Helen Horton

Born: 1923-09-28

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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as Mother (voice)
Released: 1979-05-25

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from...

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Superman III

as Miss Henderson
Released: 1983-06-17

Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant...

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Phase IV

as Mildred Eldridge
Released: 1974-09-01

Arizona ants mock the food chain on their way to a desert lab to get two scientists and a woman.

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The Razor's Edge

as Red Cross Lady
Released: 1984-10-19

An American WWI vet undertakes a spiritual quest that takes him from Paris to Nepal to the...

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Endless Night

as Aunt Beth
Released: 1972-10-05

Shiftless dreamer Michael Rogers fantasizes about a lifestyle above his means and marries a...

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The Chairman

as Susan Wright
Released: 1969-06-25

An American scientist is sent to Red China to steal the formula for a newly developed...

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Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

as Sylvia Kingsley
Released: 1960-03-04

Peter Carter, his wife Sally and their young daughter Jean move to a sleepy Canadian village,...

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The Woman He Loved

as Martha
Released: 1988-04-03

In 1936, Edward VIII abdicated in order to marry the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson, a twice...

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Let's Be Happy

as Sadie Whitelaw
Released: 1957-05-07

On receiving an inheritance from her grandfather, Canadian Jeannie MacLean decides to visit the...

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The Mark of the Hawk

as Barbara Craig
Released: 1957-12-01

The man called Obam struggles with the increasingly hostile forces facing each other in a...

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Reunion at Fairborough

as Mrs Bigard
Released: 1985-05-12

World War II vets travel to England for a reunion at their old base. Stars Judi Trott, Barry...

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Strange Stories

as Marie ('Strange Journey')
Released: 1953-01-01

'Strange Stories' consists of two stories, 'The Strange Mr Bartleby' and 'The Strange Journey'....

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Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files

as ALA Group Leader
Released: 1990-11-19

A lawyer representing Amnesty International tries to find the whereabouts and condition of 17...

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Widows' Nest

as Ana
Released: 1977-12-01

The arrival of some unwanted visitors interrupts the peaceful Cuban home life of sisters...

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Thunder on Sycamore Street

as Clarice Morrison
Released: 1957-10-11

When Joseph Blake, who once did prison time, and his daughter, Anna, move to Sycamore Street,...

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Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Julia Olivera
First aired: 1989-01-08

From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet...

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Minder

as Judge's Wife
First aired: 1979-10-29

This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and...

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Tales of the Unexpected

as American Passenger
First aired: 1979-03-24

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and...

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Tales of the Unexpected

as Martha
First aired: 1979-03-24

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and...

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The Benny Hill Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-11-19

The Benny Hill Show is a British comedy television show that starred Benny Hill and aired in...

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Van der Valk

as Mrs Lovell Wallace
First aired: 1972-09-13

Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV...

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Two's Company

as Clare
First aired: 1975-09-06

Two's Company is a British television situation comedy series that ran from 1975-79. Produced by...

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The Two Mrs. Grenvilles

as Nurse at Playhouse
First aired: 1987-02-08

Ann, a former chorus girl marries above herself into a rich society family, but her...

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