Helen Westcott (born Myrthas Helen Hickman,[2] January 1, 1928 – March 17, 1998) was an American stage and screen actress. A former child actress,[3][4] she is best known for her work in The Gunfighter (1950).[5]
Early years
Westcott was born on New Year's Day, 1928. She was the daughter of singer Hazel McArthur[5] and Warner Bros.studio actor Gordon Westcott.[6] Her father died from a polo accident when she was seven years old.[5]
When she was two years old, Westcott appeared in vaudeville with her mother. At age seven, she began a nine-year run playing the daughter on stage in a production of The Drunkard in Los Angeles.[7]
Westcott in the 1960 Bonanza episode "The Fear Merchants"
Westcott moved from the big screen to television roles in the late 1950s. In 1958 she appeared on Perry Mason as murderer Marcia Greeley in "The Case of the Haunted Husband." She also made guest appearances on Bonanza, The Twilight Zone and Wanted Dead Or Alive.[4][8]
^Miller, Jeffrey S. (2004), Horror Spoofs of Abbott and Costello: A Critical Assessment of the Comedy Team's Monster Films, McFarland, ISBN978-0-7864-1922-7
^An Interview with Helen Westcott, Skip E. Lowe, 1990
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