Helen Horton

Personal Info

Birthday

September 28, 1923

Day of Death

2007-09-28

(84 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Helen Horton

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.

Known For

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Minder

Tales of the Unexpected

Alien

BBC Play of the Month

Van der Valk

Superman III

Two's Company

Filmography

1990
Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files
as ALA Group Leader
1988
The Woman He Loved
as Martha
1985
Reunion at Fairborough
as Mrs Bigard
1984
The Razor's Edge
as Red Cross Lady
1983
Superman III
as Miss Henderson
1980
The Best of Friends
as Mrs Lovsky
1979
Alien
as Mother (voice)
1977
Widows' Nest
as Ana
Auntie Kathleen's Old Clothes
as Nancy
1974
Phase IV
as Mildred Eldridge
1972
Endless Night
as Aunt Beth
1970
The Pueblo Affair
as Mrs. Bucher
1969
The Chairman
as Susan Wright
1960
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
as Sylvia Kingsley
1957
The Mark of the Hawk
as Barbara Craig
Thunder on Sycamore Street
as Clarice Morrison
Let's Be Happy
as Sadie Whitelaw
1953
Strange Stories
as Marie ('Strange Journey')