Biography: Helena Winifred Carroll was born on November 13, 1928 in Glasgow, Scotland. She studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and then moved to the United States in the 1950s. She founded the Irish Players repertory company with Dermot McNamara.

Film/TV Credits: Film credits include: "The Friends of Eddie Coyle," "The Jerk," "The Dead," "The Mambo Kings," "Rocky V," "Ghost Story," "Love Affair," "Loving Couples," and "The Clairvoyant." Television credits include: "Ironside," "Kojak," "Murder, She Wrote" and "Touched by an Angel."

Trivia:
She often performed in work by her father, the playwright Paul Vincent Carroll.