Helen Horton

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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."

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Adult: No

Birthday: September 28, 1923

Age: 101 years old

Gender: Female

Deathday: September 28, 2007

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Known For:

The Mark of the Hawk
Endless Night
Phase IV
Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files
The Razor's Edge
Strange Stories
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
The Pueblo Affair
Alien
Let's Be Happy
Widows' Nest
Auntie Kathleen's Old Clothes
Reunion at Fairborough
Thunder on Sycamore Street
The Woman He Loved
The Chairman
Superman III
The Best of Friends