Robert Helpmann (1909 - 1986) روبرت هيلبمان
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An Australian ballet dancer, actor, director, and choreographer, born in Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia as Robert Murray Helpmann. He received his education at Prince Alfred College in South Australia. After early work in Australia, he moved to Britain in 1932, where...Read more he joined the Vic-Wells Ballet, and became one of the company's leading men. He formed a dancing partnership with ballerina Alicia Markova, and then the ballerina Margot Fonteyn. In the forties, he turned to theatrical acting at the Old Vic and the West End in London. Most of his roles were in Shakespeare's plays. As a director, he worked in Shakespeare's plays, operas, musicals, and pantomimes. In the eighties, he directed for the Australian Opera and worked in plays. He was nominated for an AFI Award in 1978. Among his notable works are Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), Don Quixote (1973) and The Red Shoes (1948). He died of emphysema in Sydney, Australia, on September 28, 1986.
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- Nationality:
- Australia
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- Birth Country:
- Australia
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- Died on:
- 28 September 1986
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- Death Country:
- Australia
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- Hadret El Omda
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- 2015 - Program
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- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- 1968 - Movie
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- 55 Days in Peking
- 1963 - Movie
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- The Tales of Hoffmann
- 1951 - Movie
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- The Red Shoes
- 1948 - Movie
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- Henry V
- 1944 - Movie
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- One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
- 1942 - Movie
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An Australian ballet dancer, actor, director, and choreographer, born in Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia as Robert Murray Helpmann. He received his education at Prince...Read more Alfred College in South Australia. After early work in Australia, he moved to Britain in 1932, where he joined the Vic-Wells Ballet, and became one of the company's leading men. He formed a dancing partnership with ballerina Alicia Markova, and then the ballerina Margot Fonteyn. In the forties, he turned to theatrical acting at the Old Vic and the West End in London. Most of his roles were in Shakespeare's plays. As a director, he worked in Shakespeare's plays, operas, musicals, and pantomimes. In the eighties, he directed for the Australian Opera and worked in plays. He was nominated for an AFI Award in 1978. Among his notable works are Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), Don Quixote (1973) and The Red Shoes (1948). He died of emphysema in Sydney, Australia, on September 28, 1986.
Trivia:
- Brother of actress Sheila Helpmann.
- He was the first person to accompany American actress Katharine Hepburn in her first play, Lyrebirds, during a tour of Australia to present Shakespeare's plays.
- Nationality:
- Australia
- Birth Name:
- Robert Murray Helpman
- Nickname:
- سير بوبي
- Nickname in English:
- Sir Bobby
- Birth Country:
- Australia
- Birth City:
- South Australia
- Died on:
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28 September 1986
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- Death Country:
- Australia
- Death City:
- Australian Capital Territory
