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Family and Friends Attend Helen McCrory Memorial at the Actors Church

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A Celebration of Helen McCrory’s Life and Personality

Helenistic | helen-mccrory.com | May 20, 2022

Damian Lewis hosted a private event  at St. Paul’s Church, Covent Garden (aka The Actors’ Church)  to celebrate Helen McCrory’s life and her formidable personality.

There was  laughter, tears and a standing ovation in Helen’s honor.

You can see part of the program in theatre critic Dom Cavendish’s tweet.  One cannot help remember that Helen chose “To Be Alone with You” as one of her favorite tunes in Desert Island Discs and she added that she had a blank check from Damian to run away with Bob Dylan 🙂 Continue reading Family and Friends Attend Helen McCrory Memorial at the Actors Church

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Minuet by Harriet O’Carroll on BBC4 Radio Extra

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Helen as Jane Austen? Yes, please!

Helenistic | helen-mccrory.com | April 14, 2022

BBC4 Radio Extra has now made Harriett O’Carroll’s Minuet – an hour long radio play – available for a month. Don’t miss this fantastic play in which Helen McCrory gives life to novelist Jane Austen! The story focuses on Austen’s real-life love affair with the son of a Limerick army officer, Tom Leffroy. This affair fuelled Austen’s desire to become a writer.

Starring Helen McCrory as Jane Austen.

Written by Harriet O’Carroll.

Jane Austen …. Helen McCrory
Tom …. John Light
Mr Austen …. John Rowe
Mrs Austen …. Paula Jacobs
Eliza …. Geraldine Fitzgerald

With Frances Jeater, Tilly Gaunt, Giles Pagan and Harry Myers.

Director: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1999.

You can listen to Minuet in its entirety here.

Categories Theatre Tributes

Helen McCrory in Memoriam at Olivier Awards 2022

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The Olivier Awards Remembers…

by Helenistic | helen-mccrory.com | April 11, 2022

Each year the Olivier Awards takes a moment during the ceremony to remember those members of the London theatre community who have sadly passed away in the previous year.

Helen was among those remembered at the Olivier Awards 2022.

You can see In Memoriam section at the Olivier Awards 2022  in its entirety below.

Categories Peaky Blinders

Peaky Blinders boss confirms Polly will remain a “fundamental part” of the movie

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Steven Knight: “She’s such a fundamental part of what Peaky is.”

by Jess Bacon | Digital Spy | March 29, 2022

 Peaky Blinders season 6 spoilers follow.

Peaky Blinders fans have sorely missed Helen McCrory as Aunt Polly in season six.

Helen passed away last year before the latest season began filming, but the impact of the matriarch of the Shelby family has been felt throughout the series.

As the final ever episode of the series airs on Sunday (April 3), the show’s creator Steven Knight has opened up about the spin-off film and the important role that Polly will continue to play in the franchise.

Continue reading Peaky Blinders boss confirms Polly will remain a “fundamental part” of the movie

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Peaky Blinders fans ‘crying’ as BBC airs Helen McCrory’s last-ever scenes

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Helen McCrory’s final-ever scenes aired during the penultimate episode of Peaky Blinders season six

by Talya Honebeek | Birmingham Mail | March 27, 2022

Peaky Blinders fans have been left in tears after BBC aired the late Helen McCrory’s final scenes as Aunt Polly Gray. The sixth and final series of Peaky Blinders continued tonight (March 27) on BBC One.

Tommy Shelby (played by Cillian Murphy ) set out to change the face of Birmingham’s Chinatown and help his brother Arthur reconcile with ex Linda. Elsewhere in episode five, entitled ‘Road to Hell’, he introduced his secret son Duke to the rest of the family and suffered as his health continued to decline. Continue reading Peaky Blinders fans ‘crying’ as BBC airs Helen McCrory’s last-ever scenes