Memorial service for actress Helen McCrory attended by star-studded crowd
CELEBRITIES gathered in London yesterday for a memorial service to Helen McCrory OBE.
A star-studded crowd assembled for the service at St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden, London, to remember the actress who died on April 16 last year following a secret cancer battle.
McCrory’s husband Damian Lewis hosted the service and drew laughter, tears and a standing ovation in honour of his late wife.
The memorial event included readings of Bob Dylan song ‘To Be Alone with You’ and poem ‘Touched by an Angel’.
McCrory was most famous for playing Polly Gray in Peaky Blinders and Narcissa Malfoy in the Harry Potter films.
She was awarded an OBE for services to drama by the Queen in 2017.
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Among the famous mourners were Helena Bonham Carter, Bob Geldoff, Eddie Redmayne, and Keeley Hawes.
An acting power couple, Lewis and McCrory married in 2007 and had two children together, a daughter called Manon, born September 2006, and son, Gulliver, in November 2007.
A string of close friends and relatives gave speeches at the service, as well as famous acting colleagues including James Bond star Rory Kinnear.
Mark Strong led the tributes as the actor who worked with Helen more than almost any other actor, appearing in seven different films, shows and plays together.
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