managers Say Costumers' Union Problem Does Not Affect Them|work=The New York Times|first= Sam|last= Zolotow|page=28|date=September 1, 1950}}</ref>
GHPS was initially just a two person business with Helene and George as the sole employees working out of their apartment in New York City.{{sfn|Morris| Morris|Pollock|2021|page=35}} It was located at 112 W. 44th Street.<ref>{{cite news|title=Helen Pons|work=Variety|date=August 10, 1927|volume=88|number=4|page=61}}</ref> The couple's first project was designing for Henry Dreyfuss's ''Presentations'' which opened at Broadway's Strand Theatre in 1924 and ran for three years.{{sfn|Morris| Morris|Pollock|2021|page=35}} Other early work on Broadway included designing costumes for Thornton Wilder's ''The Trumpet Shall Sound'' (1926) and A. A. Milne's ''The Ivory Door'' (1927).{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} Outside of Broadway, Helene designed costumes for Mikhail Mordkin's Russian ballet company for their 1927 tour,<ref>{{cite news|title=The Capitol Theatre|work=The Logan Journal|date= January 31, 1927|page= 3}}</ref> and designed costumes for 1927 short films made by the Boston company Colorart Pictures.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Helene Pons Studio|work=Billboard|date=April 23, 1927|volume= 39|number= 17|page=39}}</ref> In 1930 costumes she had made for the Metropolitan Opera were repurposed for a production of Edna St. Vincent Millay's ''The Princess Marries the Page'' in Philadelphia with a cast that included composers Samuel Barber and Gian Carlo Menotti as soldiers.<ref>{{cite book|page=ix|url=https://archive.org/details/princessmarriesp0000edna/page/n16/mode/1up?q=%22Helene+Pons%22|title=The Princess Marries the Page: A Play in One Act|year=1932|first= Edna St. Vincent|last= Millay|publisher=Harper & Brothers Publishers}}</ref>
In 1931 Pons patented the first commercial underwire bra;{{sfn|Martin|2015|page=28}} a technique that came from her originating methods of strapless boning and foundation for costumes. This design incorporated an open ended wire loop and is still used by the fashion industry in the 21st century.{{sfn|Morris| Morris|Pollock|2021|pages=36-37}} In the 1930s she designed costumes for the Broadway productions of ''Second Little Show'' (1930),{{sfn|Green|1971|page=208}} ''Hey Nonny Nonny!'' (1932),{{sfn|Green| 1971|page=257}} ''The Mad Hopes'' (1932),{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} ''The Lady from the Sea'' (1934),<ref name="LFS"/> ''Revenge with Music'' (1934),<ref name="RWM"/> ''Mansion on the Hudson'' (1935),{{sfn|Mantle|1935|page=467}} ''The Golden Journey'' (1936),{{sfn|Mantle|1937|page=405}} ''A Doll's House'' (1937),{{sfn|Ibsen|Wilder|2016|page=12}} ''Babes in Arms'' (1937),{{sfn|Dietz|2018|page=450}} ''Brown Sugar'' (1937),{{sfn|Dietz|2018|page=480}} ''Edna His Wife'' (1937),{{sfn|Mantle|1938|page=400}} ''Our Town'' (1938),{{sfn|Fischer|2013|page=47}} and ''The Primrose Path'' (1939) among others.{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} For the 1939 New York World's Fair she designed costumes for Kurt Weill and Edward Hungerford's musical ''Railroads on Parade''.{{sfn|Dietz|2018|page=564}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/railroads-on-parade-images/mode/2up?q=%22Helene+Pons%22|title=Book of the Pageant: Railroads on Parade|publisher=World's Fair Committee|year=1939|page=16}}</ref>
==Later career== [[File:Julie Andrews Rex Harrison My Fair Lady.JPG|thumb|Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison in their costumes made by Helene Pons for the 1957 Broadway production of ''My Fair Lady''. Andrews stated Pons was "a little mother to me" during this production.{{sfn|Andrews|2008|page=196}} ]] As GHPS's business grew beyond what Pons and her husband could execute alone, the couple hired additional staff and moved the business out of their apartment to much larger premises on the 13th floor of a building at 254 54th Street in Manhattan. By 1943 George and Helene had 12 full time employees making costumes for their business.{{sfn|Morris| Morris|Pollock|2021|page=36}} The organization was particularly well known in the New York theatre community for being able to respond well to costume emergencies with rapid turn-around and skill.{{sfn|Morris| Morris|Pollock|2021|page=36}} It was also innovative in its use of dyes, stains, and distressing fabric to make it look aged. Helene pioneered several techniques that have become standard in the costume industry; including inventing a method of knitting metallic cord to create costume chain mail for the original production of ''Camelot'' (1960).{{sfn|Morris| Morris|Pollock|2021|page=36}}
Some of the Broadway productions Pons designed for in the 1940s included ''Ladies in Retirement'' (1940),{{sfn|Mantle|1940|page=449}} ''Five Alarm Waltz'' (1941),<ref name="FAW"/> ''Watch on the Rhine'' (1941),{{sfn|Mantle|1941|page=423}} ''The Distant City'' (1941),{{sfn|Mantle|1942|page=397}} ''The Three Sisters'' (1942),<ref name="TS"/> ''Portrait in Black'' (1947),{{sfn|Bronner|1980|page=378}} ''Duet for Two Hands'' (1947),<ref name="DTH"/> ''The Men We Marry'' (1948),<ref name="MWM"/> and ''Hedda Gabler'' (1948) among others.{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} Her designs for a 1941-1942 production of William Shakespeare's ''Macbeth'' were so well received that she was invited to create her own ready-to-wear fashion line based on the fabrics from the show which was carried by American department stores.{{sfn|Morris| Morris|Pollock|2021|page=37}} The following year the apron she designed for the play ''Harriet'' led her to an invitation to design a line of aprons{{sfn|Morris| Morris|Pollock|2021|page=37}} for Bloomingdale's.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1943/04/03/archives/aprons-quit-kitchen-to-create-new-style-for-parties-puttering-and.html?searchResultPosition=5|title=Aprons Quit Kitchen to Create New Style For Parties, Puttering and Baby-Bathing|work=The New York Times|date=April 3, 1943|page= 12}}</ref> She also made the costumes for the original productions of ''Pal Joey'' (1940) and ''Kiss Me, Kate'' (1948).<ref name="obit" />
Pon made more than 200 costumes that were designed by Donald Oenslager for the Metropolitan Opera's ("Met") 1947 productions of ''Martha'' and ''Fidelio''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cotton Costumes|work=Corpus Christi Times|date= August 3, 1947|page= 26}}</ref> In 1948 she designed the costumes for a new ballet by Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo (BRMC), ''Billy Sunday''.{{sfn|Chapman|1948|page=421}} She had previously designed for the BRMC's production of ''The Public Gardens'' which was given at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1936.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Dance: Ballet Russe Presents New Version of ''Public Gardens''|work=Brooklyn Eagle|date= April 20, 1936|page= 11}}</ref> In 1950 she designed the costumes for Herbert Ross's first ballet, ''Caprichos'', which was staged by the American Ballet Theatre at the Center Theatre.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/04/16/archives/the-dance-birthday-coming-to-center-theatre.html?searchResultPosition=12|title=The Dance: Birthday; Coming To Center Theatre|first=John Martinalfredo|last= Valente|date=April 16, 1950|page=X7|work=The New York Times}}</ref> In 1952 she designed costumes for the Met's new production of ''Aida''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Met's ''Aida'' Here April 30, Has New Look|work=The Richmond News Leader|date= April 4, 1952|page= 29}}</ref>
In the 1950s Pons created designs for the Broadway productions ''Paris '90'' (1952),{{sfn|Dietz|2014|page=101}} ''The Time of the Cuckoo'' (1952),{{sfn|Bronner|1980|page=478}} ''The Skin of Our Teeth'' (1955),<ref name="Skin"/> ''Holiday for Lovers'' (1957),{{sfn|Bronner|1980|page=217}} and ''Maria Golovin'' (1958).{{sfn|Dietz|2014|page=326}} In 1952 she designed the costumes for Zachary Solov's new ballet ''Mlle. Fifi'' which premiered in Boston and was created as a starring vehicle for Alexandra Danilova.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/10/12/archives/the-dance-markova-a-luminous-manifestation-of-a-great-ballerina.html?searchResultPosition=5|title=The Dance: Markova; A Luminous Manifestation Of a Great Ballerina |first=John|last= Martin|work=The New York Times|page=14|date=October 12, 1952}}</ref> It later ran at the Century Theatre in New York in a production by the Slavenska-Franklin Ballet.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/12/10/archives/danilova-dances-mlle-fifi-ballet-french-farce-the-creation-of.html?searchResultPosition=7|title=DANILOVA DANCES 'MLLE. FIFI' BALLET; French Farce, the Creation of Zachary Solov, Is a Hit -'Streetcar' Again Seen|first=John|last= Martin|work=The New York Times|date=December 10, 1952|page= 47}}</ref> In 1956 she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Costume Design at the 10th Tony Awards for her designs for three 1955 plays: ''The Diary of Anne Frank'', ''A View from the Bridge'', and ''The Heavenly Twins''.{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} She also contributed costumes designs to the film ''White Christmas'' (1954),{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} and made the costumes for the original production of ''My Fair Lady'' (1956).<ref name="obit" />
Helene's husband, George, died in 1959.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1959/01/30/archives/george-c-pons-dead-head-of-costume-shop-here-studied-with.html|title=GEORGE C. PONS DEAD; Head of Costume Shop Here Studied With Stanislavsky|work=The New York Times|date=January 30, 1959|page= 27}}</ref> After his death she continued to operate GHPS for six more years.{{sfn|Morris| Morris|Pollock|2021|page=37}} Some of her final designs for Broadway were for ''A Lovely Light'' (1960),<ref name="LOVE"/> ''Sail Away'' (1961),<ref name="SAIL"/> and ''Love and Kisses'' (1963).<ref name="Kisses"/> She authored the children's book ''The Story of Vanya'' (1963, Viking Press) which was a popular success upon its release. It was based on stories of her brother from his childhood, and was originally written for her three grandchildren.{{sfn|Morris| Morris|Pollock|2021|page=37}} Upon her retirement in 1965 she moved to Rome to be near her daughter, Giselle Pons-Marziale, who lived their with her Italian husband and their children.{{sfn|Morris| Morris|Pollock|2021|page=37}} In 1970 an exhibition of her art sketches was given at the Wright Hepburn Webster Gallery in New York City.<ref>{{cite news|title=Make That Mixed Reviews|first=Hobe|last=Morrison|work=The Herald-News|date= October 14, 1970|page= 12}}</ref>
Pons died of kidney disease at a health clinic in Rome on April 19, 1990, at the age of 91.<ref name="obit" />
==Partial list of credits== Costumes designed by Helene Pons unless otherwise indicated. ===Broadway=== ====1920s==== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''Presentations'' (1924, Strand Theatre){{sfn|Morris| Morris|Pollock|2021|page=35}} *''Hamlet'' (1925, National Theatre)<ref>{{cite news|title=Costumers|work=Billboard|first=G. M.|last=Leland|date=December 26, 1925|page=39}}</ref> *''The Trumpet Shall Sound'' (1926,{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} American Laboratory Theatre){{sfn|Wilder|2007|page=824}} *''Kuan Yin'' (1926, Neighborhood Playhouse); designed by Ernest de Weerth and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|work=Billboard|date=March 27, 1926|title=Kuan Yin|page=43}}</ref> *''Devil in the Cheese'' (1926,<ref>{{cite news|title=Costumers|work=Billboard|first=G. M.|last=Leland|date=December 4, 1926|page=40}}</ref> Charles Hopkins Theatre){{sfn|Mantle|1927|page=450}} *''The Strange Prince'' (1926, Booth Theatre)<ref>{{cite news|title=Booth: The Strange Prince|work=Billboard|first=Gordon M.|last=Leland|date=December 18, 1926|page=25}}</ref> *''The Ivory Door'' (1927, Charles Hopkins Theatre)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-times-the-new-play-t/193120147/|title=The New Play: The Ivory Door|work=The Brooklyn Daily Times|date= October 19, 1927| page= 33}}</ref> *''The Mikado'' (1927, Royale Theatre); executed the hand painting of the costumes only<ref>{{cite news|title=The Mikado|work=Billboard|date=October 1, 1927|volume= 39|number= 40|page=11}}</ref> *''If'' (1927, Little Theatre); designed by Aline Bernstein and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Little: ''If''|work=Billboard|page=72|date=September 8, 1928}}</ref> *''12,000'' (1928, Garrick Theatre);<ref>{{cite news|title=Twelve Thousand|work=The Brooklyn Daily Times|date= March 13, 1928|page= 73}}</ref> designed only the costumes for actress Mary Ellis{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} *''The Cherry Orchard'' (1928, Civic Repertory Theatre); designed by Aline Bernstein, men's costumes made by Helene Pons<ref>{{cite news|title=Civic Repertory: ''The Cherry Orchard''|work=Billboard|date=October 27, 1928|page=5}}</ref> *''The Three Sisters'' (1928, Civic Repertory Theatre); designed by Gladys Calthrop, soldiers costumes made by GHPS<ref name="TS">{{cite news|title=Civic Repertory: ''The Three Sisters'' |work=Billboard|page=72|date=September 8, 1928}}</ref> *''Macbeth'' (1928, Knickerbocker Theatre)<ref>{{cite news|title=Knickerbocker: ''Macbeth''|date=September 7, 1929|page=78|work=Billboard}}</ref> *''Doctor Knock'' (1928, American Laboratory Theatre); costumes designed by Clement Wilenchik and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=American Laboratory: ''Doctor Knock''|work=Billboard|page=80|date=September 8, 1928|volume=40|number=36}}</ref> *''Marco Millions'' (1928, Guild Theatre); costumes designed by Lee Simonson and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Guild: ''Marco's Millions''|work=Billboard|page=77|date=September 8, 1928|volume=40|number=36}}</ref> *''The Age of Innocence'' (1928, Empire Theatre); co-designed by Gertrude Newell & Barbier, and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Emire: ''Age of Innocence''|work=Billboard|page=79|date=September 7, 1929|volume=41|number=36}}</ref> *''Volpone'' (1928, Guild Theatre); costumes designed by Lee Simonson and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Guild: ''Volpone''|work=Billboard|page=82|date=September 8, 1928|volume=40|number=36}}</ref> *''The Grand Street Follies of 1928'' (1928, Booth Theatre); costumes designed by Aline Bernstein and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Booth: ''The Grand Street Follies of 1928''|work=Billboard|page=92|date=September 8, 1928|volume=40|number=36}}</ref> *Goethe's ''Faust'' as adapted by Tristan Rawson (1928, Guild Theatre); costumes designed by Lee Simonson and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|page=45|work=Billboard|date=October 20, 1928|volume= 40|number= 42|title=Guild: ''Faust''}}</ref> *''Peter Pan'' (1928, Civic Repertory Theatre); co-designed with Aline Bernstein<ref>{{cite news|title=Civic Repertory: ''Peter Pan''|work=Billboard|page=79|date=September 7, 1929|volume=41|number=36}}</ref> *''Berkeley Square'' (1929, Lyceum Theatre); co-designed with B. J. Simmons & Co.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lyceum: ''Berkeley Square''|date=November 16, 1929|page=7|work=Billboard}}</ref> *''Judas'' (1929, Longacre Theatre); designed by Richard Boleslavsky and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Longacre: ''Judas''|work=Billboard|page=82|date=September 7, 1929|volume=41|number=36}}</ref> *''Young Alexander'' (1929, Biltmore Theatre); designed by Agnes Clarke and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Biltmore: ''Young Alexander''|work=Billboard|page=84|date=September 7, 1929|volume=41|number=36}}</ref> *''Becky Sharp'' (1929, Knickerbocker Theatre); designed by Robert Edmond Jones and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Knickerbocker: ''Becky Sharp''|work=Billboard|page=87|date=September 7, 1929|volume=41|number=36}}</ref> *''The Little Show'' (1929, Music Box Theatre); designed by Ruth Brenner and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Music Box: ''The Little Show''|work=Billboard|page=98|date=September 7, 1929|volume=41|number=36}}</ref> *''The Game of Love and Death'' (1929, Guild Theatre); costumes designed by Aline Bernstein and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|work=Billboard|page=80|date=September 6, 1930|volume=42|number=36|title=Guild: ''The Game of Love and Death''}}</ref> *''The Living Corpse'' (1929, Civic Repertory Theatre); costumes designed by Aline Bernstein and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|work=Billboard|page=81|date=September 6, 1930|volume=42|number=36|title=Civic Repertory: ''The Living Corpse''}}</ref> {{div col end}}
====1930s==== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *''A Month in the Country'' (1930, Guild Theatre); designed by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|work=Billboard|page=85|date=September 6, 1930|volume=42|number=36|title=Guild: ''A Month in the Country''}}</ref> *''Garrick Gaieties'' (1930, Guild Theatre); designed by Kate Drain Lawson & Louis M. Simon, and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|work=Billboard|page=95|date=September 6, 1930|volume=42|number=36|title=Guild: ''Garrick Gaieties''}}</ref> *''Marseilles'' (1930, Henry Miller's Theatre);<ref>{{cite news|work=The Brooklyn Daily Times|date= November 18, 1930|page= 10|title=''Marseilles'', a Play By Marcel Pagnol, Has Its Premiere}}</ref> designed only the gowns{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} *''Elizabeth the Queen'' (1930, Guild Theatre); costumes designed by Lee Simonson and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bwb_W9-DBU-647/page/298/mode/2up?q=%22Helene+Pons%22|page=299|title=Elizabeth and Essex: A tragic History|first=Lytton|last= Strachey|publisher=Harcourt, Brace, & Company|year=1931}}</ref> *''Second Little Show'' (1930, Royale Theatre){{sfn|Green|1971|page=208}} *''The Wives of Henry VIII'' (1931, Avon Theatre); costumes based on the portraits by Hans Holbein the Younger and envisioned/made by Helene Pons<ref>{{cite news|date=November 28, 1931|work=Billboard|title=Avon: ''The Wives of Henry VIII''|page=62|volume=43|number=48}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Eleven Sketches Prove Versatility of Impersonator|work=The Washington Herald|date= December 14, 1931|page= 10}}</ref> *''Hamlet'' (1931, Broadhurst Theatre); designed by Norman Bel Geddes and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|date=November 14, 1931|work=Billboard|title=Broadhurst: ''Hamlet''|page=17|volume=43|number=46}}</ref> *''Hey Nonny Nonny!'' (1932, Shubert Theatre){{sfn|Green| 1971|page=257}} *''The Mad Hopes'' (1932,{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} Broadhurst Theatre)<ref>{{cite news|title=The Mad Hope is Mostly Fluff|work=New York Daily News|date= December 2, 1932|page=59}}</ref> *''Flying Colors'' (1932, Imperial Theatre); designed by Constance Ripley and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Imperial: ''Flying Colors''|work=Billboard|page=19|date=September 24, 1932|volume=44|number=39}}</ref> *''The Warrior's Husband'' (1932, Morosco Theatre); designed by Woodman Thompson and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Morosco: ''The Warrior's Husband''|work=Billboard|page=35|date=March 26, 1932|volume=44|number=13}}</ref> *''Night Over Taos'' (1932, 48th Street Theatre); designed by Robert Edmond Jones and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=48th Street Theatre: Night Over Taos|work=Billboard|page=16|date=March 19, 1932}}</ref> *''Through the Years'' (1932, Manhattan Theatre); designed by John Booth, Jr. and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Manhattan: Through the Years|work=Billboard|date=February 13, 1932|volume=44|number=7|page=17}}</ref> *''Christopher Comes Across'' (1932, Royale Theatre); designed by Dale Stetson, and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Royale: ''Christopher Comes Across''|work=Billboard|date=June 11, 1932|page=16|volume=44|number=24}}</ref> *''Lucrece'' (1932, Belasco Theatre); designed by Robert Edmond Jones and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Belasco: ''Lucrece''|page=10|work=Billboard|date=December 31, 1932|volume=44|number=53}}</ref> *''Gay Divorce'' (1932, Ethel Barrymore Theatre); Raymond Sovey was the costume supervisor and GHPS was one of several firms contributing designs and manufacturing<ref>{{cite news|title=Ethel Barrymore: ''Gay Divorce''|work=Billboard|date=December 10, 1932|volume=44|number=50|page=17}}</ref> *''Jezebel'' (1933, Ethel Barrymore Theatre)<ref>{{cite news|title=Not for Long|work=Variety|date=December 26, 1933|page=50}}</ref> *''The Loves of Charles II'' (1933,{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} 48th Street Theatre){{sfn|Hischak|2009|page=272}} *''Run, Little Chillun'' (1933, Lyric Theatre){{sfn|Dietz|2018|page=256}} *''The School for Husbands'' (1933, Empire Theatre); designed by Lee Simonson and men's costumes made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Empire: ''The School for Husbands''|work=Billboard|date=October 28, 1933|page=19|volume=45|number=43}}</ref> *''Shooting Star'' (1933, Selwyn Theatre){{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} *''The Lady from the Sea'' (1934, Little Theatre)<ref name="LFS">{{cite news|title=Little: ''Lady from the Sea''|work= Billboard|date=May 12, 1934|page=16|volume=46|number=19}}</ref> *''Moor Born'' (1934, Playhouse Theatre){{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} *''Theodora, The Quean'' (1934, Forrest Theatre)<ref>{{cite news|title=Forrest: ''Theodora, The Quean''|work=Billboard|date=February 20, 1934|volume=46|number=6|page=16}}</ref> *''Revenge with Music'' (1934, New Amsterdam Theatre)<ref name="RWM">{{cite news|title=New Amsterdam: ''Revenge with Music''|work=Billboard|date=December 8, 1934|page=4|volume=46|number=49}}</ref> *''Romeo and Juliet'' (1935, Martin Beck Theatre); designed by Jo Mielziner and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Martin Beck: ''Romeo and Juliet''|work=Billboard|date=January 5, 1935|page=18|volume=47|number=1}}</ref> *''The Old Maid'' (1935, Empire Theatre); designed by Stewart Chaney and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Empire: ''The Old Maid''|work=Billboard|date=January 19, 1935|page=18|volume=47|number=3}}</ref> *''The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles'' (1935, Guild Theatre); designed by Lee Simonson and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Guild: ''The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles''|work=Billboard|date=March 2, 1935|page=18|volume=47|number=9}}</ref> *''Mansion on the Hudson'' (1935, Booth Theatre){{sfn|Mantle|1935|page=467}} *''Parnell'' (1935, Ethel Barrymore Theatre); designed by Stewart Chaney and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Ethel Barrymore: ''Parnell''|work=Billboard|date=November 23, 1935|page=20|volume=47|number=47}}</ref> *''On Your Toes'' (1936, Imperial Theatre); designed by Irene Sharaff and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Imperial: On Your Toes|work=Billboard|date=April 25, 1936|volume= 48|number= 17}}</ref> *''The Golden Journey'' (1936, Booth Theatre){{sfn|Mantle|1937|page=405}} *''Sweet River'' (1936,{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} Hollywood Theatre); designed gowns only{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} *''Ten Million Ghosts'' (1936,{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} St. James Theatre); designed gown for Barbara O'Neil{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} *''Hamlet'' (1936, Empire Theatre); designed by Jo Mielziner and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Empire: ''Hamlet''|work=Billboard|date=October 17, 1936|page=19|volume=48|number= 42}}</ref> *''Plumes in the Dust'' (1936, 46th Street Theatre); designed by Woodman Thompson and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=46th Street: ''Plumes in the Dust''|work=Billboard|date=November 21, 1936|page=21|volume=48|number= 47}}</ref> *''Prelude to Exile'' (1936, Guild Theatre); designed by Lee Simonson and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Guild: ''Prelude to Exile''|work=Billboard|date=December 12, 1936|page=20|volume=48|number=50}}</ref> *''The Wingless Victory'' (1936, Empire Theatre); designed by Jo Mielziner and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Empire: ''The Wingless Victory''|work=Billboard|date=January 2, 1937|page=20|volume=49|number= 1}}</ref> *''Aged 26'' (1936, Lyceum Theatre); designed by Stewart Chaney and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Lyceum: ''Aged 26''|work=Billboard|date=January 2, 1937|page=21|volume=49|number= 1}}</ref> *''The Eternal Road'' (1937, Manhattan Opera House); designed by Norman Bel Geddes and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Manhattan Opera House: ''The Eternal Road''|work=Billboard|date=January 23, 1937|page=20|volume=49|number= 4}}</ref> *''Candida'' (1937, Empire Theatre); designed by Woodman Thompson and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Empire: ''Candida''|work=Billboard|date=March 27, 1937|page=21|volume=49|number=13}}</ref> *''A Doll's House'' (1937, Morosco Theatre); contributed some of the costume designs for women{{sfn|Ibsen|Wilder|2016|page=12}} *''Babes in Arms'' (1937, Shubert Theatre){{sfn|Dietz|2018|page=450}} *''Brown Sugar'' (1937, Biltmore Theatre){{sfn|Dietz|2018|page=480}} *''Barchester Towers'' (1937, Martin Beck Theatre; designed by Jo Mielziner and made by GHPS<ref>{{cite news|title=Martin Beck: ''Barchester Towers''|work=Billboard|date=December 11, 1937|page=13|volume=49|number= 50}}</ref> *''Edna His Wife'' (1937, Little Theatre){{sfn|Mantle|1938|page=400}} *''Shadow and Substance'' (1938,{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} John Golden Theatre)<ref name="PBC"/> *''Our Town'' (1938,Henry Miller's Theatre){{sfn|Fischer|2013|page=47}} *''How to Get Tough About It'' (1938, Martin Beck Theatre){{sfn|Mantle|1938|page=423}} *''Escape This Night'' (1938, 44th Street Theatre){{sfn|Mantle|1938|page=441}} *''Madame Capet'' (1938, Cort Theatre){{sfn|Mantle|1939|page=422}} *''The Primrose Path'' (1939, Biltmore Theatre){{sfn|Mantle|1939|page=445}} *''Key Largo'' (1939, Ethel Barrymore Theatre){{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} {{div col end}}
====1940s==== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''Pal Joey'' (1940, Ethel Barrymore Theatre), designed by John Koenig; costumes made by GHPS<ref name="obit" /> *''Two On An Island'' (1940, Broadhurst Theatre){{sfn|Mantle|1940|pages=431-432}} *''Ladies in Retirement'' (1940, Henry Miller's Theatre){{sfn|Mantle|1940|page=449}} *''Grey Farm'' (1940, Hudson Theatre); designed costumes for Evelyn Varden only{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} *''The Flying Gerardos'' (1940, Playhouse Theatre){{sfn|Mantle|1941|page=406}} *''Arsenic and Old Lace'' (1941,{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} Fulton Theatre); designed dresses for Josephine Hull and Jean Adair only{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} * ''Ring Around Elizabeth'' (1941, Playhouse Theatre); designed sailing costume for Jane Cowl{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} *''Five Alarm Waltz'' (1941, Playhouse Theatre)<ref name="FAW">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1941/03/14/archives/the-play-elia-kazan-and-five-alarm-waltz-consider-the-problem-of-a.html?searchResultPosition=3|title=THE PLAY; Elia Kazan and 'Five Alarm Waltz' Consider the Problem of a Saroyan Married to a Playwright|first= Brooks|last= Atkinson|work=The New York Times|page=16|date=March 14, 1941}}</ref> *''Macbeth'' (1941, National Theatre)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1941/11/17/archives/theatrical-troupe-clothed-in-cotton-fabric-substituted-for-wool.html?searchResultPosition=4|title=THEATRICAL TROUPE CLOTHED IN COTTON; Fabric, Substituted for Wool Owing to War, Is Specially Treated and Painted|work=The New York Times|date=November 17, 1941|page=13}}</ref> *''Watch on the Rhine'' (1941, Martin Beck Theatre){{sfn|Mantle|1941|page=423}} *''The Distant City'' (1941, Longacre Theatre){{sfn|Mantle|1942|page=397}} *''Angel Street'' (1941, John Golden Theatre)<ref name="PBC"/> *''The Three Sisters'' (1942, Ethel Barrymore Theatre)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-in-bouquets-of-color-three-st/193306002/|title=In Bouquets of Color Three Stars Blossom|first=Julia|last= McCarthy|work=New York Daily News|date= November 27, 1942| page= M1}}</ref> *''Lily of the Valley'' (1942, Windsor Theater){{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} *''Portrait in Black'' (1947, Booth Theatre){{sfn|Bronner|1980|page=378}} *''How I Wonder'' (1947, Hudson Theatre){{sfn|Bronner|1980|page=224}} *''Duet for Two Hands'' (1947, Booth Theatre)<ref name="DTH">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1947/10/07/archives/duet-will-arrive-at-booth-tonight-london-thriller-by-mary-bell-is.html?searchResultPosition=10|title=DUET' WILL ARRIVE AT BOOTH TONIGHT; London Thriller by Mary Bell Is Sponsored by Robert Reud -- Sullivan Heads Cast|work=The New York Times|first=Louis|last= Calta|page=32|date=October 7, 1947}}</ref> *''The Men We Marry'' (1948, Mansfield Theatre)<ref name="MWM">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1948/01/17/archives/the-theatre-study-in-love.html?searchResultPosition=11|title=The Theatre; Study in Love|first= Brooks|last= Atkinson|work=The New York Times|date=January 17, 1948|page=11}}</ref> *''Ghosts'' (1948,{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} Cort Theatre); designed Eva Le Gallienne's costumes only{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} *''Hedda Gabler'' (1948,{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} Cort Theatre)<ref name="PBC"/> *''Where Stars Walk'' (1948,{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} Mansfield Theatre)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1948/02/25/archives/micheal-mac-liammoirs-where-stars-walk-put-on-by-the-gate-theatre.html|title=Micheal Mac Liammoir's 'Where Stars Walk' Put On by the Gate Theatre Company at the Mansfield|work=The New York Times|first=Brooks|last= Atkinson|page=27|date=February 25, 1948}}</ref> * ''Kiss Me, Kate'' (1948, New Century Theatre), designed by Lemuel Ayers; costumes made by GHPS<ref name="obit" /> {{div col end}}
====1950s==== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *''Paris '90'' (1952, Booth Theatre){{sfn|Dietz|2014|page=101}} *''The Time of the Cuckoo'' (1952, Empire Theater){{sfn|Bronner|1980|page=478}} *''Anastasia'' (1954, Lyceum Theatre)<ref name="PBC">{{cite web|url=https://playbill.com/person/helene-pons-vault-0000021786|title= Helene Pons|work=Playbill|access-date=March 13, 2026}}</ref> *''The Skin of Our Teeth'' (1955, Plymouth Theatre)<ref name="Skin">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/omaha-world-herald-on-broadway-hayes-m/193306271/|title=On Broadway: Hayes, Martin Save Revival: ''Skin of Our Teeth'' Is Gilt-Edged|first=Jack|last= Gaver|work=Omaha World-Herald|date= August 21, 1955|page= 6F}}</ref> *''The Diary of Anne Frank'' (1955, Cort Theatre){{sfn|Barnouw| 2018|page=73}} *''A Memory of Two Mondays'' (1955, Coronet Theatre)<ref>{{cite news|title=Theatre Season Begins|work=The Boston Globe|date= September 13, 1955|page= 22}}</ref> *''A View from the Bridge'' (1955, Coronet Theatre)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/09/29/archives/brace-of-dramas-by-miller-to-open-a-view-from-the-bridge-2.html?searchResultPosition=1|title=BRACE OF DRAMAS BY MILLER TO OPEN; 'A View From the Bridge,' 2 One-Acters, Will Arrive Tonight at the Coronet|first= Louis|last= Calta|date=September 29, 1955|page= 38|work=The New York Times}}</ref> *''The Heavenly Twins'' (1955, Booth Theatre)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/11/05/archives/sin-made-dull-the-heavenly-twins-staged-at-booth.html?searchResultPosition=3|title=Sin Made Dull; 'The Heavenly Twins' Staged at Booth|first=Brooks|last= Atkinson|date=November 5, 1955|page= 23|work=The New York Times}}</ref> *''The Dark Is Light Enough'' (1955, ANTA Playhouse)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-dark-is-light-enough-is-m/193303959/|title=''Dark Is Light Enough'' Is Murky; ''Roma'' Smolders as Center Ballet|first=John|last= Chapman|work=New York Daily News|date= February 25, 1955|page=17C}}</ref> *''My Fair Lady'' (1956, Mark Hellinger Theatre), designed by Cecil Beaton; costumes made by GHPS<ref name="obit" /> *''Holiday for Lovers'' (1957, Longacre Theatre){{sfn|Bronner|1980|page=217}} *''Romanoff and Juliet'' (1957, Plymouth Theatre)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/11/archives/theatre-ustinovs-night-romanoff-and-juliet-opens-at-plymouth.html?searchResultPosition=6|title=Theatre: Ustinov's Night; 'Romanoff and Juliet' Opens at Plymouth|first=Brooks|last= Atkinson|work=The New York Times|date=October 11, 1957|page= 2}}</ref> *''Monique'' (1957, John Golden Theatre)<ref>{{cite news|title=Play Tonight in Monique|work=The News Journal|date= October 10, 1957|page= 51}}</ref> *''Epitaph for George Dillon'' (1958,{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} John Golden Theatre); costume supervisor{{sfn|Owen|2003|page=368}} *''Maria Golovin'' (1958, Martin Beck Theatre){{sfn|Dietz|2014|page=326}} *''Epitaph for George Dillon'' (1958, Henry Miller's Theatre){{sfn|Kissel|1993|page=516}} {{div col end}}
====1960s==== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *''Camelot'' (1960), designed by Adrian; costumes made by GHPS<ref name="obit" /> *''A Lovely Light'' (1960, Hudson Theatre)<ref name="LOVE">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/02/09/archives/the-theatre-renascence-edna-st-vincent-millay-poetry-is-recreated.html?searchResultPosition=1|title=The Theatre: Renascence; Edna St. Vincent Millay Poetry Is Re-created|first= Brooks|last= Atkinson|work=The New York Times|date=February 9, 1960|page= 27}}</ref> *''Semi-Detached'' (1960, Martin Beck Theatre)<ref>{{cite news|title=Drama Drips With Cliches|work=The Springfield News-Leader|date= March 11, 1960|page= 37|first=William|last=Glover}}</ref> *''Sail Away'' (1961, Broadhurst Theatre)<ref name="SAIL">{{cite news|title=Critics Rate the New Shows|work=Poughkeepsie Journal|date= October 8, 1961|page= 14}}</ref> *''Daughter of Silence'' (1961, Music Box Theatre)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-nassau-edition-on-stage-trial/193302636/|title=On Stage: Trial and Error|first=George|last= Oppenheimer|work=Newsday|date= December 6, 1961| page= 9C}}</ref> *''Love and Kisses'' (1963, Music Box Theatre)<ref name="Kisses">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-suffolk-edition-on-stage-lo/193302888/|title=On Stage: ''Love and Kisses'', Tale of Teeners and Elders|first=George|last= Oppenheimer|work=Newsday|date= December 19, 1963| page= 2E}}</ref> {{div col end}}
===Regional theatre=== *''Peter Ibbetson'' (1932, Bonstelle Theatre, Detroit); co-designed with Robert Edmund Jones<ref>{{cite news|title=Plays Out of Town|work=Variety|date=December 6, 1932|page=47}}</ref> *''The Pure in Heart'' (1932, staged by the Theatre Guild in Baltimore and Pittsburgh){{sfn| Leonard|1983|pages=387-388}} *''No Money to Guide Her'' (1932, Boston)<ref>{{cite news|page=48|title=No Money to Guide Her|work=Variety|date=November 29, 1932|volume=108|number= 12}}</ref> *''Yankee Fable'' (1938, staged in Boston and Washington D.C.){{sfn| Leonard|1983|pages=509-510}}
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==External links== {{Commons category|Helene Pons}} *{{IBDB name|id=24941}} *[https://helenepons.com Helene Pons, Artist and Craftswoman]
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