Helpmann, Sir Robert (Murray)
- Helpmann, Sir Robert (Murray)
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died Sept. 28, 1986, Sydney
Australian ballet dancer, choreographer, actor, and director.
After dancing and acting in Australia, in 1933 he went to London to study, joining the Vic-Wells Ballet (
later Royal Ballet), where he became a regular partner of
Margot Fonteyn. His own ballets included
Hamlet (1942),
Miracle in the Gorbals (1944), and
Adam Zero (1946). He danced in the films
The Red Shoes and
Tales of Hoffmann, acted in many Shakespeare plays, and also directed several plays. He was artistic codirector of the
Australian Ballet (1965–76).
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