Helen Horton

Biography

Helen Virginia Horton was an American actress born in Chicago on November 21, 1923. She attended Northwestern University where she became lifelong friends with Patricia Neal and was cast as Viola in a university production of Twelfth Night, alongside Neal as Olivia. Horton had a brief career in New York City before moving to Britain, where she worked extensively in television, radio, and theatre, taking over the role of Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire after Vivien Leigh's London run. She voiced Mother in the 1979 film Alien and appeared in various other films and TV shows, including Phase IV, Endless Night, and Superman III.