Helen Cherry was a noted actress of stage, screen, and television, acclaimed mostly for her Shakespearean portrayals. Her favorite role was "Rosalind" in "As You Like It." She was the long-suffering wife of actor Trevor Howard, who died in 1988.
Married to husband Trevor Howard for 44 years until his death in 1988, their marriage was often tested by his excessive philandering and heavy drinking. She remained supportive, however, and when it was suggested that Howard's chronic alcoholism had spoiled his acting, she was known to come to his defense.
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Occasionally appeared in cross-dressing roles during her early theatre career such as her Oberon in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and in 1943's "The Recruiting Officer," which introduced her to her husband.
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In 1961, as the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament struggle was in full effect, she became a staunch supporter and was arrested during a demonstration.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
1992
TV Mini-Series
Lillian Portway
A Ghost in Monte Carlo
1990
TV Movie
Mother Superior
Wish Me Luck
1990
TV Series
Mrs. Mitchell
The Girl in a Swing
1988
Lady Alice
Sophia and Constance
1988
TV Series
Sophia
Hand in Glove
1987
TV Movie
Miss Stock
Miss Marple: Nemesis
1987
TV Movie
Miss Elizabeth Temple
Screen Two
1986
TV Series
April Grange-Gorman
The Bengal Lancers!
1984
Al-mas' Ala Al-Kubra
1983
Lady Cox
Jury
1983
TV Series
Mother
The Professionals
1982
TV Series
Lavinia Lawson
The Gentle Touch
1982
TV Series
Mrs. Appleton
Lady Killers
1981
TV Series
Mrs. Grace Angus
Mackenzie
1980
TV Series
Caroline Crawley
Flashpoint Africa
1980
Mrs. Barraclough
Play for Today
1979
TV Series
Mrs. Cooper
The Cedar Tree
1978
TV Series
Lady Mary Cranford
No Longer Alone
1976
Miss Godfrey
Conduct Unbecoming
1975
Mrs. Strang
11 Harrowhouse
1974
Lady Anne Bolding
Ooh La La!
1973
TV Series
Irene
Coronation Street
1973
TV Series
Sybil Cudlipp
Crown Court
1973
TV Series
Lady Dorothy Crittenden
Love Story
1972
TV Series
Elizabeth
The Ten Commandments
1971
TV Series
Mrs. Topham
Hadleigh
1971
TV Series
Heather
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
TV Series
Veronica
Hard Contract
1969
Evelyn Carlson
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1968
Lady Scarlett
Armchair Theatre
1959-1968
TV Series
Lady Carless / Lady Gillian Hunt
All Gas and Gaiters
1967
TV Series
Hilary Pugh-Critchley
Sanctuary
1967
TV Series
Joanna Brown
ITV Play of the Week
1958-1967
TV Series
Linda Cosgrove / Ruth Condomine / Miss Janus / ...
The Schoolmaster
1966
TV Movie
Madame Guillaume
Thirteen Against Fate
1966
TV Series
Madame Guillaume
Blackmail
1965
TV Series
Maxine
Secret Agent
1964
TV Series
Mrs. Pearson
A Choice of Coward
1964
TV Series
Ruth Condomine
Flipper's New Adventure
1964
Julia
Delayed Flight
1964
Helen Strickland
The Sentimental Agent
1963
TV Series
Lady Graffham
Tomorrow at Ten
1963
Robbie
The Brockenstein Affair
1962
TV Movie
Miss Pettigrew
The Devil's Agent
1962
Countess Carla Cosimano
The Naked Edge
1961
Miss Osborne
Dear Charles
1961
TV Movie
Denise Darvel
Preview
1959
TV Series
Mrs. Johnson
The Invisible Man
1959
TV Series
Barbara Crane
Asmodée
1959
TV Movie
Marcelle de Barthas
Television Playwright
1959
TV Series
Stella
ITV Television Playhouse
1956-1959
TV Series
Helen
Leave It to Todhunter
1958
TV Series
Marcia Loraine
More Than Robbery
1958
TV Series
Norma Tredford
High Flight
1957
Louise Dawson
Dead Easy
1957
TV Movie
Petra
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1956
TV Series
Princess Avice
The Strange World of Planet X
1956
TV Series
Fenella Laird
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
1956
TV Series
Evelyn Innes
Who Goes Home?
1956
TV Movie
Helen Vaughan
Three Cases of Murder
1955
Lady Mountdrago ("Lord Mountdrago" segment)
Castle in the Air
1952
Boss Trent
His Excellency
1952
Lady Kirkman
Young Wives' Tale
1951
Mary Banning
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
1951
TV Series
Mary Dallas / Nurse Ann
Her Panelled Door
1950
Sybil
The Song in the Forest
1950
TV Movie
Countess Anna Lutz
Last Holiday
1950
Miss Mellows
They Were Not Divided
1950
Wilhelmina
Operation Disaster
1950
Helen Armstong
Adam and Evalyn
1949
Moira Hannon
For Them That Trespass
1949
Mary Drew
Home and Beauty
1948
TV Movie
Victoria
Pygmalion
1948
TV Movie
Clara Eynsford-Hill
The Mark of Cain
1947
Mary
Kathy's Love Affair
1947
Mary Courtney
Suspect
1946
TV Movie
Janet Rendle
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Call My Bluff
1967-1969
TV Series
Herself
Juke Box Jury
1965
TV Series
Herself - Panellist
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral?
1955
TV Series Herself
- A Light-hearted Christmas Challenge 1955 ... Herself