Helpmann

American

[help-muhn] / ˈhɛlp mən /

noun

Sir Robert (Murray), 1909–86, Australian dancer, choreographer, and actor.

Helpmann British

/ ˈhɛlpmən /

noun

Sir Robert. 1909–86, Australian ballet dancer and choreographer: his ballets include Miracle in the Gorbals (1944), Display (1965), and Yugen (1965)

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He won Australian theater’s prestigious Helpmann Award for best actor for the role.

From Fox News ● Nov. 18, 2019

On one of her rare appearances without the company, she told Helpmann she would positively not make a speech at the supper given in her honor after a command performance in Copenhagen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Claire tried out for Webster's The White Devil, which was being put in production by Michael Benthall and Robert Helpmann.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her rages are legendary, and famed Dancer-Choreographer Robert Helpmann, among others, became hilariously adept at imitating them.

From Time Magazine Archive

Whilst exploring this river, Stokes and his companions, Helpmann and a sailor, had a most narrow escape.

From The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 by Favenc, Ernest

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