Helen Gardner studied photography.
Cleopatra is a 1912 American silent historical drama starring Helen Gardner in the title role and directed by Charles L. Gaskill . Helen Louise Gardner ( September 2 , 1884 -- November 20 , 1968 ) was an American stage and film actress , screenwriter , producer , editor and costume designer . Helen Gardner ( 1878 -- 1946 ) was an American art historian and educator . In 1919 , she became the head of the photograph and lantern-slides department at the Ryerson Library of the Art Institute of Chicago .