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Helen McCrory

Actress

Born - 17 August 1968, Paddington, London, England
Died - 16 April 2021

Dynamic, abrasive, dark-haired, award-winning English actress, a diplomat's daughter who spent a nomadic childhood in France, Norway and various countries of Africa. A major star of stage and TV, she played the crime family matriarch in TV's Peaky Blinders, as well as Narcissa Malfoy in the 'Harry Potter' films. Films were pretty much a sideline to her career until the 2000s, though she was seen in quite a few: Interview with the Vampire (1994), The James Gang (1996), Dad Savage (1998), Hotel Splendide (2000), Charlotte Gray (2001), The Count of Monte Cristo (2002), Enduring Love (2004), Casanova (2005), The Queen (2006), Becoming Jane (2007), Flashbacks of a Fool (2008), Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince (2009), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Parts 1 and 2 (2010, 2011), Hugo (2011), Flying Blind (2012), Skyfall (2012), The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2014), Bill (2015) and Their Finest (2016), her last, followed by a slew of TV series. She died from cancer, with her husband, actor Damian Lewis, surviving her.