Helen Gahagan became an overnight sensation on Broadway at the age of 22 and with Helen Hayes and Katharine Cornell became one of the leading lights of New York stage in the 1920's. She was tall, five feet seven and graceful. She had a rich cultured voice. For Helen, the transition from the Gahagan household to the theater, from being the center of an admiring family to the star of the stage, must have seemed both easy and natural. Although she dated such actors as Tyrone Power she remained unmarried until past her 30th birthday.