Helen Moulder (born 1947) is a New Zealand actress.

Biography

Helen Moulder was born in Brightwater,

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in 1947. However she began her professional career in the UK in 1974, singing in musicals and pantomime and spending a year with the

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. In 1977 she returned to New Zealand where she has worked for several decades as an actor in theatre, television, film, and radio. In 2000 she won Actress of the Year in the

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for her role as Vivian Bearing in the

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production of ''Wit'' and did the same in 2003 for Sylvia in '' Meeting Karpovsky'', a play she produced with Sir Jon Trimmer.

Theatre

Recent theatre roles she has undertaken in New Zealand include the comic character of Cynthia Fortitude, which she developed along with Rose Beauchamp, who plays her long-suffering sidekick and accompanist Gertrude Rallentando, as part of their contributions to Hen's Teeth performances over several decades. Feature-length performances involving these characters include ''A Vote for Cynthia'' and ''The Legend Returns;'' the latter was developed from a Hen's Teeth sketch in 1997 and toured in New Zealand and San Francisco. She has also played Madam Giry in Ken Hill's ''

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'' in Japan, and

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in ''

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''. She is represented by GCM (Gail Cowan Management Ltd).

Filmography

References

External links

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