RIP Helena Carroll

Irish Thesp Helena Carroll Dies at 84

04.03.13 | 01:53PM PT

Michelle Salemi

Helena Carroll, an Irish stage, television and film actress died at her home in Los Angeles on March 31. She was 84.

Carroll was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland. She moved to the United States in the 1950s, touring and performing on Broadway.

Carroll was the youngest of three daughters of Irish dramatist Paul Vincent Carroll and dress designer Helena Reilly. She had split her stage work between Dublin, London and New York and was co-founded the Irish Players acting group in Gotham.

She appeared on Broadway in “Oliver!,” “Pickwick,” “Little Moon of Alban,” “Something Different,” “Design for Living,” “Waiting in the Wings” starring Lauren Bacall and both the Broadway and Los Angeles revivals of “Private Lives” starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

Carroll also appeared in films such as John Huston’s “The Dead,” “The Friends of Eddie Coyle,” “The Jerk,” “The Mambo Kings,” “Rocky” and “Love Affair.” She also worked on numerous television shows and soaps including “General Hospital,” “Colombo” and “Murder She Wrote.”

Carroll’s last plays were “The Queen of Lenai” in Los Angeles in 2005 and “Philadelphia Here I Come” in Gotham in 2006.

CARROLL, Helena

Born: 11/13/1930, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
Died: 3/31/2013, Woodland Hills, California, U.S.A.

Helena Carroll’s western – actress:

The Virginian (TV) – 1965 (Lucille)