---
name: "Helena Carroll"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/helena-carroll"
fi1m_id: "helena-carroll"
imdb_id: "nm0140833"
tmdb_id: 79745
wikidata_id: "Q15256903"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 November 1928"
died: "31 March 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-26T01:32:34.286230+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Helena Carroll

## Identity

Helena Carroll

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/helena-carroll
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** helena-carroll
- **IMDb ID:** nm0140833
- **TMDB ID:** 79745
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15256903
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Carroll, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15256903, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0140833/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/79745

Actor. Born 13 November 1928 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Died 31 March 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 November 1928, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- **Died:** 31 March 2013
- **Active:** 1979–1990
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 77 (1), 1980s 86 (1), 1990s 54 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Action 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $224m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Carroll, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15256903, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0140833/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/79745

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Dead*](https://film.one/film/the-dead.md) (86)

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## Biography

Helena Carroll (1928–2013) was a Scottish actress of stage, film and television. Born in Glasgow, she was the daughter of Irish playwright Paul Vincent Carroll. She trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and moved to the United States in the 1940s, where she co-founded the Irish Players repertory company in New York with Dermot McNamara.

Carroll appeared on Broadway and in West End productions. She later worked extensively in Los Angeles, with film roles including Hester in *The Jerk* (1979) and Aunt Kate in *The Dead* (1987). Her television credits include episodes of *Murder, She Wrote*, *WKRP in Cincinnati* and *Touched by an Angel*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Rocky V* (1990), Fi1m 54, as Woman Drinker — [page](https://film.one/film/rocky-v.md)
- *The Dead* (1987), Fi1m 86, as Aunt Kate — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dead.md)
- *The Jerk* (1979), Fi1m 77, as Hester — [page](https://film.one/film/the-jerk.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor* (1997), as Mother Superior
- *Love Affair* (1994), as Dorothy
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Kate Leary
- *The Man Upstairs* (1992), as Molly
- *Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat* (1991), as Madge
- *Rocky V* (1990), as Woman Drinker — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/rocky-v.md)
- *A Family for Joe* (1990), as Mrs. Spruce
- *The Dead* (1987), as Aunt Kate — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dead.md)
- *Married... with Children* (1987), series, as Poxilda
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Martha Jane Stokes
- *Ghost Story* (1981), as Mrs. Meredith
- *Loving Couples* (1980), as Prudence
- *The Jerk* (1979), as Hester — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-jerk.md)
- *The Flame Is Love* (1979), as Charity
- *Mrs. Columbo* (1979), series, as Nora Phelps
- *Backstairs at the White House* (1979), series, as Annie Gilhooley, First Maid
- *WKRP in Cincinnati* (1978), series, as Tiffany Hopkins
- *Kiss Me... Kill Me* (1976), as Mrs. Harris
- *Matt Helm* (1975), series, as Mrs. Stump
- *Kojak* (1973), series, as Nun — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *The Friends of Eddie Coyle* (1973), as Sheila Coyle
- *Little Moon of Alban* (1958), as Sister Teresa
- *Love Thy Neighbor* (1940), as Merry Mac

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