Margot Fonteyn and Robert Helpmann as Ophelia and Hamlet, c. 1942.
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Caption: Margot Fonteyn and Robert Helpmann as Ophelia and Hamlet, c. 1942.
About Robert Murray Helpman
Actor, Director, Casting Department
Born: April 9, 1909
Star sign: Aries
Known for: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (1944), Patrick (1978), The Red Shoes (1948)
Source: IMDB
Son of James Murray Helpmann & Mary (nee Gardiner), he was educated at Prince Alfred's College, Adelaide, South Australia. He first danced solo at the Theatre Royal, Adelaide in The Ugly Duckling in 1922. He went on to become the pricipal dancer at Sadlers Wells ballet from 1933 to 1950. World renowned as a dancer and choreographer, amongst his ...
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