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Sir Robert Murray Helpmann CBE (né Helpman, 9 April 1909 – 28 September 1986) was an Australian ballet dancer, actor, director, and choreographer. After early work in Australia he moved to Britain in 1932, where he joined the Vic-Wells Ballet (now The Royal Ballet) under its creator, Ninette de Valois .
Sir Robert Murray Helpmann. (1909-1986), Ballet dancer, choreographer, actor and producer. Sitter in 16 portraits. Helpmann began his training with Anna Pavlova when she toured Australia in 1927. He joined the Vic-Wells Ballet in 1933 and partnered the young Fonteyn.
Sep 24, 2024 · Sir Robert Helpmann (born April 9, 1909, Mount Gambier, Australia—died Sept. 28, 1986, Sydney) was an Australian ballet dancer, choreographer, actor, and director. His career encompassed activities in ballet, theatre, and motion pictures.
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Sir Robert Murray Helpmann (1909-1986), ballet dancer, actor, producer, director and choreographer, was born on 9 April 1909 at Mount Gambier, South Australia, eldest of three children of James Murray Helpman, a Victorian-born stock and station agent, and his wife Mary, née Gardiner, born in South Australia.
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Sir Robert Murray Helpmann (1909–1986) by Ken Healey. Robert Helpmann was the most gifted theatrical polymath to emerge in Australia this century. Among his peers in Britain and America only his friend and collaborator Noel Coward surpassed him; no-one else approached his range of achievement.
In 2016, Murray played The Doge of Venice in season 1 of Netflix's Medici, before playing the lead role of Wesley opposite Polly Walker in BBC One's Age Before Beauty. In 2017, Murray directed veteran actor Robert Hardy CBE in his last role alongside Nina Sosanya in his short film La Familia.
Robert Duncan (born 27 July 1952) is an English actor. He is best known for his television role as Gus Hedges, the jargon -speaking manager, from Drop the Dead Donkey. He also appeared in Casualty as Peter Hayes between 1995 and 1996 and as Lazarus in the 2000 film The Miracle Maker.
