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Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 28, 1923
Died
September 28, 2007
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Helen Horton
0.6 Popularity
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
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ALA Group Leader
Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files
1990
8.2
Julia Olivera
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
10.0
Martha
The Woman He Loved
1988
3.8
Nurse at Playhouse
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
1987
4.8
Mrs Bigard
Reunion at Fairborough
1985
6.3
Red Cross Lady
The Razor's Edge
1984
5.5
Miss Henderson
Superman III
1983
0.0
Mrs Lovsky
The Best of Friends
1980
6.8
Judge's Wife
Minder
1979
8.2
Mother (voice)
Alien
1979
Credits
Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files
as ALA Group Leader
1990
0.0
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Julia Olivera
1989
8.2
The Woman He Loved
as Martha
1988
10.0
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
as Nurse at Playhouse
1987
3.8
Reunion at Fairborough
as Mrs Bigard
1985
4.8
The Razor's Edge
as Red Cross Lady
1984
6.3
Superman III
as Miss Henderson
1983
5.5
The Best of Friends
as Mrs Lovsky
1980
0.0
Minder
as Judge's Wife
1979
6.8
Alien
as Mother (voice)
1979
8.2
Tales of the Unexpected
as American Passenger
1979
6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
as Martha
1979
6.7
Widows' Nest
as Ana
1977
0.0
Auntie Kathleen's Old Clothes
as Nancy
1977
0.0
Two's Company
as Clare
1975
7.0
Phase IV
as Mildred Eldridge
1974
6.3
Endless Night
as Aunt Beth
1972
6.0
Van der Valk
as Mrs Lovell Wallace
1972
5.8
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The Pueblo Affair
as Mrs. Bucher
1970
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The Benny Hill Show
1969
7.3
The Chairman
as Susan Wright
1969
5.3
BBC Play of the Month
as Grace Torrence
1965
5.0
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Hurricane
as Mrs. Van Diemen
1961
0.0
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
as Sylvia Kingsley
1960
7.3
The Mark of the Hawk
as Barbara Craig
1957
3.0
Thunder on Sycamore Street
as Clarice Morrison
1957
0.0
Let's Be Happy
as Sadie Whitelaw
1957
4.8
Strange Stories
as Marie ('Strange Journey')
1953
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