The real Betty Boop sued the cartoonist who used her likeness

c. 1930 Image: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS Born in the Bronx in 1904, Helen Kane (née Schroeder) worked as an actress, dancer and singer in the New York vaudeville scene throughout the 1920s Following a string of appearances at the 44th Street Theatre, she was booked for a solo performance at the Paramount Theater in Times Square, […]