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.
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
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.
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
Peaky Blinders actor Charlene McKenna has revealed that season six’s original script was entirely re-written ahead of co-star Helen McCrory’s death.
In a recent interview, McKenna, who plays IRA commander Laura McKee on the British crime drama, explained that McCrory’s character Polly “Aunt Pol” Gray was included in the first version of the script.
Continue reading Peaky Blinders star reveals Aunt Pol was included in alternative season 6 script