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Damian Lewis Shares CBE With Helen McCrory

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#CBESharingItWithHelen

by Lily Waddell | Evening Standard | June 1, 2022

Damian Lewis has been made a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) after an acting career that has spanned Second World War epics, terrorism thrillers and period dramas. The 51-year-old television, film and stage star has been honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for his services to both drama and charity.

Among his best known roles are Army Major Richard Winters in the HBO miniseries Band Of Brothers, Nicholas Brody in the Showtime series Homeland and Henry VIII in Wolf Hall. Lewis told the PA news agency: Continue reading Damian Lewis Shares CBE With Helen McCrory

Categories Damian Lewis Feed NHS Personal and Family Life

Royal Recognition for FeedNHS

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A Gong for FeedNHS

by Helenistic | helen-mccrory.com | May 28, 2022

Damian Lewis is set to receive a gong in the Queen’s Birthday Honours this week for his FeedNHS, the NHS charity project that he developed and worked on along with Helen McCrory. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Damian and Helen helped raise £1.5 million to feed NSH staff during the CoVid-19 pandemic, which allowed 40,000 meals a day to be served to 100 hospitals.

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Categories Damian Lewis Theatre Tributes

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.