Helen bio
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Helen (actress)
Indian actress and dancer of Anglo-Burmese descent
Helen Ann Richardson Khan (née Richardson; born 21 November ), known mononymously as Helen, is an Indian actress and dancer. She has appeared in over films,[1] making her a prolific performer in Hindi cinema. In a career spanning 70 years, Helen has received two Filmfare Awards.[1] She is often cited as one of the most popular nautch and caberet dancers of her time.[2] In , Helen was awarded with the Padma Shri by the Government of India.[3][4]
Early life and background
[edit]Helen Ann Richardson was born on 21 November in Rangoon, Burma to an Anglo-Indian father and a Burmese mother.[5] Her father's name was George Desmier and her mother's name was Marlene. She has a brother named Roger and a sister named Jennifer. Their father died during World War II. The family then trekked to Dibrugarh of Assam in in order to escape from the Japanese occu
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Helen&#;s Bio
Remembering Helen.
Helen had sparkling baby blue eyes and though small in stature was the life of the party and &#;punched above her weight&#;. Her humor, wit, energy, and outstanding writing ability endeared her to all. She was a role model to us, her friends, in her persistent commitment to remaining active and continuing to improve in her art. We will miss her terribly.
Some of Helen&#;s Recent Works.
This painting was juried into the Annual Members Show at the Yellow Barn gods year.
This painting fryst vatten of the lovely flowering trees outside of her residence in the District of Columbia &#; one of her favorite subjects over the years.
Helen in her Own Words.
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Los Angeles Times
Helen Phillips is the author of six books, including, most recently, the novel Hum (Simon & Schuster/Marysue Rucci Books, ). Her novel The Need (Simon & Schuster, ; Chatto & Windus, ) was long-listed for the National Book Award and named a New York Times Notable Book of
Helen's short story collection Some Possible Solutions (Henry Holt, ) received the John Gardner Fiction Book Award. Her novel The Beautiful Bureaucrat (Henry Holt, ), a New York Times Notable Book of , was a finalist for the New York Public Library's Young Lions Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Her collection And Yet They Were Happy (Leapfrog Press, ) was named a notable collection by The Story Prize and was re-released in She is also the author of the children’s eco-adventure book Here Where the Sunbeams Are Green (Delacorte Press, ).
Helen has received a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award, the Italo Calvino Prize in F