Helen Horton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 28, 1923
- Died
- September 28, 2007 (aged 84)
- Birthplace
- 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."
Known For
Filmography
Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files
Movie · as ALA Group Leader
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV · as Julia Olivera · 1 ep
The Woman He Loved
Movie · as Martha
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
TV · as Nurse at Playhouse · 2 eps
Reunion at Fairborough
Movie · as Mrs Bigard
The Razor's Edge
Movie · as Red Cross Lady
Superman III
Movie · as Miss Henderson
The Best of Friends
Movie · as Mrs Lovsky
Alien
Movie · as Mother (voice)
Minder
TV · as Judge's Wife · 1 ep
Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as American Passenger, Martha · 1 ep
Widows' Nest
Movie · as Ana
Auntie Kathleen's Old Clothes
Movie · as Nancy
Two's Company
TV · as Clare · 1 ep
Phase IV
Movie · as Mildred Eldridge
Centre Play
TV · as Nancy · 1 ep
Endless Night
Movie · as Aunt Beth
Van der Valk
TV · as Mrs Lovell Wallace · 1 ep
Anne of Green Gables
TV · as Mrs Barry · 2 eps
The Pueblo Affair
Movie · as Mrs. Bucher
The Chairman
Movie · as Susan Wright
The Last Shot You Hear
Movie · as Dodie Rubens
The Benny Hill Show
TV · 58 eps
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Movie · as Brenda Claffern
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Grace Torrence · 1 ep
Out of the Unknown
TV · as Brenda Claffern · 1 ep
The Troubleshooters
TV · as Lois Winstanley · 1 ep
Espionage
TV · as Mrs Quade · 1 ep
Hurricane
TV · as Mrs. Van Diemen · 5 eps
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Movie · as Sylvia Kingsley
Danger Man
TV · as Helen · 1 ep
The Mark of the Hawk
Movie · as Barbara Craig
Let's Be Happy
Movie · as Sadie Whitelaw
Thunder on Sycamore Street
Movie · as Clarice Morrison
Strange Stories
Movie · as Marie ('Strange Journey')