page_title: Helen Carruthers
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Helen Carruthers / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Helen Carruthers &amp; Frank Hayes dans "Charlot déménage" (1914)
context_page_description: Helen Carruthers was an American actress of the silent film era. Carruthers is best known for her work in Keystone comedies.
context_section_description: In May 1915, at age 23, Carruthers attempted suicide by swallowing 30 mercury bichloride tablets. She survived, but the poisonous compound severely damaged her kidneys. Ten years later, in what appeared to be another suicide try, she died by jumping out a window in New York.
caption: Carruthers and Frank Hayes in His Musical Career (1914)
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