Helen Morse (born 24 January 1948) is an Australian actress who has appeared in films, on television, and on stage.
Morse was born in Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, England. She studied acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, near Sydney.
She 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 included roles in the film Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) and the television miniseries A Town Like Alice (1981). In the 2000s she has occasionally appeared in theatre productions in Australia.
Considered Australia's finest female actor she has worked with many companies including Melbourne Theatre Company, The Ensemble, The Independent, Nimrod, Marian Street, Sydney Theatre Company, Hunter Valley Theatre Company, Queensland Theatre Company, Harvest Theatre Company (South Australia) and the State Theatre Company of South Australia.
Her most recent award-winning roles in theatre include Theodora Goodman in Patrick White's The Aunt's Story and Nancy in Bryony Lavery's Frozen for the Melbourne Theatre Company.
Other theatre credits include
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