Helen Horton

1923-09-28 Chicago, Illinois, USA

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."

Películas

	Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files	ALA Group Leader	1990-11-19
	The Woman He Loved	Martha	1988-04-03
	Reunion at Fairborough	Mrs Bigard	1985-05-12
	The Razor's Edge	Red Cross Lady	1984-10-19
	Superman III	Miss Henderson	1983-06-17
	Alien	Mother (voice)	1979-05-25
	Nido de viudas	Ana	1977-12-01
	Phase IV	Mildred Eldridge	1974-09-01
	Endless Night	Aunt Beth	1972-10-05
	The Pueblo Affair	Mrs. Bucher	1970-01-19
	The Chairman	Susan Wright	1969-06-25
	Never Take Sweets from a Stranger	Sylvia Kingsley	1960-03-04
	Thunder on Sycamore Street	Clarice Morrison	1957-10-11
	The Mark of the Hawk	Barbara Craig	1957-12-01
	Let's Be Happy	Sadie Whitelaw	1957-05-07
	Strange Stories	Marie ('Strange Journey')	1953-01-01