Helen Morse est une actrice australienne née le 24 janvier 1948 à Harrow-on-the-Hill (Royaume-Uni).

Biographie

Morse was born in Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, England. She was the eldest of four children; her parents were a doctor and nurse. She attended school at Presbyterian Ladies' College in Burwood, Victoria, and trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art and with Brian Syron in Sydney.

Morse won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the 1976 film Caddie. Her notable screen performances also include roles in the film Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) and the television miniseries A Town Like Alice. Since her early work with Jim Sharman in the 1960s and 70s – A Taste of Honey, Terror Australis, As You Like It – Morse has worked in over ninety theatre productions.

Morse was married from 1967 until 1976 to Australian actor and director Sandy Harbutt, with whom she starred in Stone.