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Helen Horton

Actor
Born September 28, 1923Died September 28, 2007 (84 years)
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."
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Danger Man
  • The Mark of the Hawk
Known For
  • Alien
  • Phase IV
  • The Mark of the Hawk
  • Let's Be Happy
  • Reunion at Fairborough
  • Two's Company
  • Bon Voyage
  • Strange Stories

Filmography

1999
Polterguests (TV Series) · as Bess's Mother
1991
Paul Merton: The Series (TV Series) · as Cast
1990
1990
Bullseye! · as Tourist On Coach
1990
Spatz (TV Series) · as Natalie Hansson
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) · as Julia Olivera
1988
The Woman He Loved · as Martha
1988
Benny Hill's Crazy World · as Various Roles
1987
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (TV Series) · as Nurse At Playhouse
1987
Miss Marple: At Bertram's Hotel (TV Series) · as Mrs. Cabot
1985
Bon Voyage · as Irma Turnbull
1985
What Mad Pursuit? · as Mrs. Loomis
1985
Reunion at Fairborough · as Mrs Bigard
1984
Ellis Island (TV Series) · as Miss Pringle
1984
The Razor's Edge · as Red Cross Lady
1984
The Bill (TV Series) · as Mrs. Teasdale
1984
Chance in a Million (TV Series) · as Mrs. Burrows
1984
Master of the game (TV Series) · as Mrs. Chandler
1984
The Making of 'Superman III' · as Miss Henderson
1983
Don't Wait Up (TV Series) · as Lady Penrose
1983
Superman III · as Miss Henderson
1981
Barriers (TV Series) · as Mrs Underwood
1981
1979
Minder (TV Series) · as Judge's Wife
1979
Alien · as Mother (voice)
1979
Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as American Passenger
1979
Room Service (1979) (TV Series) · as Miss Schultz
1978
Butterflies (TV Series) · as Kathleen
1978
Rings On Their Fingers (TV Series) · as Rita
1977
Nido de viudas · as Ana
1975
Two's Company (TV Series) · as Clare
1974
Jennie, Lady Randolph Churchill (TV Series) · as Mrs. Jerome
1974
Phase IV · as Mildred Eldridge
1972
Endless Night · as Aunt Beth
1972
Van der Valk (TV Series) · as Mrs Lovell Wallace
1969
1969
The Chairman · as Susan Wright
1969
The Last Shot You Hear · as Dodie Rubens
1967
ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mrs. Bucher
1965
Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Grace Torrence
1965
Out of the Unknown (TV Series) · as Brenda Claffern
1965
The Troubleshooters (TV Series) · as Lois Winstanley
1963
Espionage (TV Series) · as Mrs. Quade
1963
The Dick Emery Show (TV Series) · as Cast
1960
Danger Man (TV Series) · as Helen
1960
Never Take Candy from A Stranger · as Sylvia Kingsley
1960
BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Mrs. Prince
1957
The Mark of the Hawk · as Barbara Craig
1957
Let's Be Happy · as Sadie Whitelaw
1957
Emergency-Ward 10 (TV Series) · as Mrs. Martha Salinger
1956
1955
ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Mollie
1955
ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Clarice Morrison
1953
The Village · as Miss Sullivan
1953
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Presents (TV Series) · as Betty
1953
Strange Stories · as Marie ('strange Journey')
1950
Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Ann Wesfield

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