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Brewer's: Helen

The type of female beauty, more especially in those who have reached womanhood. Daughter of Zeus and Leda, and wife of Menelaos, King of Sparta. “She moves a goddess and she looks a queen…

Helen Fielding

English writer Helen Fielding is the author of the novel Bridget Jones's Diary, a late 1990s U.K. and U.S. sensation that ushered in a new wave of "chick lit" novels and spawned two movies starring…

Helen Reddy

Australian singer Helen Reddy had a string of top 40 hits in the 1970s, the most famous of which was the chart-topping feminist anthem, "I Am Woman." Reddy grew up in a show business family and…

Helen Hayes

Name at birth: Helen Hayes BrownHelen Hayes had a career on the stage that spanned nearly the entire 20th century, from her New York debut at the age of 9 to TV appearances when she was in her…

Helen Mirren

Name at birth: Ilyena Vasilievna MironovHelen Mirren is the sophisticated star of stage and screen who also became an international TV star as Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison in the British…

Helen Keller

Helen Keller was, during the first half of the 20th century, the most famous disabled person in the world. A severe fever at age 19 months left Keller blind and deaf and barely able to communicate.…

Helen Hokinson

Helen Hokinson's cartoons were a staple in The New Yorker magazine for nearly 25 years. She specialized in plump and befuddled society matrons: club women, theatergoers and other polite and amusing…

Helen Stephens

Helen StephensBorn: Feb. 3, 1918Track & Field set 3 world records in 100-yard dash and 4 more in 100 meters in 1935-36; won gold medals in 100 meters and 4x100-meter relay in 1936…