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Helen Horton

Helen Horton

Known for ActingBorn 1923-09-28Died 2007-09-28Chicago, Illinois, USA
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."Read more

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The Woman He Loved10.0
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The Woman He Loved

1988 · Movie

The Last Shot You Hear10.0
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The Last Shot You Hear

1969 · Movie

Espionage10.0
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Espionage

1963 · Series

Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files9.0
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Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files

1990 · Movie

Agatha Christie's Poirot8.2
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Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989 · Series

Alien8.2
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Alien

1979 · Movie

Two's Company7.4
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Two's Company

1975 · Series

Danger Man7.4
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Danger Man

1960 · Series

The Benny Hill Show7.3
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The Benny Hill Show

1969 · Series

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger7.3
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Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

1960 · Movie

Minder7.1
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Minder

1979 · Series

Out of the Unknown7.1
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Out of the Unknown

1965 · Series

Widows' Nest7.0
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Widows' Nest

1977 · Movie

Centre Play7.0
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Centre Play

1973 · Series

Tales of the Unexpected6.8
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Tales of the Unexpected

1979 · Series

The Razor's Edge6.4
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The Razor's Edge

1984 · Movie

Phase IV6.3
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Phase IV

1974 · Movie

Van der Valk6.2
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Van der Valk

1972 · Series

Endless Night6.1
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Endless Night

1972 · Movie

Reunion at Fairborough5.8
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Reunion at Fairborough

1985 · Movie

Superman III5.5
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Superman III

1983 · Movie

The Chairman5.5
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The Chairman

1969 · Movie

Let's Be Happy5.4
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Let's Be Happy

1957 · Movie

BBC Play of the Month5.3
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BBC Play of the Month

1965 · Series

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles5.0
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The Two Mrs. Grenvilles

1987 · Series

The Mark of the Hawk3.4
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The Mark of the Hawk

1957 · Movie

The Best of Friends
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The Best of Friends

1980 · Movie

Auntie Kathleen's Old Clothes
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Auntie Kathleen's Old Clothes

1977 · Movie

The Pueblo Affair
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The Pueblo Affair

1970 · Movie

Satisfaction Guaranteed
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1966 · Movie

Hurricane
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1961 · Series

Thunder on Sycamore Street
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Thunder on Sycamore Street

1957 · Movie

Strange Stories
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Strange Stories

1953 · Movie