About
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...
Known for
Agatha Christie's PoirotSeries • 1989
MinderSeries • 1979
BBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965
Tales of the UnexpectedSeries • 1979
AlienMovie • 1979
Danger ManSeries • 1960
Van der ValkSeries • 1972
Out of the UnknownSeries • 1965
Centre PlaySeries • 1973
The Benny Hill ShowSeries • 1969
EspionageSeries • 1963
Superman IIIMovie • 1983
Phase IVMovie • 1974
The Razor's EdgeMovie • 1984
The ChairmanMovie • 1969
Endless NightMovie • 1972
Never Take Sweets from a StrangerMovie • 1960