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person_profile-Helen Horton

Helen Horton Died at age: 84

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Helen Horton

Date of Birth:

Sep 28, 1923

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Sep 28, 2007

Biography of

Helen Horton

    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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Helen Horton

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Filmography of

Helen Horton

Found 16 Movies in total

Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files

ALA Group Leader ( Actor )

... 1990

The Woman He Loved

Martha ( Actor )

... 1988

Reunion at Fairborough

Mrs Bigard ( Actor )

... 1985

The Razor's Edge

Red Cross Lady ( Actor )

... 1984

Superman III

Miss Henderson ( Actor )

... 1983

Alien

Mother (voice) ( Actor )

... 1979

Widows' Nest

Ana ( Actor )

... 1977

Phase IV

Mildred Eldridge ( Actor )

... 1974

Endless Night

Aunt Beth ( Actor )

... 1972

The Chairman

Susan Wright ( Actor )

... 1969

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Sylvia Kingsley ( Actor )

... 1960

The Mark of the Hawk

Barbara Craig ( Actor )

... 1957

Thunder on Sycamore Street

Clarice Morrison ( Actor )

... 1957

Let's Be Happy

Sadie Whitelaw ( Actor )

... 1957

Strange Stories

Marie ( Actor )

... 1953