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Helene Winston

Date of birth: 1922-09-16

Place of birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Known for: Acting

Also known as:

Helene Winston

Biography

Helene Winston was a Canadian actor and author. She is best known for her role as Gladys King, mother to Larry King played by the late Al Waxman on the popular TV series The King of Kensington. She began as a stage actor with Winnipeg's Theatre 77 which later became the Manitoba Theatre Centre. She retired from acting in 1993 due to ill health and devoted some of her time to writing poetry.

Movie Credits

A Boy and His Dog
3.1

A Boy and His Dog

1975-03-23

Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog, Blood, are

Send Me No Flowers
3.4

Send Me No Flowers

1964-10-14

At one of his many visits to his doctor, hypochondriac George Kimball mistakes a dying man's diagnos

What's the Matter with Helen?
2.9

What's the Matter with Helen?

1971-06-30

Two middle-aged women move to Hollywood, California after their sons are convicted of a notorious mu

The Killing Kind
2.9

The Killing Kind

1974-03-20

A twisted ex-convict moves into his mother's boardinghouse.

Return from Witch Mountain
3

Return from Witch Mountain

1978-03-10

Tony and Tia are other-worldly twins endowed with telekinesis. When their Uncle Bene drops them off

The Brotherhood of Satan
2.9

The Brotherhood of Satan

1971-08-06

A family is trapped in a desert town by a cult of senior-citizens who recruit the town's children to

Our Time
3.8

Our Time

1974-04-10

Drama about students at a girls' school, their boyfriends, and an unexpected pregnancy.

You for Me
2.3

You for Me

1952-07-19

A good-hearted nurse gets mixed up with a millionaire who could help her hospital.

Just Between Friends
2.6

Just Between Friends

1986-03-21

Holly and Sandy strike up an instant friendship; they don't know however that they have more in comm

Heavy Traffic
3.2

Heavy Traffic

1973-08-08

An "underground" cartoonist contends with life in the inner city, where various unsavory characters

Oliver Twist
2.5

Oliver Twist

1974-07-10

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serv

The Devil and Max Devlin
2.9

The Devil and Max Devlin

1981-03-06

When Max dies in an accident, he goes straight to Hell. But the Devil Barney makes him an offer: if

Port Sinister
2

Port Sinister

1953-04-10

A 17th-century Caribbean port rumored to have frequented by pirates rises from the ocean floor, wher

The Trouble with Girls
2.4

The Trouble with Girls

1969-06-24

Chautauqua manager Walter Hale and his loyal business manager struggle to keep their traveling troup

The Naked Witch
2.5

The Naked Witch

1969-05-01

A psychic researcher and his assistants investigate a series of murders of beautiful young women.

Killjoy
4

Killjoy

1981-08-24

A romantic rivalry leads to an innocent woman's murder. Or is it a hoax crime, part of a cunning dec

Double Trouble
2.5

Double Trouble

1967-04-05

When singer Guy Lambert goes on tour in Europe, he is pursued by two beautiful women, bumbling jewel

Life Stinks
2.8

Life Stinks

1991-06-05

A rich businessman makes a bet he can survive on the streets of a rough Los Angeles neighborhood for

Anne of Green Gables
0

Anne of Green Gables

1958-11-18

Anne Shirley, an orphan is housed with Matthew Cuthbert and sister Marilla. They were expecting a bo