Helli Louise
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Helli Louise Brunchmann Jacobson, often billed merely as Helli Louise, is a former actress who appeared in films and television, including The Benny Hill Show
, during the 1970s.
. She moved to the UK in the early seventies, studying at the London Film School
circa 1971 and developing a curious Copenhagen/Cockney accent along the way. Represented by Barrie Stacey Promotions, during her British acting career. She appeared in John Jesnor Lindsay
's film The Hot Girls (1974) a fake expose on the modeling world. More mainstream work included guest appearances in The Sweeney
and The Goodies
, several roles in British sex comedies and Carry On Behind
(1975). Helli was also active on stage appearing in a touring production of Hair in 1974 and in the stage farce Pyjama Tops (circa 1973) where co-stars included Fiona Richmond
, Jess Conrad
and Lucienne Camille.
Aside from her acting career Jacobson was also the managing director of a clothing firm, and worked in the music industry managing a band called Ix. After a role in 1979’s The World is Full of Married Men, she left acting to pursue work in the music industry full time, and has since worked for Harvey Goldsmith
.
The Benny Hill Show
The Benny Hill Show is a British comedy television show starring Benny Hill.There were various incarnations of the show between 1951 and 1991, and it aired in over 140 countries. The show is generally sketch-based with heavy use of slapstick, mime, parody and double-entendre...
, during the 1970s.
Career
Jacobson was born 2 August 1949 in CopenhagenCopenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
. She moved to the UK in the early seventies, studying at the London Film School
London Film School
The London Film School is a private film school in London and is situated in a converted brewery in Covent Garden, London, close to a hub of the UK film industry based in Soho. The LFS was founded in 1956 by Bob Dunbar as The London School of Film Technique...
circa 1971 and developing a curious Copenhagen/Cockney accent along the way. Represented by Barrie Stacey Promotions, during her British acting career. She appeared in John Jesnor Lindsay
John Jesnor Lindsay
John Jesnor Lindsay is a Scottish former photographer who turned to the more lucrative trade of making blue movies during the late 60s and all the way through the 70s. A former student of the Glasgow School of Art, Lindsay had begun his career as a photojournalist with limited financial success...
's film The Hot Girls (1974) a fake expose on the modeling world. More mainstream work included guest appearances in The Sweeney
The Sweeney
The Sweeney is a 1970s British television police drama focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police specialising in tackling armed robbery and violent crime in London...
and The Goodies
The Goodies
The Goodies are a trio of British comedians who created, wrote, and starred in a surreal British television comedy series called The Goodies during the 1970s and early 1980s combining sketches and situation comedy.-Honours:All three Goodies now have OBEs...
, several roles in British sex comedies and Carry On Behind
Carry On Behind
Carry On Behind is the twenty-seventh Carry On film and was released in 1975. The film was the first not to feature Sid James since Follow That Camel seven years previously. It was also the first not to be scripted by Talbot Rothwell since Carry On Cruising 13 years previously. James was busy...
(1975). Helli was also active on stage appearing in a touring production of Hair in 1974 and in the stage farce Pyjama Tops (circa 1973) where co-stars included Fiona Richmond
Fiona Richmond
Fiona Richmond is a former glamour model and actress. She is the daughter of the Reverend John Harrison. Born Julia Rosamund Harrison, she became a British sex symbol in the 1970s for her appearances in numerous risqué plays, comedy revues, magazines and films.-Acting career:She made her film...
, Jess Conrad
Jess Conrad
Jess Conrad OBE is an actor and singer from England.-Career:Having started his career as a repertory actor and film extra, Jess Conrad was cast in a television play "Bye, Bye Barney" as a pop singer...
and Lucienne Camille.
Aside from her acting career Jacobson was also the managing director of a clothing firm, and worked in the music industry managing a band called Ix. After a role in 1979’s The World is Full of Married Men, she left acting to pursue work in the music industry full time, and has since worked for Harvey Goldsmith
Harvey Goldsmith
Harvey Goldsmith CBE is a British performing arts promoter. He is best known as promoter of rock concerts, charity concerts, television broadcasts for the Prince's Trust and more recently the Teenage Cancer Trust shows at the Royal Albert Hall.During early 2007 he appeared on the Channel 4...
.
Filmography
- I, a Woman part 3: The Daughter (1970), Drug addict
- Nana (1970), Simone
- Daddy Darling (1970), Katja
- 24 hours with Ilse (1971), Herself (documentary)
- Dagmars hot pants (1971), Dagmar's girlfriend Britta
- The Hot Girls (1974), Helli, lesbian scene
- Soft Beds, Hard BattlesSoft Beds, Hard BattlesSoft Beds, Hard Battles is a 1974 British comedy film directed by Roy Boulting, and starring Peter Sellers....
(1973), Prostitute (uncredited) - The Ups and Downs of a HandymanThe Ups and Downs of a HandymanThe Ups and Downs of a Handyman is a 1975 British comedy film directed by John Sealey and starring Barry Stokes, Sue Lloyd and Bob Todd. After his wife inherits a cottage in the countryside, her husband takes up a job as the local handyman but soon becomes entangled with the women of the...
(1975), Newsagent's Daughter - Confessions of a Pop PerformerConfessions of a Pop PerformerConfessions of a Pop Performer is a 1975 British sex-farce film. This second instalment continues the erotic adventures of Timothy Lea and is based on the novels written under the name by Christopher Wood. In this case, the original novel was called Confessions from the Pop Scene, but was later...
(1975), Eva - Carry On BehindCarry On BehindCarry On Behind is the twenty-seventh Carry On film and was released in 1975. The film was the first not to feature Sid James since Follow That Camel seven years previously. It was also the first not to be scripted by Talbot Rothwell since Carry On Cruising 13 years previously. James was busy...
(1975), Nudist - HardcoreHardcore (1977 film)Hardcore is a 1977 British comedy film directed by James Kenelm Clarke and starring Fiona Richmond, Anthony Steel, Graham Stark, Graham Crowden and Harry H. Corbett...
(1977), Third 'Men Only' Girl (uncredited) - The World is Full of Married Men (1979), Paul's Backing Group
TV movies
- Udsigt til garden og gaden (1970), Susanne, datteren
- Lille dosis strindberg (1970), Martha Magdalene
- The Goodies and the Beanstalk (1973), Girl with the Puppies
TV appearances
- Salto Mortale as "Helli Louise Brunchmann" in the episode "Gastspiel in Kopenhagen" (1971)
- The Benny Hill show, Various roles in the episode "Jackie Wright's Holiday" (1973)
- Up Sunday - in the episode ? (197?)
- The Goodies - Dana in the episode "The Race" (1975), Girl with the Puppies in "The Goodies and the Beanstalk (1973) and Eskimo Nell in "The Goodies :Winter Olympics (1973)
- Love Thy Neighbour, Angie - in episodes #4.4 (1974) and #5.3 (1975)
- The Sweeney - 2nd girl in pub - in the episode "Golden Boy" (1975)
Stage plays
- Pyjama Tops (1973?), Claudine Amour
- The Empire Builders (197?)
- The Marriage-Go-RoundThe Marriage-Go-RoundThe Marriage-Go-Round is a 1958 play written by Leslie Stevens and a 1961 film adaptation also written and produced by Stevens. It was inspired by a suggestion that dancer Isadora Duncan supposedly made to playwright George Bernard Shaw: the two of them should have a child because "with your mind...
(197?) - The Bed (197?)
- The Informer (197?)
- Hair (1974), Tribe Member
External sources
- Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema by Simon Sheridan (Reynolds & Hearn Books) (third edition) 2007
- Titbits magazine No.4721 Sept 9-15 1976 Helli's Biggest Sin by Douglas Marlborough