Mirren, Helen
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Mirren, Helen (1946– ), English actress, one of the most glamorous and talented of her generation. Her early appearances with the
National Youth Theatre led to her playing an extremely youthful Cleopatra, in
Antony and Cleopatra, at the
Old Vic in 1965. Two years later she joined the
RSC, remaining with it for five seasons, her roles including Cressida in
Troilus and Cressida, Ophelia in
Hamlet, Tatyana in
Gorky's Enemies, and the title-role in
Strindberg's Miss Julie. After working with the
International Centre of Theatre Research she played Lady Macbeth for the RSC in 1974, and a year later was seen at the
Royal Court in David
Hare's Teeth ‘n’ Smiles, in which she gave an outstanding performance as an alcoholic singer with a rock group. In complete contrast were her excellent Nina in
Chekhov's The Seagull and Ella in Ben
Travers's farce
The Bed before Yesterday (both 1975). She returned to the RSC in 1977 in the three parts of
Henry VI, and was seen as Isabella in
Measure for Measure at the
Riverside Studios (1979) and in the title-role of Webster's
The Duchess of Malfi with the
Royal Exchange Theatre company (1980;
Round House, 1981). In 1981 she also appeared in Brian
Friel's Faith Healer at the Royal Court Theatre, and in 1983 for the RSC she again played Cleopatra. She was absent for several years in films before returning to London in Arthur
Miller's double bill
Two-Way Mirror (1989).
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Bravery
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