In the stage play Murder on the Nile, Helen ffoliot-ffoulkes is one of the passengers onboard the steamer the Lotus. Her travelling companion is her niece Christina Grant. Miss ffoliot-ffoulkes is wealthy and a snob.
The character of Helen ffoliot-ffoulkes is a rewriting of the character Marie Van Schuyler from the novel Death on the Nile, from which the stage play is adapted.