D O B October 21,1939
Languages Hindi
Place of Birth Rangoon, Burma
Known For Actor
Married Yes

Biography Helen Jairag Richardson born October in Burma is a Hindi film actress and dancer Born Helen in Burma on October she has a brother Roger and a sister Jennifer Her father died during the Second World War The family migrated to Mumbai in during World War II but her mother's salary as a nurse was not enough and Helen had to quit her schooling to support the family Helen got her break when a family friend an actress known as Cukoo helped her find jobs as a chorus dancer in the films Shabistan and Awaara She was soon working regularly and was featured as a solo dancer in films such as Alif Laila Hoor-e-Arab and number Mr John O Baba Khan in the film Baarish In she performed in the song Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu in Shakti Samanta's film Howrah Bridge which was sung by Geeta Dutt During her initial career Dutt sang many songs for her The Bollywood playback singer Asha Bhosle also frequently sang for Helen particularly during the s and the early 's She was nominated for the Filmfare best supporting actress award in for her role in Gumnaam She played dramatic roles such as the More rape victim in Shakti Samanta's Pagla Kahin Ka Writer Salim Khan helped her get roles in some of the films he was co-scripting with Javed Akhtar Imaam Dharam Don Dostana and Sholay This was followed by a role in Mahesh Bhatt's film Lahu Ke Do Rang for which she won a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award Helen retired from the silver screen for a number of years but appeared in a few guest roles in and I Mohabbatein she plays the prim and proper head of a girls' school who is pulled out onto a dance floor and surprises everyone with her lively dancing She also made a special appearance as the mother of Salman Khan's character in Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam Helen was selected for the Padma Shri awards of along with Aishwarya Rai and Akshay Kumar Helen also performed numerous stage shows in London Paris and Hong Kong br In Helen Queen of the Nautch Girls a -minute documentary film from Merchant Ivory Films was released Anthony Korner directed and narrated the film A book about Helen was published by Jerry Pinto in titled The Life and Times of an H-Bomb which went on to win the National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema in Helen married Salim Khan and became his second wife in They adopted a girl Arpita Indian film actor Salman Khan is her step son and she has acted as his mother in film Hum dil de Chuke Sanam as grand mother-in-law in Khamoshi- the Musical Dil ne jise apna kaha and as his grandmother in film Marigold