Robert Helpmann:
Sadler's Wells 1933 - As Satan in the ballet 'Job'. Choreography by Ninette de Valois, music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, orchestrations by Constant Lambert
He was born on 9th April 1909 in Mount Gambier, Australia and died on 28th Sept 1986 in Sydney, Australia.
He studied briefly with Anna Pavlova during her sojourn in Melbourne and went to London in 1933 to study and perform with the Sadler's Wells Ballet [now the Royal Ballet] - He was the leading male star with that company from 1934 until his resignation in 1950.
He and Katharine Hepburn co-starred in Shakespearean plays on an Australian tour.
In the mid 1950's he produced Puccini's ''Boheme'' and Rimsky-Korsakov's ''Coq d'Or'' for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Amongst his numerous films were -
1942 One of Our Aircraft Is Missing [De Jong]
1948 The Red Shoes [Ivan Boleslawsky]
1951 Tales of Hoffmann [multiple parts]
1963 55 Days at Peking [Prince Tuan]
1966 The Quiller Memorandum [Weng]
1968 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang [Child Catcher]
He was Knighted in 1968.
Robert Helpmann:
Sadler's Wells 1933 - As Satan in the ballet 'Job'. Choreography by Ninette de Valois, music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, orchestrations by Constant Lambert
He was born on 9th April 1909 in Mount Gambier, Australia and died on 28th Sept 1986 in Sydney, Australia.
He studied briefly with Anna Pavlova during her sojourn in Melbourne and went to London in 1933 to study and perform with the Sadler's Wells Ballet [now the Royal Ballet] - He was the leading male star with that company from 1934 until his resignation in 1950.
He and Katharine Hepburn co-starred in Shakespearean plays on an Australian tour.
In the mid 1950's he produced Puccini's ''Boheme'' and Rimsky-Korsakov's ''Coq d'Or'' for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Amongst his numerous films were -
1942 One of Our Aircraft Is Missing [De Jong]
1948 The Red Shoes [Ivan Boleslawsky]
1951 Tales of Hoffmann [multiple parts]
1963 55 Days at Peking [Prince Tuan]
1966 The Quiller Memorandum [Weng]
1968 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang [Child Catcher]
He was Knighted in 1968.