Hellen Tullis
(October 15, 1913 – January 6, 1999)
Hellen Tullis (née Nagy), attended Philcon, the 1947 Worldcon, as well as Discon in ’63, with her husband, early fan George Tullis. The double Ls in her name, she claimed, were “just for the hell of it.”
The Tullises married during World War II. The couple met at Columbia University, according to an article in the Washington Post (January 12, 1947). Hellen, who was nearly blind, required the aid of a reader for her studies. George got the job and, after finishing her required reading, went on to read fantasy to her.
In the 1940s and ’50s, George served in the U.S. Coast Guard. In 1946, he took an extended leave and the Tullises took a road trip around the country, among other things, visiting LASFS. By 1948, they were living in Baltimore.
She starred in a TV program, As You Can See. The Baltimore Sun featured Hellen in an article by famed food writer Clementine Paddleford on September 7, 1958, extolling her ability to cook without sight. Several articles covered her guide dog, Prince. She grew up in New York, and started losing her vision at age 13.
She and George eventually moved to Florida where she died in 1999.
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