Helen Horton
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Acting Credits
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 Ne...
Known For
Filmography
Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files
1990
as ALA Group Leader
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Julia Olivera
The Woman He Loved
1988
as Martha
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
1987
as Nurse at Playhouse
Reunion at Fairborough
1985
as Mrs Bigard
The Razor's Edge
1984
as Red Cross Lady
Superman III
1983
as Miss Henderson
The Best of Friends
1980
as Mrs Lovsky
Alien
1979
as Mother (voice)
Minder
1979
as Judge's Wife
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as American Passenger
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Martha
Widows' Nest
1977
as Ana
Auntie Kathleen's Old Clothes
1977
as Nancy
Two's Company
1975
as Clare
Phase IV
1974
as Mildred Eldridge
Centre Play
1973
as Nancy
Endless Night
1972
as Aunt Beth
Van der Valk
1972
as Mrs Lovell Wallace
The Pueblo Affair
1970
as Mrs. Bucher
The Chairman
1969
as Susan Wright
The Last Shot You Hear
1969
as Dodie Rubens
The Benny Hill Show
1969
Satisfaction Guaranteed
1966
as Brenda Claffern
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Grace Torrence
Out of the Unknown
1965
as Brenda Claffern
Espionage
1963
as Mrs Quade
Hurricane
1961
as Mrs. Van Diemen
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
1960
as Sylvia Kingsley
Danger Man
1960
as Helen
The Mark of the Hawk
1957
as Barbara Craig
Let's Be Happy
1957
as Sadie Whitelaw
Thunder on Sycamore Street
1957
as Clarice Morrison
Strange Stories
1953
as Marie ('Strange Journey')