HELEN RICHMAN is a theatre arts graduate of Ithaca College, New York. She studied acting with Herbert Berghof, Morris Carnovsky and extensively with Lee Strasberg. She was in the Broadway and National Company of HATFUL OF RAIN, and played Desdemona in OTHELLO at the Cherry Lane Theatre off-Broadway. She also played opposite many notable stars in over fifty plays on the summer circuit including Bela Lugosi! Helen co-starred in the short film THE KISS which was nominated for an Academy Award. On television she was seen as Sterling Hayden’s wife in “THE LAST MAN,” an episode of PLAYHOUSE 90. After a long hiatus of raising five children, she jumped into a memorable performance of Blanche in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. Her portrayal of Anna in a staged reading of Shaw’s DON JUAN IN HELL, was warmly received at the Hahn Cosmopolitan Theatre in San Diego. The Richard Basehart Playhouse was proud to present her in Tennessee Williams, THE LADY OF LARKSPUR LOTION, and it was there that she directed the first staged reading of “LAUGHTER AND THE EARLY THIRTIES” by Joseph Stefano, screenwriter of PSYCHO. Her success as a director impressed her husband, Peter Mark Richman, who then asked her to direct his one-man stage play, “4 Faces.” At Pierce Performing Arts Center, Helen played Big Mama in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” That was followed by her portrayal of Mama Jo Moss, the lead in “Unbroken Circles” at The Odyssey Theatre. Her latest film, now available on DVD, was “After the Wizard” in which she played the leading role of Mrs. Murphy. She can also be seen in the web series “Old Souls.” Helen Richman has also worked under the names, “Theodora Landess” and “Teddi Landess.”
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