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Helen Ann Richardson Khan (née Richardson; born 21 November 1938), known mononymously as Helen, is an Indian actress and dancer. She has appeared in over 1000 films, [ 1 ] making her a prolific performer in Hindi cinema .
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Helen Maxine Reddy [8] [9] was born into a well-known Australian showbusiness family in Melbourne.Her mother was Stella Campbell (née Lamond), an actress, singer and dancer; her father was Maxwell David Reddy (born 1914 in Melbourne, Victoria), a writer, producer and actor.
A popular theme, The Request of Helen (Helenes Apaitesis, Ἑλένης Ἀπαίτησις), was the subject of a drama by Sophocles, now lost. [h] [67] Homer paints a poignant, lonely picture of Helen in Troy. She is filled with self-loathing and regret for what she has caused; by the end of the war, the Trojans have come to hate her.
Helen is a feminine given name derived from the Ancient Greek name Ἑλένη, Helenē (dialectal variants: Ἑλένα, Helena, Ἐλένα, Elena, Ϝελένα, Welena), which descends from Proto-Hellenic *Ηwelénā, from a pre-Hellenic or late Proto-Indo-European *Swelénā (a solar deity), ultimately derived from the Indo-European root *swel-(to shine, warm).
Dame Helen Mirren (/ ˈ m ɪ r ən /; born Helen Lydia Mironoff; [4] 26 July 1945) is an English actor. In a career spanning 60 years, she is the recipient of numerous accolades including an Academy Award , four BAFTA Awards , five Emmy Awards , three Golden Globe Awards , an Olivier Award and a Tony Award .
Helen Hayes MacArthur (née Brown; October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) [1] was an American actress. Often referred to as the "First Lady of American Theatre", she was the second person and first woman to win the EGOT (an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award) , and the first person to win the Triple Crown of Acting .
Helen (Ancient Greek: Ἑλένη, Helénē) is a drama by Euripides about Helen, first produced in 412 BC for the Dionysia in a trilogy that also contained Euripides' lost Andromeda. The play has much in common with Iphigenia in Tauris , which is believed to have been performed around the same time period.