Name
Helen Horton
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1923-09-28
Deathday
2007-09-28 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
Helen Virginia Horton (November 21, 1923 – September 28, 2007) was an American actress. She was born in Chicago and had a brief career in New York. She married Hamish Thomson and lived near London. She worked extensively in British television, radio and theatre, and had three children; her granddaughter is the English actress Lily James. Horton voiced the ship's computer, "Mother", in the 1979 film Alien.
Horton attended Northwestern University where she became lifelong friends with Patricia Neal (Helen Benson in The Day the Earth Stood Still). She was well thought of in the drama department and was cast as Viola, the lead role in Twelfth Night, with Neal cast as Olivia, in a university production of the Shakespeare play.
In September 1945, Horton and Neal took a shared apartment in New York and looked for work. They both got parts in a production of Seven Mirrors at the Blackfriars Theatre.
Horton took over from Vivien Leigh as Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire after the play's London run was completed and it began to tour the United Kingdom. When Neal mentioned the connection to Leigh, she remarked "No one takes over for me, dear. When I leave a play, it's over."
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- 1957 The Mark of the Hawk as Barbara Craig
- 1972 Endless Night as Aunt Beth
- 1974 Phase IV as Mildred Eldridge
- 1990 Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files as ALA Group Leader
- 1984 The Razor's Edge as Red Cross Lady
- 1953 Strange Stories as Marie ('Strange Journey')
- 1960 Never Take Sweets from a Stranger as Sylvia Kingsley
- 1970 The Pueblo Affair as Mrs. Bucher
- 1979 Alien as Mother (voice)
- 1957 Let's Be Happy as Sadie Whitelaw
- 1977 Widows' Nest as Ana
- 1977 Auntie Kathleen's Old Clothes as Nancy
- 1985 Reunion at Fairborough as Mrs Bigard
- 1957 Thunder on Sycamore Street as Clarice Morrison
- 1988 The Woman He Loved as Martha
- 1969 The Chairman as Susan Wright
- 1983 Superman III as Miss Henderson
- 1980 The Best of Friends as Mrs Lovsky
- 1966 Satisfaction Guaranteed as Brenda Claffern
- 1969 The Last Shot You Hear as Dodie Rubens
- 1969 The Benny Hill Show ( 58 episodes )
- 1987 The Two Mrs. Grenvilles ( 2 episodes ) as Nurse at Playhouse
- 1961 Hurricane ( 5 episodes ) as Mrs. Van Diemen
- 1979 Minder ( 1 episode ) as Judge's Wife
- 1972 Van der Valk ( 1 episode ) as Mrs Lovell Wallace
- 1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot ( 1 episode ) as Julia Olivera
- 1975 Two's Company ( 1 episode ) as Clare
- 1979 Tales of the Unexpected ( 1 episode ) as American Passenger
- 1979 Tales of the Unexpected ( 1 episode ) as Martha
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Grace Torrence
- 1965 Out of the Unknown ( 1 episode ) as Brenda Claffern
- 1973 Centre Play ( 1 episode ) as Nancy
- 1963 Espionage ( 1 episode ) as Mrs Quade
- 1960 Danger Man ( 1 episode ) as Helen
