Helen Morris is an American TV producer and former book editor. She is famous for being the wife of Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese. Helen was greatly influenced by art, literature, culture, history, and intellectual conversations in her childhood.
She worked as an editor on ‘The Reading’s Catalog’ where she had an enriching experience, although it was exhausting cataloging 40,000 of the world’s greatest books in 1989.
Who Is Helen Morris? Net Worth Insights
Helen Morris is an accomplished book editor and also a TV producer. She is an intelligent woman and of philanthropic nature. Her popular works are ‘Daisy, Daisy’ and documentaries like The 50 Year Argument and Public Speaking.
Helen was born in 1947 in Manhattan, New York. She belongs to an aristocratic family, and her father was Stephen Van Cortlandt Morris, and her mother was Persis Mason Morris. Her father was a career diplomat in the US Foreign Service. She graduated from Colombia University studying Oriental Studies.
Helen’s net worth is currently unknown; however, her husband, Martin Scorsese’s net worth is $150 million according to Celebrity Net Worth. He is a Grammy-winning American director whose works are mainly based on gritty and hard-hitting films. His notable films include Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Color of Money, Goodfellas, Casino, The Irishman, Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed, The Wolf of Wall Street, and more.
He has also worked on some documentaries such as The Blues, No Direction Home, Shine a Light, and Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese.
Martin has won many awards like An Academy Award, a Palme d’Or, a Grammy Award, the Cannes Film Festival, and multiple Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and many more. If counted, he has more than 130 awards collections and has been nominated for more than 200 awards.
Helen Morris Married Life With Husband Martin Scorsese
Helen Morris was married to Martin Scorsese in 1999, and she is his fifth wife. Many had doubts about their marriage as it was already a fifth time for Martin. But they stood through odds and continue to be late-in-life parents till today.
They first met on the set of ‘Kundun,’ Scorsese’s 1997 film about the life of the Dalai Lama. Helen gave birth to their daughter, Francesca, in 1999 (the same year they got married), the day before Martin’s 57th birthday.
Martin had posted a sweet dedicated post for his wife, Helen, on mother’s day of 2020, posting family photos writing, “Happy Mother’s Day to my beautiful wife who is an amazing mother to our daughter, Francesca. And to my mother, who will be loved and missed forever.”
The Scorsese family likes to keep their lives private and tight-knit, but they sure don’t forget to show their love to each other on social media from time to time.
Helen’s daughter, Francesca, has shared professional pictures of them in honor of Helen’s birthday, writing, “Happy Birthday to my mama bear!!!”
Her husband, Martin, had been married four times and found ever-lasting love with her. He was first married to his college sweetheart Laraine Marie Brennan in 1965. They share one daughter, Catherine. Then they got divorced in 1971.
Martin’s second marriage was with Journalist Julia Cameron in 1976, and they shared another daughter, Domenica. They separated after one year of marriage.
His third marriage was with Isabella Rossellini, daughter of director Roberto Rossellini in 1979. They lasted for three years and got divorced.
Martin tied the knot for the fourth time with a Hollywood film producer, Barbara De Fina, in 1985. They worked on some films like Goodfellas and Casino. Their marriage lasted for about six years, and he started his current relationship with Helen in 1999.
Helen was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, which is a degenerative nervous system disorder, in 1990. She came out even more obsessed with her work resulting in periods where she would wake up at random times and think of work. In 1995, she was worked for ‘Random House’ and had a meeting for editing the memoir of Michael Powell with her current husband, Martin Scorsese.
The Hollywood legend Martin was found attending the red carpet of Rome Film festival in 2019 with his wife, Helen, and his two daughters, Catherine and Francesca. Helen was seen wearing a long black coat, and her husband wore a dapper black suit with a dark blue tie and crisp white shirt. Catherine, 53, was seen in an ankle-length black satin skirt over a colorful puff-sleeved shirt. Francesca,19, was in a white T-shirt with a black skirt, patent boots, and an oversized coat.