- Born
- Died
- Birth nameHelen Jean Ruckert
- Of Irish descent, Helena Carter pursued a master's degree in English Literature at Columbia University with which she hoped to teach, but due to her striking beauty was sidetracked into modeling, signing with the Conover agency. Renowned photographer Dick Isaacs shot some magazine covers of her that drew the notice of film studios, and soon producer Leonard Goldstein at Universal Pictures offered her a contract. She made only thirteen films before leaving show business, her best-known the cult sci-fi classic Invaders from Mars (1953).- IMDb Mini Biography By: A. Nonymous
- SpouseMichael Meshekoff(December 31, 1953 - June 8, 1997) (his death, 1 child)
- ParentsLawrence RuckertHonorah Sullivan
- RelativesCatherine Elizabeth Ruckert(Sibling)John Lawrence Ruckert(Sibling)
- Leading lady in US films of the late 1940s through the early 1950s.
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