Helen Moulder
- Locations
- Wellington
- Ethnicity
- NZ European
- Age Range
- 71 - 83
- Height
- 168cm / 5ft 6in
- Bust/Chest
- 88cm / 35in
- Waist
- 72cm / 28in
- Hips
- 92cm / 36in
Bio
Helen has been working as an actor and singer for nearly 50 years. Her theatre highlights include A Toast to Melba, Wit, Doubt and Vita & Virginia (Circa), My Fair Lady and Suddenly Last Summer (Court), Hamlet and Vita – a Fantasy (La Boite, Brisbane). She writes and performs her own shows, written with Australian Sue Rider – Meeting Karpovsky, (with Sir Jon Trimmer) Playing Miss Havisham, Gloria’s Handbag and The Bicycle & the Butcher’s Daughter.
Helen has a comic musical character, a fading opera singer – Cynthia Fortitude - and has created two shows with the late Rose Beauchamp -The Legend Returns and Cynthia & Gertie Go Baroque. She has also been to Japan four times with Stetson Productions in A Phantom of the Opera.
Her film and television credits include Pictures, Close to Home, Country GP, Erebus - the aftermath, The Wall, Food for Thought, Sweet As and Growing Still.
Film
| Year | Production | Role | Company / Director | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Rest for the Wicked | Margaret | Dir. Simon Pattison | Feature Film |
| 1996 | Aberration | Mrs Miller | Grundy / USA | Feature Film |
| 1992 | Absent Without Leave | Ed's Aunt | AWOL Productions, dir. John Laing | Feature Film |
| 1992 | The Wall | Louise | Frame Up Films, dir. Diana Rowan | Feature Film |
| 1986 | Dangerous Orphans | Secretary | Dir. John Lang | Feature Film |
| 1984 | A Glorius Morning Comrade | Sister | John KcKay Films, dir. John KcKay | Feature Film |
| 1983 | Pictures | Lydia Burton | Pacific Films, dir. Michael Black | Feature Film |
Television
| Year | Production | Role | Company / Director | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | What Really Happened - The Women's Vote | Amey Daldy | Eyeworks NZ | Drama |
| 2005 | The Lost Children | Mrs Brand | Big House Productions, dir. Mike Smith | Drama |
| 2001-2002 | The Dark Knight | Eleanor of Aquitaine | Palana Productions | Drama |
| 1999 | Duggan | Lawyer | Gibson Group / TV Series | Drama |
| 1997 | William Tell | High Priestess | Cloud 9 Productions | Drama |
| 1996 | The Secret Mountain | High Priestess | Cloud 9 Productions | Drama |
| 1996 | Cover Story | Clairvoyant | Gibson Group / TV Series | Drama |
| 1994 | Fall-Out | Thea Muldoon | TV Mini-series | Drama |
| 1993 | Bread and Roses | Miss Grant | TV Series | Drama |
| 1988 | Shark in the Park | Real Estate Agent | TVNZ | Drama |
| 1988 | Open House | Widow Sculptor | TVNZ | Drama |
| 1987 | Erebus-The Aftermath | Maria Collins | TVNZ | Drama |
| 1986 | The Magic Flute | Papagena (mimed) | TVNZ | Drama |
| 1985 | The Fire Raiser | Mrs Chalmers/, 3 eps | TVNZ | Drama |
| 1984 | Country GP | Irene, 15 episodes | TVNZ | Drama |
| 1984 | Die Fledermaus | Ida | TVNZ | Drama |
| 1981 | Close to Home | Ruth, 50 episodes | TVNZ | Drama |
| 1980 | Gallantry | The Nurse | TVNZ | Drama |
| 1979 | The Gathering | Jean | TV 1 | Drama |
| 1978 | Inside Every Thin Girl | Sue | TV 1 | Drama |
Theatre
| Year | Production | Role | Company / Director | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Jean | Stewart & Tricia Macpherson and Ben McDonald | |
| 2023 | The Bicycle & the Butcher's Daughter | Olivia | Circa Theatre, dir: Sue Rider | |
| 2023 | The Coven on Grey Street | Daphne | Circa Theatre, dir: Harriet Prebble | |
| 2022 | The Bicycle & the Butcher's Daughter | Olivia | AOTNZ, dir: Sue Rider | |
| 2019 | Meeting Karpovsky | Sylvia | Circa Theatre, dir: Sue Rider | |
| 2018 | Phantom of the Opera - Musical Theatre | Madame Giry | Stetson Productions, dir: Michael McLean | |
| 2017 | Cynthia & Gertie Go Baroque | Cynthia | Circa Theatre, dir: Jeff Kingsford-Brown | |
| 2015 | Meeting Karpovsky | Syliva | AOTNZ, dir: Sue Rider | |
| 2014 | Gloria's Handbag | Gloria | Circa Theatre, dir. Sue Rider | |
| 2011 | Meet the Churchills | Clementine | Circa Theatre | |
| 2006 | Playing Miss Havisham | Claudia | Circa Theatre / Tour | |
| 2005 | Suddenly Last Summer | Mrs Venable | The Court Theatre | |
| 2005 | Taking Off | Jean | Circa Theatre | |
| 2004 | Meeting Karpovsky | Sylvia | The Court Theatre / Circa Theatre | |
| 2004 | Mum's Choir | Jean | Centrepoint Theatre | |
| 2004 | Phantom of the Opera | Madame Giry | Tokyo Tour | |
| 2003 | Great Expectations | Miss Havisham | The Court Theatre | |
| 2003 | In Flame | Gramma/Annie | Circa Theatre | |
| 2002/2003 | Meeting Karpovsky | Sylvia | The Court Theatre / Circa Theatre | |
| 2001 | The Lady in the Van | Miss Shepard | Circa Theatre | |
| 2001 | My Fair Lady | Mrs Eynes-ford Hill | Court Theatre | |
| 2000 | Wit | Vivian Bearing | Circa Theatre | |
| 2000 | Nuncrackers | Reverend Mother | Stetson Entertainment | |
| 1999 | The Legend Returns | Cynthia Fortitude | New Zealand | |
| 1998 | The Legend Returns | Cynthia | Circa Theatre | |
| 1998 | Phantom of the Opera | Madame Giry | Japan Tour | |
| 1998 | Vita and Virginia | Virginia | Woolf / Circa Theatre | |
| 1997 | Social Climbers | Kath | Circa Theatre | |
| 1995 | Hamlet | Gertrude | La Boite, Brisbane / Moonlight Bel / Circa Theatre | |
| 1994 | Painted Woman | Frances | La Boite, Brisbane | |
| 1993 | Vita! A Fantasy | Virginia Woolf | La Boite, Brisbane | |
| 1993 | I Hate Hamlet | Lillian Troy | Fortune Theatre | |
| 1993 | Cracks | Rita | Taki Rua-Depot | |
| 1992 | Hen's Teeth | Cynthia Fortitude | Adelaide Festival | |
| 1992 | Dances with Ducks | Angel/Margie | Suter, Nelson 1993 | |
| 1992 | The Great Wide World Over There | Mrs Braham | Ray Bradbury Theatre, USA | |
| 1991 | M.Butterfly | Comrade Chin | Downstage Theatre | |
| 1991 | Dancing on the Walls | Yvette Gilbert | QPAT, Brisbane | |
| 1990 | Macbeth | Witch | Downstage Theatre | |
| 1990 | Aunt Daisy | Aunt Dairy | Fortune Theatre | |
| 1990 | Nunsense | Sister Hubert | Downstage Theatre | |
| 1990 | Mars is Heaven | Mother | Ray Bradbury Theatre | |
| 1989 | Noel and Gertie | Gertie | Circa Theatre | |
| 1988 | The Golden Age | Queenie Ayre | The Depot | |
| 1988 | Steaming | Violet | Downstage Theatre / Two Anna / Circa Theatre | |
| 1986 | Blithe Spirit | Mrs Bradman | Downstage Theatre | |
| 1985 | Benefactors | Sheila | Circa Theatre | |
| 1984 | Footrot Flats | Aunt Dolly | Circa Theatre / State Opera House | |
| 1983 | Cloud Nine & Top Girls | Maud-Betty / Pope Joan | Circa Theatre | |
| 1982 | A Toast to Melba | Nellie Melba | Centrepoint Theatre | |
| 1982 | The Suicide | Mother-in-law | Downstage Theatre / Fifty-Fifty Sarah / Downstage Theatre | |
| 1981 | Hay Fever | Myra | Myra / Downstage Theatre |
Short Film
| Year | Production | Role | Company / Director | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Growing Still | Hilary | Junkyard Universe, dir: Alyx Duncan | Short Film |
| 2014 | Food for Thought | Mother | Dir. Pat Murphy | Short Film |
| 2010 | Sweet As | Nanna | Dir. Aya Tanimura | Short Film |
| 2021 | Growing Still | Hilary | Junkyard Universe Films | Short Film |
Training
| Year | Description | Institution / Presenter | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Theatre Workshops in NZ | Welfare State-Paekakariki, Actors intensive - Nga Tawa | ||
| 1979 | Executant Music Course (Singing) | Wgtn Polytech | ||
| 1974 | Private singing Lessons | London Rudolf Piemay | ||
| 1972 | National Theatre opera School & Melba Conservatorium | Lennox Brewer | ||
| 1969 | Singing | Grace Wilkinson, ChCh |
Sports
Intermediate: Cycling | Kayaking | Swimming | Yoga
Singing Range
Soprano
Dance
Intermediate: General Movement