Helen McCrory 'swore friends to secrecy during cancer treatment'
PEAKY Blinders star Helen McCrory swore friends to secrecy during her cancer treatment, a pal revealed today.
The Polly Gray actress, who died on Friday, told few people about her diagnosis and continued with her charity work until a few weeks before her death.Helen, 52She told BBC Radio Four’s Today: “Helen wanted to be very private about her illness and I understand why. When you live in the public spotlight you have to find space to protect the things that are just for you.
“Very few people knew, and I only did because we were planning to transfer a show to Broadway and had to cancel that because she was having treatment. We were sworn to secrecy. “Her need to be fully alive and be committed and to take things incredibly seriously, such as her family and charity work, defined her last few years for her as much as ever.”Helen played Polly Gray in TV hit Peaky BlindersCarrie, 41, added: “She faced up to cancer with a level of bravery and humour that was completely extraordinary. It was a very remarkable thing.