Helena Carroll

Helena Carroll was a Scottish actress who performed on stage and in film and television. Born in Glasgow, she trained at the Central School, later renamed the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. By age 20 she had appeared in London's West End and in the film Midnight Episode. Her Broadway debut came in Separate Tables, and she co-founded the Irish Players, a Manhattan repertory company, with Dermot McNamara. Her Broadway work included Oliver! as Mrs. Sowerberry, Pickwick, and Design for Living. In film and television, she played Aunt Kate in John Huston's Academy Award-nominated The Dead (1987), based on James Joyce's short story. She also appeared in The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) with Robert Mitchum and The Jerk (1979), with Carl Reiner directing and Steve Martin starring, as well as The Mambo Kings, Love Affair, and programs such as Kojak and General Hospital. She gave her final stage performance in 2007.