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Helen Horton

Acting
Known For

84 Years Old

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."

Born

Chicago, Illinois, USA on 28th September 1923

Died

28th September 2007

All Credits

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Agatha Christie's Poirot
Julia Olivera
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BBC Play of the Month
Grace Torrence
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Minder
Judge's Wife
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The Benny Hill Show
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Tales of the Unexpected
Martha
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Tales of the Unexpected
American Passenger
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Van der Valk
Mrs Lovell Wallace
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Alien
Mother (voice)
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Two's Company
Clare
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Superman III
Miss Henderson
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The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
Nurse at Playhouse
The Razor's Edge Image
The Razor's Edge
Red Cross Lady
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Phase IV
Mildred Eldridge
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Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Sylvia Kingsley
Endless Night Image
Endless Night
Aunt Beth
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The Mark of the Hawk
Barbara Craig
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Hurricane
Mrs. Van Diemen
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The Chairman
Susan Wright
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Let's Be Happy
Sadie Whitelaw
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The Woman He Loved
Martha
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Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files
ALA Group Leader
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Reunion at Fairborough
Mrs Bigard
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The Best of Friends
Mrs Lovsky
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Widows' Nest
Ana
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Auntie Kathleen's Old Clothes
Nancy
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Thunder on Sycamore Street
Clarice Morrison
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Strange Stories
Marie ('Strange Journey')
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The Pueblo Affair
Mrs. Bucher