Helen Cherry

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Helen Mary Cherry (born November 24, 1915 in Worsley , Greater Manchester , United Kingdom , † September 27, 2001 in Bushey , Hertfordshire , United Kingdom) was a British film and theater actress. Cherry was married to actor Trevor Howard from 1944 until his death in 1988 .

Life

Born in 1915, Cherry was one of three children of John William Cherry and Annie Nall and grew up in Harrogate, Northern England . Her conservative father was opposed to the desire to work as an actress. He only consented after his daughter had agreed to do some serious training in addition to acting.

Cherry originally planned to train as a set designer , but then began an apprenticeship as a commercial artist. In addition, she worked in the theater from the late 1930s. After engagements in Manchester , Chester and Lytham St Annes , she became a member of Robert Atkins ' open air theater company in 1942 , which performed in Regent's Park in London . There she took roles in Shakespeare plays as Twelfth Night (Twelfth Night), The Taming of the Shrew (The Taming of the Shrew) and A Midsummer Night's Dream (A Midsummer Night's Dream). Your favorite role, however, was that of Rosalind in As You Like It (As You Like It).

In 1943 she met and fell in love with the actor Trevor Howard while staging the Farquhar play Der Werbeoffizier (The Recruiting Officer). After an argument in which Cherry threw a bicycle at Howard, the latter asked for her hand. The couple married on September 8, 1944 in a very private setting. The parents of the bride and groom were not invited either, which they initially resented.

In the final years of the war, Cherry performed primarily in London's West End theater district . In 1947 she made her debut as a film actress on The Courtneys of Curzon Street , directed by Herbert Wilcox . This was followed by larger roles in films such as Adam and Evelyne (1949), They Were Not Divided (1950) or The Woman with No Name (1950). After that, Cherry turned increasingly to television production. Among other things, she worked for several years on the quiz show Guess My Story .

Despite rumors of Howard's affair with French actress Anouk Aimée while filming The Golden Salamander in 1950, she stayed with her husband.

Cherry actively supported the peace movement and was briefly arrested in 1961 during a demonstration by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament .

Cherry later appeared in some films with her husband, mostly in minor supporting roles. The films they have made together include Attack of the Light Brigade (1968), Diamonds and Cockroaches (1974) and The Shame of the Regiment (1975). In addition to her television roles, Cherry continued to appear in the theater, most recently in the plays Streets of London (1981) and Ladies in Retirement (1983).

After Howard's health deteriorated in 1986, Cherry largely gave up her career to look after him. When Howard died on January 6, 1988, she was by his side. The marriage remained childless. After Howard's death, she defended her husband against allegations that his excessive drinking had harmed his acting.

After that, she only appeared in one movie and a few television productions. Cherry suffered a stroke in 1995. She suffered a second stroke in 2001 while on vacation with her longtime friend Tim Baker in Brittany. Cherry did not recover from its consequences and died on September 27, 2001 at the age of 85.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1947: The Courtneys of Curzon Street
  • 1947: The Mark of Cain
  • 1949: Convicted Innocent (For Them That Trespass)
  • 1949: Adam and Evelyne (Adam and Evelyne)
  • 1950: The night began in the morning (Morning Departure)
  • 1950: They Were Not Divided
  • 1950: Holidays like never before (Last Holiday)
  • 1950: The Woman with No Name
  • 1951: With use of the kitchen (Young Wives' Tale)
  • 1952: His Excellency
  • 1952: Castle in the Air
  • 1955: Three Cases of Murder
  • 1957: Comrades of the Air (High Flight)
  • 1961: A Man Goes His Way (The Naked Edge)
  • 1962: In the Name of the Devil (The Devil's Agent)
  • 1964: Delayed Flight
  • 1964: New Adventure with Flipper (Flippers New Adventure)
  • 1965: Tomorrow at Ten
  • 1968: The Charge of the Light Brigade (The Charge of the Light Brigade)
  • 1969: The Killer and the Whore (Hard Contract)
  • 1974: Diamonds and Cockroaches (11 Harrowhouse)
  • 1975: The Shame of the Regiment (Conduct Unbecoming)
  • 1978: No Longer Alone
  • 1983: Al-mas' Ala Al-Kubra
  • 1984: The Rebels (Flashpoint Africa)
  • 1988: The Girl in a Swing
  • 1990: A Ghost in Monte Carlo ( A Ghost in Monte Carlo , TV movie)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Obiturary: Helen Cherry at guardian.co.uk, accessed November 28, 2011
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Helen Cherry, stage and film actress wife of Trevor Howard ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at britmovie.co.uk, accessed November 28, 2011  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.britmovie.co.uk
  3. ↑ a b Obiturary: Helen Cherry at telegraph.co.uk, accessed November 28, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Cherry, Helen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cherry, Helen Mary (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British film and stage actress
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Worsley , Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 2001
Place of death Bushey , Hertfordshire , United Kingdom