Helen Cushing
Actress ‧ Peter Cushing's wife
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Oct 19, 2026
Robin InceGUEST
And I won't tell you any more about the story, but it's an incredibly beautiful story about Cushing.
Robin InceGUEST
And if anyone's seen any of the movies like The Ghoul, where his character is a widower, the photos always of, and I think Tales from the Crypt as well, the photos of his wife are the actual photos of Helen Cushing.
Robin InceGUEST
He always used photos of his own wife.
Robin InceGUEST
Oh, wow.
35 MINS LATER
Robin InceGUEST
new book coming out from Melville House called The Future of Jokes, which is basically a kind of essay looking at, you know, where comedy might be going and where comedy can be going.
Robin InceGUEST
And then my new poetry book, Let the Quiet Ones Rise, and there's a follow up called Request Stop that will be out in about two months.
Robin InceGUEST
Have I got very quick time just to do the Helen Cushing poem? Yes.
Robin InceGUEST
Of course you have.
Robin InceGUEST
And said, I just thought you'd like to know, Robin, that in 1971, I was a trainee nurse at Canterbury Hospital.
Robin InceGUEST
And my first job was looking after Helen Cushing.
Robin InceGUEST
How brilliant is it? Nothing in the publicity said I'd be talking about.
Robin InceGUEST
I was just doing a gig at Standing Festival.
Craig JohnsonHOST
Instead, he entertained the troops as part of the Entertainments National Service Association, otherwise known as ENSA.
Craig JohnsonHOST
And it was here that he met a former dancer and actress called Violet Helene Beck, better known as Helen, with whom he fell deeply in love.
Craig JohnsonHOST
The two married on the 10th of April, 1943, and would remain together until Helen's death in 1971.
Craig JohnsonHOST
But Peter's childhood lung problems would return once again, and he had to leave ENSA and be nursed back to health by Helen.