A good friend of Jack Nicholson, for years she lived in the guest house on his property and acted as his property manager whenever he was out of town.
For the past 2+ decades, Helena has managed the main household
property of actor Jack Nicholson. (2006)
In the early 1970s, Helena was the resident belly dancer at The
Intersection, a Greek restaurant in North Hollywood.
Appeared on the cover of Art Garfunkel's LP "Breakaway."
Has lived in Mexico since 2008.
Appears as an audience member in D.A. Pennebaker's "The Complete
Monterey Pop Festival". Criterion Collection DVD edition, disc 1
Monterey Pop, 1:04:40 (one hour, 4 minutes, 40 seconds) into the DVD
disc.
Best known as the very opinionated hitchhiker, being driven by Jack Nicholson and Karen Black while driving them nuts (alongside Toni Basil) in the cult classic Five Easy Pieces.