- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 28, 1923
- Place of Birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Died
- September 28, 2007
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 Th…
Filmography
movieForgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files
1990 · ALA Group Leader
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Julia Olivera
movieThe Woman He Loved
1988 · Martha
tvThe Two Mrs. Grenvilles
1987 · Nurse at Playhouse
movieReunion at Fairborough
1985 · Mrs Bigard
movieThe Razor's Edge
1984 · Red Cross Lady
movieSuperman III
1983 · Miss Henderson
movieThe Best of Friends
1980 · Mrs Lovsky
tvMinder
1979 · Judge's Wife
movieAlien
1979 · Mother (voice)
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979 · American Passenger, Martha
movieWidows' Nest
1977 · Ana
movieAuntie Kathleen's Old Clothes
1977 · Nancy
tvTwo's Company
1975 · Clare
moviePhase IV
1974 · Mildred Eldridge
tvCentre Play
1973 · Nancy
movieEndless Night
1972 · Aunt Beth
tvVan der Valk
1972 · Mrs Lovell Wallace
The Pueblo Affair
movieThe Pueblo Affair
1970 · Mrs. Bucher
tvThe Benny Hill Show
1969
movieThe Chairman
1969 · Susan Wright
movieThe Last Shot You Hear
1969 · Dodie Rubens
movieSatisfaction Guaranteed
1966 · Brenda Claffern
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965 · Grace Torrence
tvOut of the Unknown
1965 · Brenda Claffern
tvEspionage
1963 · Mrs Quade
Hurricane
tvHurricane
1961 · Mrs. Van Diemen
tvDanger Man
1960 · Helen
movieNever Take Sweets from a Stranger
1960 · Sylvia Kingsley
movieThe Mark of the Hawk
1957 · Barbara Craig
movieThunder on Sycamore Street
1957 · Clarice Morrison
movieLet's Be Happy
1957 · Sadie Whitelaw
movieStrange Stories
1953 · Marie ('Strange Journey')