Helen Kane and Betty Boop

Helen Kane was a talented performer, and she was the model for the image of Betty Boop. Here is a biographical sketch from a by-gone era. Many performers contributed to the creation of the composite character we know as Betty Boop; Helen Kane most assiduously sought to be, and to be recognized as, the most important of them all. Betty Boop has been a beloved character since the 1930s. The quintessential "flapper," her character was based on a handful of popular performers, and fans are still arg