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Lynn Farleigh

Lynn Farleigh

Acting1942Bristol, England

Biography

Lynn Farleigh, a Bristolian, trained at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama and began her career in rep at Salisbury. She has worked many times for the ESC, the RSC and the National Theatre, recently in the acclaimed production of “Three Days in the Country”. Shakespeare roles include Helena in All's Well That Ends Well, Viola , Hermione, Lady Anne, Titania, Portia and Lady Macbeth. Much television work includes Steptoe and Son, Pride and Prejudice, Finney, Out, Wycliffe (as Helen), Midsomer Murders, and more recently in Vera, Lightfields, Casualty, EastEnders and Silent Witness.

Lynn works with students and young actors and has directed eight plays for the British American Drama Academy, the most recent was her version of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time”. She lives in north Oxfordshire with her actor husband and a very elderly but demanding three-legged cat, Lucie!

Acting History

2025
Grace
TVas Alma Starr1 eps
2023
The Flash
as Judge
2014
Vera
TVas Valerie Furlow1 eps
2010
Sherlock
TVas Professor Cairns1 eps
Peep Show
TVas Pam Corrigan1 eps
2009
Waving at Trains
as Annabelle Warren
2007
Midsomer Murders
TVas Sonia Madrigal1 eps
2006
Miss Potter
as Lady Sybil
Heartbeat
TVas Joan Dyson1 eps
2004
He Knew He Was Right
TVas Mrs. Outhouse
2003
Bad Girls
TVas Mrs Williams3 eps
2002
Silent Witness
TVas Ann Cunningham2 eps
2000
Attachments
TVas Dr Heather Green
1997
FairyTale: A True Story
as Mrs. Thornton, the Teacher
The Ice House
TVas Mrs. Thompson
1996
Wycliffe
TVas Helen Wycliffe11 eps
1995
Pride and Prejudice
TVas Mrs. Phillips / Mrs Phillips2 eps
1994
Finney
TVas Mary Finney
1993
Peak Practice
TVas Moira Pearce1 eps
1992
Tales from Hollywood
as Helene Weigel
Performance
TVas Helene Weigel1 eps
1989
Heartland
as Rachel
1988
Border
as Mrs Fialova
Wish Me Luck
TVas Vivien Ashton
1986
Fighting Back
as Barbara Merrick
1985
Coming Through
as Lydia Lawrence
Bergerac
TVas Joan Grant1 eps
1982
Lovers of Their Time
as Hilda Britt
The Workshop
as Simone
Playhouse
TVas Kate / Lorna / Simone1 eps
1981
A Ferry Ride Away
as Heather Massie
Fothergill
as Kate
Clapperclaw
as Lorna
1980
1978
Watership Down
as Cat (voice)
Out
TVas Anne Ross
Scorpion Tales
TVas Virginia Ward
The Word
TVas Valerie Hughs
1976
Bill Brand
TVas Miriam Brand
1974
Justice
TVas Muriel Parker1 eps
Fall of Eagles
TVas Krupskaya / Nadezhda Krupskaya
1973
Voices
as The Mother
Public Eye
TVas Valerie Pratt1 eps
1971
Deathday
as Lydia Crosse
Out of the Unknown
TVas Lydia Crosse1 eps
1970
The Rivals
as Julia
A Man for Loving
as Isobel Francis
BBC Play of the Month
TVas Julia1 eps
1964
Z-Cars
TVas Ann Fazakerley1 eps

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
5/3/1942(83 years old)
Place of Birth
Bristol, England