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Helen Horton
Acting

Helen Horton
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1923-09-28,Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender
Female
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."

Filmography

The Mark of the Hawk

3

The Mark of the Hawk
1957-12-01

6.2

Endless Night
1972-10-05

6.3

Phase IV
1974-09-13

Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files

0

Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files
1990-11-19

The Razor's Edge

6.3

The Razor's Edge
1984-10-19

Strange Stories

0

Strange Stories
1953-01-01

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

7.25

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
1960-03-04

The Pueblo Affair

0

The Pueblo Affair
1970-01-19

8.2

Alien
1979-05-25

4.8

Let's Be Happy
1957-05-07

0

Widows' Nest
1977-12-01

Auntie Kathleen's Old Clothes

0

Auntie Kathleen's Old Clothes
1977-02-21

Reunion at Fairborough

4.8

Reunion at Fairborough
1985-05-12

Thunder on Sycamore Street

0

Thunder on Sycamore Street
1957-10-11

The Woman He Loved

10

The Woman He Loved
1988-04-03

5.5

The Chairman
1969-06-25

5.5

Superman III
1983-06-17

The Best of Friends

0

The Best of Friends
1980-03-08

The Benny Hill Show

7.219

The Benny Hill Show
1969-11-19

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles

4.3

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
1987-02-08

0

Hurricane
1961-07-02

6.8

Minder
1979-10-29

5.8

Van der Valk
1972-09-13

Agatha Christie's Poirot

8.1

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989-01-08

7

Two's Company
1975-09-06

Tales of the Unexpected

6.7

Tales of the Unexpected
1979-03-24

Tales of the Unexpected

6.7

Tales of the Unexpected
1979-03-24