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Helen Horton‌

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Birthday

calendar1923-09-28

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Helen Horton

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Helen Horton

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1923-09-28

Popularity

star3.9

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."

Movie Credits

The Mark of the Hawk

The Mark of the Hawk‌
star3.0
calendar 1957

Endless Night

Endless Night‌
star6.0
calendar 1972

Phase IV

Phase IV‌
star6.4
calendar 1974

Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files

Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files‌
star0.0
calendar 1990

The Razor's Edge

The Razor's Edge‌
star6.3
calendar 1984

Strange Stories

Strange Stories‌
star0.0
calendar 1953

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger‌
star7.2
calendar 1960

The Pueblo Affair

The Pueblo Affair‌
star0.0
calendar 1970

Alien

Alien‌
star8.2
calendar 1979

Let's Be Happy

Let's Be Happy‌
star4.8
calendar 1957

Widows' Nest

Widows' Nest‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

Auntie Kathleen's Old Clothes

Auntie Kathleen's Old Clothes‌
star0.0
calendar 1977

Reunion at Fairborough

Reunion at Fairborough‌
star5.3
calendar 1985

Thunder on Sycamore Street

Thunder on Sycamore Street‌
star0.0
calendar 1957

The Woman He Loved

The Woman He Loved‌
star10.0
calendar 1988

The Chairman

The Chairman‌
star5.5
calendar 1969

Superman III

Superman III‌
star5.5
calendar 1983

Tv Credits

The Benny Hill Show

The Benny Hill Show‌
star7.2
calendar 1969

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles‌
star4.3
calendar 1987

Hurricane

Hurricane‌
star0.0
calendar 1961

Minder

Minder‌
star6.7
calendar 1979

Van der Valk

Van der Valk‌
star5.6
calendar 1972

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot‌
star8.1
calendar 1989

Two's Company

Two's Company‌
star7.0
calendar 1975

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected‌
star6.7
calendar 1979

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected‌
star6.7
calendar 1979