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Helen Horton
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<p>Helen Virginia Horton (November 21, 1923 – September 28, 2007) was an American actress. She was born in <a href="/facts/Chicago/yPMokrXH">Chicago</a> and had a brief career in <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a>. She married and lived near <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a>. She worked extensively in British television, radio and theatre, and had three children. Horton voiced the ship's computer, "Mother", in the 1979 film <i><a href="/facts/Alien_(film)/TyTdD8TR">Alien</a></i>. Her granddaughter is the English actress <a href="/facts/Lily_James/hrEeHwQr">Lily James</a>. </p>