
Hélène Shirley, whose real name is Nicole Segaud, is an actress known for her roles in films such as Les bas de soie noire and Rêves de jeunes filles volages. She has also used the pseudonyms Nicole Segaux and Helen Shelley.

Finding herself penniless after her art-dealer husband Stephan is convicted of theft, Marya Zelli accepts the hospitality of a strange couple, H.J. and Lois Heidler, who let her live in their home.