Helen McCrory has died

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Following a battle with cancer. Very sad.

Just watched "Bill"

She was fabulous in that along with Damien. They didnt share a single scene but somehow they both managed to steal the show.

RIP

How very sad.

Wonderful actor.

Condolences to her family

@UsedToBeSeventeen Helen did an interview for the Sept 2019 issue of Red and there was a quote from someone in there that said when she met Damien the electricity practically sizzled off the stage.

Such a terrible loss. I didn’t know her but I knew her work and I can’t stop thinking about her and how her passing must be unimaginable for her family. We are similar in age and have daughters/children similar in age and my heart goes out to them. She was quite simply unsurpassable as an actor and her actions as a compassionate human being right to the end demonstrate just what a huge hole she will leave in many lives. My sincere condolences to her family ❤️

So cruel - thoughts to her family

RIP Helen, cancer is such a shitty visitor to the body.

Her desert island discs is being suggested for me on radio 4, so i am lsitening

Maybe it's been posted upthread but Newscast have just re played her April 2020 interview. You'll find it on BBC sounds.

May she rest in peace.
I hadn't realised she was unwell.
Deepest sympathy to her husband and children.
Thank you to the posters who put her Desert Island discs interview up.

The newscast interview. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09dy07q

I watched the gmb snippet. When she speaks and the way Damian looks at her like he is drinking her in. God it’s heartbreaking.

@Queenofbeebers

I watched the gmb snippet. When she speaks and the way Damian looks at her like he is drinking her in. God it’s heartbreaking.

Yes @Queenofbeebers I noticed his adoration at the time. I also noticed that she looked very poorly, so sad 😞

She leaves children only a couple of years younger than mine. I can't even begin to think how it will effect them.

Incredibly sad, such a talented lady. I didn't see the GMTV interview with her husband at the time, but watching it now it appears she is wearing a wig and her hoarse voice may be due to radiotherapy. How amazing they were trying to help others whilst going through such a dreadful time themselves.

Horrible news she was amazing and will be greatly missed. Far too young, such a tragedy

I met her a few times and she was everything you’d imagine - sparkly, fun, kind, just magnificent really. It’s such awful news. I can’t stop thinking about her kids.

@Queenofbeebers

I watched the gmb snippet. When she speaks and the way Damian looks at her like he is drinking her in. God it’s heartbreaking.

He does, doesn't he, and they handled it so well. 6 weeks before she died, remarkable woman, beautiful couple, God bless their children ❤️💕

@Handsoffstrikesagain

One of her earlier roles (I believe) was the very first episode of Trial and Retribution. She was great in that, well worth a watch. It was on sky recently.

Was that her who played the mother of the missing child? I had the book and she was on the back cover. That was a fabulous series, especially the first one. She was really good in it! So upsetting. It’s been such an awful week.

I didn't really know who she was (I don't watch peaky blinders not my thing). I was in my local b&m with my 17 year old daughter and when I read it on my news app my daughter dropped the shopping and burst into tears. Once I read what she'd been in then I realized why. My daughter is a huge Harry potter fan. Got some funny looks whilst consoling her 😭

Loved her in Peaky Blinders and Harry Potter. Lovely woman x

There's a beautiful tribute to her in the Sunday Times today from Damian Lewis. www.thetimes.co.uk/article/damian-lewis-on-his-wife-helen-mccrory-ive-never-known-anyone-able-to-enjoy-life-as-much I'm afraid I don't have a share token for it.

It hit me very hard and I don't know why
I never even met her. I suppose I saw her as my age group's Judi Dench or something.

I think she might have been working through treatment perhaps.

I found her mesmerising to watch. A beautiful elegant woman...

She was absolutely brilliant.

Also, (and apologies if you find this too frivolous, it is not meant to detract from her supreme acting ability) ever since watching MotherFatherSon - in which she played the most possibly stylish woman I have ever seen portrayed on TV - I find myself asking, before any garment purchase, "Would Kathryn wear that?". I'll probably go on doing this for years to come.