Helen Schlesinger (born 1967) is a British stage and television
actress. She was born in London, and raised near Windsor, Berkshire,
UK.Helen Schlesinger earned a First Degree in English at Wadham
College Oxford University. After working on the fringe in London
(Finborough, the Old Red Lion) Helen joined Compass Theatre Company,
and toured for two years, mainly Shakespeare, all over the country and
abroad. She played Juliet, Miranda, Hermione, Hamlet in Hamlet, and
Mosca in Ben Jonson's Volpone.Schlesinger began working in repertory
theatre, her roles included Gilda in Design For Living in Harrogate,
Miss Julie in Plymouth, the title role in The Second Mrs Tanqueray at
Salisbury Playhouse and Jane in Wild Oats in the first production at
the West Yorkshire Playhouse. After moving to London, Helen appeared
in Becket at the Haymarket with Derek Jacobi and Robert Lindsay, and
then joined Shared Experience, playing Maggie Tulliver in their
production of The Mill on the Floss which played at the Tricycle
Theatre and Lyric Hammersmith in London, and toured the UK, India,
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
actress. She was born in London, and raised near Windsor, Berkshire,
UK.Helen Schlesinger earned a First Degree in English at Wadham
College Oxford University. After working on the fringe in London
(Finborough, the Old Red Lion) Helen joined Compass Theatre Company,
and toured for two years, mainly Shakespeare, all over the country and
abroad. She played Juliet, Miranda, Hermione, Hamlet in Hamlet, and
Mosca in Ben Jonson's Volpone.Schlesinger began working in repertory
theatre, her roles included Gilda in Design For Living in Harrogate,
Miss Julie in Plymouth, the title role in The Second Mrs Tanqueray at
Salisbury Playhouse and Jane in Wild Oats in the first production at
the West Yorkshire Playhouse. After moving to London, Helen appeared
in Becket at the Haymarket with Derek Jacobi and Robert Lindsay, and
then joined Shared Experience, playing Maggie Tulliver in their
production of The Mill on the Floss which played at the Tricycle
Theatre and Lyric Hammersmith in London, and toured the UK, India,
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
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