Helene Winston

Personal Info

Birthday

September 16, 1922

Day of Death

2004-03-06

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Helene Winston

Biography

Helene Winston was a Canadian actor and author. She is best known for her role as Gladys King, mother to Larry King played by the late Al Waxman on the popular TV series The King of Kensington. She began as a stage actor with Winnipeg's Theatre 77 which later became the Manitoba Theatre Centre. She retired from acting in 1993 due to ill health and devoted some of her time to writing poetry.

Known For

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Monkees

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Sanford and Son

Folio

King of Kensington

Life Stinks

A Boy and His Dog

Filmography

1991
Life Stinks
as Society Patron
1986
Just Between Friends
as Woman in Ice Cream Shop
1981
Killjoy
as Mrs. Goodman
The Devil and Max Devlin
as Agent Hargraves
1978
Return from Witch Mountain
as Dowager
1975
A Boy and His Dog
as Mez Smith
1974
Our Time
as Mrs. H
The Killing Kind
as Flo
1973
Heavy Traffic
as (voice)
1971
The Brotherhood of Satan
as Dame Alice
What's the Matter with Helen?
as Mrs. Greenbaum
1969
The Trouble with Girls
as Olga Prchlik
The Witchmaker
as Old Jessie
1967
Double Trouble
as Gerda
1964
Send Me No Flowers
as Woman Commuter
1958
Anne of Green Gables
as Mrs. Rachel Lynde
1953
Port Sinister
as Florence
1952
You for Me
as Flora Adams