Helen Moulder

Helen Moulder
Born (1947-08-22) 22 August 1947
Nelson, New Zealand
OccupationActress
Years active1974 – present

Helen Moulder (born 1947) is a 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, television, film, and radio.[1] In 2000 she won Actress of the Year[2] in the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards for her role as Vivian Bearing in the Circa Theatre production of Wit and did the same in 2003[3] for Sylvia in Meeting Karpovsky, a play she produced with Sir Jon Trimmer.

Theatre

Recent theatre roles she has undertaken in New Zealand include the comic character of Cynthia Fortitude, which she developed along with Rose Beauchamp, who plays her long-suffering sidekick Gertie, as part of their contributions to Hen's Teeth performances over several decades.[4] Feature-length performances involving these characters include A Vote for Cynthia and The Legend Returns. She has also played Madam Giry in Ken Hill's Phantom of the Opera in Japan, and Virginia Woolf in Vita and Virginia.

She is represented by GCM (Gail Cowan Management Ltd).

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 The Ray Bradbury Theater Black's Mother Episode: "Mars Is Heaven"
1992 Absent Without Leave Ed's Aunt
1992 The Ray Bradbury Theater Mrs. Brabbam Episode: "Great Wide World Over There"
1994 Rugged Gold Doris TV movie
1997 Aberration Mrs. Miller
1998 The Enid Blyton Secret Series High Priest Episode: "The Secret Mountain"
1999 Duggan Jean Goodman Episode: "Going Overboard"
2006 The Lost Children Mrs. Brand Episode: "1.5"
2010 Sweet As Nana Short film
2011 Rest for the Wicked Margaret Post-production

References
  1. "Helen Moulder". GCM. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  2. "Wellington Theatre Awards - 2000". Wellington Theatre Awards. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  3. "Wellington Theatre Awards - 2003". Wellington Theatre Awards. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  4. "Flights of Imagination." Regional News (Wellington, New Zealand); issue 70 (12 December 2018), p3.


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