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Helen
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Indian film actress and dancer of Anglo-Burmese descent
OverviewAI-generated
Helen Ann Richardson, born in Yangon on November 21, 1938, is an Indian and British Raj citizen who works as a dancer and actor in film and television. She speaks Hindi and follows the Church of England. Her professional career began in 1951. She is married to Salim Khan.
Other individuals named Helen include Helen Zimmern, an author born in 1846 and died in 1934, who wrote 101 works. A United States-based female artist named Helen performs in cool jazz, jazz, and vocal jazz genres. Another artist named Helen is associated with shoegaze, dream pop, noise pop, indie, and Italo Disco music.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1846
- Died
- 1934
- Works
- 101
Top works
- Holland
- Jordan B Peterson's Book Recommendations in Print and Order
- W.D.Howells
- Italy of the Italians
- The last days of papal Rome, 1850-1870
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Film & TV
Acting · Rangoon, Burma. [now Yangôn, Myanmar]
Helen Ann Richardson Khan (born October 22, 1939), known by her mononym Helen, is an Indian former actress and dancer of Anglo-Indian and Burmese descent. In a career spanning 70 years, she has established herself as a prolific performer in Hindi cinema and appeared in over 1000 films. During her heydays, she was cited as one of the most popular nautch and cabaret dancers, and has been a…
Known for
- Brown2026
- Angry Young Men — Self2024
- The Kapil Sharma Show — Herself2016
- Comedy Nights Bachao — Self2015
- Jodi Breakers2012
- Heroine — Shagufta Rizvi2012
- Dunno Y Na Jaane Kyun...2010
- Marigold2007
- Humko Deewana Kar Gaye — Kitty Kohli2006
- Anjaane: The Unkown — Aunty2005
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1930-07-21
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 65,136
- Total plays
- 927,099
Tags
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning
· 2015 · cited 23,773x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,975x
- Dermatologist-level classification of skin cancer with deep neural networks
· 2017 · cited 12,190x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,997x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,205x
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Key facts
- Born
- Helen Ann Richardson , ( 1938-11-21 ) 21 November 1938 (age 87) , Rangoon , British Burma , (present-day Yangon , Myanmar )
- Occupations
- Actress dancer
- Years active
- 1951–present
- Spouses
- Prem Narayan Arora ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1957 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1974 ) Salim Khan ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1981 )
- Relatives
- See Khan family
- Honours
- Padma Shri (2009)
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Encyclopedic overview
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 750 films, making her a prolific performer in Hindi cinema. Known for glamorous and stylish dance numbers onscreen, she is often cited as the greatest and most popular nautch and cabaret dancers of all time. In a career spanning 70 years, she frequently played bold and westernised vamps in a number of films. In 2009, Helen was awarded with the Padma Shri by the Government of India.
Early life and background
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