Helen Mary Cherry had an acting career that spanned nearly half a century on stage, screen and radio. In the early 1950s Cherry became well known on television via the Guess My Story quiz show. Later credits included Time After Time, Jury, The Professionals and A Ghost In Monte Carlo. Films included The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947), They Were Not Divided (1950), Young Wives' Tale (1951), His Excellency (1952), Three Cases of Murder (1955), High Flight (1956), The Naked Edge (1961), Lady Scarlett in The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968), Conduct Unbecoming (1975) and The Girl on a Swing (1979).