Helen Moulder
| Helen Moulder | |
|---|---|
| Born |
22 August 1947 Nelson, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1974 – present |
Helen Moulder (born 1947) is an accomplished New Zealand actor.
Biography
Helen Moulder was born in Brightwater, Nelson, New Zealand in 1947. However she began her professional career in the UK in 1974, singing in musicals and pantomime and spending a year with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. In 1977 she returned to New Zealand where she has worked for several decades as an actor in theatre, as well as television, and film. In 2000 she won Actress of the Year in the Chapman Tripp Wellington Theatre Awards for her role as Vivian Bearing in the Circa Production of Wit and did the same in 2003 for Sylvia in Meeting Karpovsky a play she produced with Sir Jon Trimmer.
Theatre
Her recent theatre roles in New Zealand include her three plays where she plays the comedy role of Cynthia Fortitude: A Vote for Cynthia, and The Legend Returns. She has also played Madam Giry in Ken Hill's Phantom of the Opera in Japan, Virginia Woolf in Vita and Virginia.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Pictures | Lydia Burton | |
| 1984 | Out of Time | TV movie | |
| 1985 | Dangerous Orphans | ||
| 1986 | Undercover Gang | Mrs. Chalmers | |
| 1986 | Seekers | Judith | Episode: "The Apocalypse Is Now" |
| 1987 | Erebus: The Aftermath | Mrs. Maria Collins | TVNZ mini-series |
| 1990 | Ray Bradbury Theater, TheThe Ray Bradbury Theater | Black's Mother | Episode: "Mars Is Heaven" |
| 1992 | Absent Without Leave | Ed's Aunt | |
| 1992 | Ray Bradbury Theater, TheThe Ray Bradbury Theater | Mrs. Brabbam | Episode: "Great Wide World Over There" |
| 1994 | Rugged Gold | Doris | TV movie |
| 1997 | Aberration | Mrs. Miller | |
| 1998 | Enid Blyton Secret Series, TheThe Enid Blyton Secret Series | High Priest | Episode: "The Secret Mountain" |
| 1999 | Duggan | Jean Goodman | Episode: "Going Overboard" |
| 2006 | Lost Children, TheThe Lost Children | Mrs. Brand | Episode: "1.5" |
| 2010 | Sweet As | Nana | Short film |
| 2011 | Rest for the Wicked | Margaret | Post-production |