Helen Horton
Biografia
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."
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files
Film • 1990
jako ALA Group Leader
Poirot
Serial • 1989
jako Julia Olivera
The Woman He Loved
Film • 1988
jako Martha
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
Serial • 1987
jako Nurse at Playhouse
Reunion at Fairborough
Film • 1985
jako Mrs Bigard
Ostrze brzytwy
Film • 1984
jako Red Cross Lady
Superman III
Film • 1983
jako Miss Henderson
The Best of Friends
Film • 1980
jako Mrs Lovsky
Minder
Serial • 1979
jako Judge's Wife
Obcy: 8 pasażer Nostromo
Film • 1979
jako Mother (voice)
Tales of the Unexpected
Serial • 1979
jako American Passenger
Nido de viudas
Film • 1977
jako Ana
Auntie Kathleen's Old Clothes
Film • 1977
jako Nancy
Two's Company
Serial • 1975
jako Clare
Phase IV
Film • 1974
jako Mildred Eldridge
Centre Play
Serial • 1973
jako Nancy
Endless Night
Film • 1972
jako Aunt Beth
Van der Valk
Serial • 1972
jako Mrs Lovell Wallace
Anne of Green Gables
Serial • 1972
jako Mrs Barry
The Pueblo Affair
Film • 1970
jako Mrs. Bucher
Benny Hill
Serial • 1969
Najniebezpieczniejszy człowiek świata
Film • 1969
jako Susan Wright
The Last Shot You Hear
Film • 1969
jako Dodie Rubens
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Film • 1966
jako Brenda Claffern
BBC Play of the Month
Serial • 1965
jako Grace Torrence
Out of the Unknown
Serial • 1965
jako Brenda Claffern
Espionage
Serial • 1963
jako Mrs Quade
Hurricane
Serial • 1961
jako Mrs. Van Diemen
Danger Man
Serial • 1960
jako Helen
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Film • 1960
jako Sylvia Kingsley
The Mark of the Hawk
Film • 1957
jako Barbara Craig
Thunder on Sycamore Street
Film • 1957
jako Clarice Morrison
Let's Be Happy
Film • 1957
jako Sadie Whitelaw
Strange Stories
Film • 1953
jako Marie ('Strange Journey')