Helen McCrory has died

[A Citizen not a Subject]

Star of Harry Potter, Peaky Blinders and so much more, Helen McCrory has died of cancer aged 52.

[Future Crayon]

An excellent actress. I loved her in Bill

[Paulina]

No!! I loved her in Peaky Blinders.

[anastasia beaverhausen]

Oh my god!  How awful and so very young.

[Thistle]

Oh no!! I loved her in Peaky Blinders

[anneboleyn]

So very young, what a horrible loss for her family and friends.

[Cordelia Fitzgerald]

Shocking loss.  Hopefully her family has a strong support network around her children to help them through this.  I really know her more from being a fan of her husband; I'm going to look for some of her movies this weekend.

[anastasia beaverhausen]

Shocking loss.  Hopefully her family has a strong support network around her children to help them through this.  I really know her more from being a fan of her husband; I'm going to look for some of her movies this weekend.

She had an impressive body of work:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0567031/

I loved her as Aunt Pol in Peaky Blinders.

[Cordelia Fitzgerald]

Shocking loss.  Hopefully her family has a strong support network around her children to help them through this.  I really know her more from being a fan of her husband; I'm going to look for some of her movies this weekend.

She had an impressive body of work:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0567031/

I loved her as Aunt Pol in Peaky Blinders.

Thanks for the link!  In looking over it, I've seen her in a few things and always enjoyed her roles.  What a marvelous actress, to be so fully absorbed into the roles you play that they really are about the character and not the actress.  Side note...I've always wanted to watch Peaky Blinders but I'm afraid I'm too squeamish for it!

[emtishell]

I was so sad to wake up to this news this morning. Many, MANY years ago I was on Yahoo message boards (remember those?) for Band of Brothers and Damien Lewis, and I remember when they met during Five Gold Rings at the Almeida Theatre. Many lucky members met them both after the show (apparently its a small theatre, and the cast would come out to the bar after the show and drink with the patrons). Helen was a beautiful person, and an amazing actress, both on stage and film, who was awarded and OBE for her work. Sadly taken far too soon. I feel very sad for Damien and their two children, who are still so very young to have lost their mum.

[leatherface]

This is so shocking, she was still young.

She was my Anna Karenina and I loved her short but memorable scenes in Skyfall.

My condolences to her family.

[Chandrasekhi]

So tragic! What an amazing woman! R.I.P Helen McCrory. Condolences to all those who loved her. She was so courageous in her last interview.

Damian Lewis wrote:

"I'm heartbroken to announce that after a heroic battle with cancer, the beautiful and mighty woman that is Helen McCrory has died peacefully at home, surrounded by a wave of love from friends and family.

'She died as she lived. Fearlessly. God we love her and know how lucky we are to have had her in our lives. She blazed so brightly. Go now, Little One, into the air, and thank you."

 

[anastasia beaverhausen]

I was so sad to wake up to this news this morning. Many, MANY years ago I was on Yahoo message boards (remember those?) for Band of Brothers and Damien Lewis, and I remember when they met during Five Gold Rings at the Almeida Theatre. Many lucky members met them both after the show (apparently its a small theatre, and the cast would come out to the bar after the show and drink with the patrons). Helen was a beautiful person, and an amazing actress, both on stage and film, who was awarded and OBE for her work. Sadly taken far too soon. I feel very sad for Damien and their two children, who are still so very young to have lost their mum.

Great story, emtishell. I’m not surprised to read that about her - she seemed pretty down to earth.

[Rita]

Loved her as aunt Polly in  Peaky blinders she with Arthur my best ppl in the show

May she rest in peace.