Helen O'Brien
Helen O'Brien | |
|---|---|
| Born | Elena Constantinescu 14 December 1925 Bucharest, Romania |
| Died | 16 September 2005 (aged 79) near Valbonne, France |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Nightclub owner and spy |
| Spouses | Kenneth Archer
(m. 1946; died 1946)Jimmy O'Brien
(m. 1948; died 1994) |
| Children | 2 |
Helen O'Brien (née Elena Constantinescu, 14 December 1925 – 16 September 2005) was a British spy and nightclub owner. The daughter of a landowner and an aristocrat, she escaped advancing Russians on the King's racehorse, fled the communists in Romania, and in 1953 co-founded what the press dubbed as a club with the most daring West London floor performances of its era, where she worked as a spy for the UK's MI5 and MI6.