Always wore a burqa in public places due to fear of being harassed.
Biological father's name was Jairag and her stepfather's name was Richardson.
Disowned her mother, brother and stepsister in 1971 due to embarrassment from her mother's elopement with her chauffeur.
Father was Anglo Indian and mother was Burmese. After her father's death, her mother remarried a British soldier whose name Helen took thus becoming Helen Richardson. Her British stepfather died in the Second World war as well.
First actress to introduce cabaret and belly dance in Indian films.
Had an English stepfather who also died in the Second World War.
Had an uncanny resemblance to 1960's Bollywood dancer Madhumati and was often mistaken for each other.
Has a brother Roger and a stepsister Jennifer. She also had another brother Richard who died of smallpox in 1946.
Helen's first marriage was in 1957 to film director Prem Narayan Arora who was 27 years older than her. She divorced him in 1974.
Hindi top star in the 50s and 60s, very famous for playing vamps
In 1965, 1968 and 1971, she was nominated for the best supporting actress award but lost in all three of them. She eventually won this award in 1979 for Lahu Ke Do Rang.
Moved in with director P.N Arora in 1957 who exploited her financially. She finally left him in 1974 but he took away all of her earnings including her apartment. She sued him and eventually got everything back.
Played multi ethnic characters in movies ranging from Chinese, Indian, Anglo Indian to European.
Salman Khan's stepmother.
Three books were written on her dance career along with a documentary called 'Helen Queen of the Nautch girls' which was released in 1973 by Merchant Ivory Productions.
Was a fan of Gene Kelly and Ann Margaret.
Was a sex symbol in the 1960's and was constantly referred to as the H-Bomb.
Was nominated as the Best Supporting Actress Award for Gumnaam (1965), Shikar (1968) and Elaan (1971)but was lost in all three of them.
Was the lead actress in Cha Cha Cha(1964). The film flopped and she began concentrating on dancing and playing supporting roles in films.