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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

After Helpmann had tactfully told the guests that "Miss Fonteyn is too moved to speak," she stood up and talked for six minutes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Helpmann says that after dancing with her in ballet for 14 years, he only really got to know her after jitterbugging with her until dawn one time last year.

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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