Helga Meyer

Helga Meyer
Birth name Helga D. Meyer
Born 12 February 1942(1942-02-12)
Germany
Origin Germany and The US
Died 24 March 2000(2000-03-24) (aged 58)
The US
Genres Opera
Occupations Singer
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1977–2000

Helga D. Meyer (12 February 1942 – 24 March 2000)[1] was a German opera singer. She taught voice at Mary Washington College for many years; in 1977 she was a singer in the opera of Salzburg.[2][3] Meyer died aged 58 of colon cancer[4] in Arlington, Virginia.

Her daughters are Sandra Bullock (born 1964) and Gesine Bullock-Prado (born 1970).[5] At the 82nd Academy Awards in 2010, Bullock won the Best Actress Oscar for her role in The Blind Side, where she thanked her as "Helga B."

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