Robert Helpmann
Biography
Robert Helpmann was an Australian dancer, actor, director and choreographer, born Robert Murray Helpman he added the extra "n" to avoid there being 13…moreBorn
4/9/1909, Mount Gambier, South Australia, AustraliaDied
9/28/1986Birth Name
Robert Murray HelpmanGender
MaleCredits
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Great Performances
Don Quixote
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S 29:
Ep 12
Rudolf Nureyev's Don Quixote
6/6/01
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S 29:
Ep 12
Rudolf Nureyev's Don Quixote
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This is Your Life (Australia)
Himself
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Sir Robert Helpmann
9/21/75
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Sir Robert Helpmann
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Omnibus (UK)
Himself
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S 3:
Ep 15
Margot Fonteyn: Birthday of a Ballerina
5/18/69
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S 7:
Ep 27
Helpmann
9/30/73
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S 3:
Ep 15
Margot Fonteyn: Birthday of a Ballerina
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The Wednesday Play
Fouche
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Catch as Catch Can
9/30/64
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Catch as Catch Can
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Great Performances
Trivia and Quotes
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Trivia
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Robert was a performer at the Stratford Festival and the Old Vic theatre in London, playing the title role in Hamlet.
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When Robert was a toddler he liked to dress in his mother's clothes.
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Robert was the Director of the Australian Ballet, from 1974 to 1976.
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Quotes
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Robert Helpmann (Talking about how he was introduced to ballet instructor Anna Pavlova: My father went on a business trip to Melbourne when I was 14 and when he came back he said "You've always wanted to be a dancer. There's a girl dancing in Melbourne and she's got a company and I've been to see her, and she is going to take you in the company". Next week I left to Melbourne with my mother, and the 'girl' was Anna Pavlova. By the time it dawned on me to try and ask why and how he got in to her dressing room, and why she took me as a student.
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Robert Helpmann (Talking about his arrival to Australia, when he was going to be named Australian of the year): I don't despair about the cultural scene in Australia because there isn't one to despair about.
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