Place of Birth: Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England, UK
Rosemary Leach
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Rosemary Leach (18 December 1935 – 21 October 2017) was a British stage, television and film actress and singer. She was born at Much Wenlock, Shropshire. Her parents were teachers related to Edmund Leach. She attended grammar school and RADA. After appearing in repertory theatres and the Old Vic she became well known to UK TV viewers between 1965-69 for playing Susan Wheldon, the mistress of building tycoon John Wilder (Patrick Wymark) in the TV boardroom drama The Power Game. Subsequently she became a familiar face on British television. In 1973, she played Aldonza/Dulcinea in the BBC production of Don Quixote (retitled The Adventures of Don Quixote), starring Rex Harrison and Frank Finlay. In 1981 she played Emilia opposite Bob Hoskins's Iago in the BBC Shakespeare's production of Othello. In 1982 she played Aunt Fenny in The Jewel in the Crown. Rosemary played a leading role as smitten Joan Plumleigh-Bruce in the six part ITV 1987 production of The Charmer (TV series) which starred Nigel Havers. In 1987, she was nominated for BAFTA's Best Supporting Actress for A Room with a View (1985). In 1992, Leach starred in An Ungentlemanly Act, a BBC television film about the first days of the invasion of the Falkland Islands in 1982, portraying the real-life Lady Mavis Hunt, wife of the islands' then-governor, Sir Rex Hunt. Leach plays the part of Anna in BBC Radio 4's No Commitments, and Susan Harper's mother in My Family. She made a guest appearance as 'Bessie' on Waterloo Road (the TV series), in Series 3 Spring Term. Since 1994, she has made occasional appearances in The Archers as Ellen Rogers, the ex-pat aunt of Nigel Pargetter. In 2001 Leach played a leading role as a charming murderess in Destroying Angel, an episode of Midsomer Murders. Recently she has played Queen Elizabeth II three times: in the 2002 television movie Prince William; in a 2006 updated edition of The Afternoon Play, entitled Tea with Betty; and in 2009's Margaret. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rosemary Leach, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | Cast | Year |
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A Room with a View | Mrs. Honeychurch | 1985 |
That'll Be The Day | Mrs. MacLaine | 1973 |
An Ungentlemanly Act | Mavis Hunt | 1992 |
Toggle | Jean Marfield | 1968 |
Mission London | Miss Cunningham | 2010 |
The Great Ghost Rescue | The Queen | 2011 |
The Baroness and the Pig | Margaret | 2002 |
May I Kill U? | Mags | 2013 |
The Critic | Mrs. Dangle | 1982 |
Disraeli | Queen Victoria | 1978 |
Birthday | 1969 | |
The Wild Duck | Gina Ekdal, Hedvig's mother | 1971 |
Ghost in the Noonday Sun | Kate | 1973 |
The Mystery of Edwin Drood | 1993 | |
Brief Encounter | Mrs. Gaines | 1974 |
Cider with Rosie | Mother | 1971 |
The 17th Bride | Esther | 1985 |
Bermondsey | Iris | 1972 |
This Office Life | Widow Rashman | 1984 |
A Question Of Faith | Anna Petrovna | 1979 |
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord | 1998 | |
Margaret | The Queen | 2009 |
Blood and Peaches | Nan | 1995 |
Displaced Person | Sister Agnes | 1985 |
S.O.S. Titanic | Mrs. Odgen (uncredited) | 1980 |
Day To Remember | Hilda | 1986 |
Hands | Pam | 1980 |
Sharp at Four | Jean Hobley | 1964 |
The Mosedale Horseshoe | Helen | 1971 |
Tender Loving Care | Mary | 1993 |
Face of a Stranger | 1964 | |
The Winslow Boy | Violet | 1989 |
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection | Lady Daisy Woodmouse / Old Mrs Eyebright (Voice) | 2004 |
Back Home | Mrs. Dickinson | 2001 |
Turtle Diary | Mrs. Inchcliff | 1985 |
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? | Harold's Mother | 2000 |
Still Crazy Like a Fox | Eleanor Trundle | 1987 |
Across the Lake | Connie Robinson | 1988 |
The Hawk | Mrs Marsh | 1993 |
The Adventures Of Don Quixote | Dulcinea / Aldonza | 1973 |
The Plague Dogs | Vera (voice) | 1982 |
Prince William | Queen Elizabeth | 2002 |
Hindle Wakes | Mrs. Jeffcote | 1976 |
Tiptoe Through the Tulips | Rita | 1976 |
When Day Is Done | Rosemary Warne | 1975 |
Othello | Emilia | 1981 |
All's Well That Ends Well | Widow of Florence | 1981 |
Chariot of Fire | Shelley Mitchell | 1970 |
Breathtaking | Mrs. Henshaw | 2000 |
When We Are Married | Clara Soppitt | 1987 |
The Tale of Tom Kitten & Jemima Puddle-Duck | Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit (voice) | 1993 |
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends | Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit | 1992 |
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night | Lady Daisy Woodmouse/Old Mrs. Eyebright | 1996 |
Dad | Irene | 1976 |
Bosses From Hell | 1989 | Series | Cast | Year |
Pebble Mill at One | 1972 | |
The Tomorrow People | 1973 | |
Z-Cars | 1962 | |
Afterlife | 2005 | |
Heartbeat | Miss Plum | 1992 |
The Jewel in the Crown | Aunt Fenny | 1984 |
Rumpole of the Bailey | 1975 | |
Hallmark Hall of Fame | Mrs. Gaines | 1951 |
Disraeli | Queen Victoria | 1978 |
The Charmer | 1987 | |
Judge Dee | 1969 | |
The Plane Makers | 1963 | |
Summer's Lease | Nancy Leadbetter | 1989 |
Life Begins at Forty | Katy Bunting | 1978 |
Now Look Here... | 1971 | |
BBC Television Shakespeare | 1978 | |
The Prince of Denmark | Laura | 1974 |
Chiller | 1995 | |
Germinal | 1970 | |
Up the Garden Path | 1990 | |
Bedtime Stories | Ivy Burr | 1974 |
Swallows and Amazons Forever! | Mrs. Barrable | 1984 |
Chiller | Mrs. Leslie | 1995 |
Perfect | Vera | 2001 |
Laurence Olivier Presents | Mrs Jeffcote | 1976 |
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends | Tabitha Twitchit (voice) | 1992 |
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends | Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit (voice) | 1992 |
An Audience with... | Self | 1978 |
The Royal | Hester Hindmarch | 2003 |
The Buccaneers | Lady Brittlesea | 1995 |
Casualty | Miranda Watts | 1986 |
Play for Today | Rita | 1970 |
Spywatch | Amy Hobbs | 1996 |
Gideon's Way | Marion Grove | 1965 |
Doctors | Meg Carpenter | 2000 |
Berkeley Square | Nanny Collins | 1998 |
Growing Pains | Joan Craddock | 1992 |
The Roads to Freedom | Marcelle | 1970 |
Heartbeat | Dorothy Plum | 1992 |
Strange Report | Mary Hanson | 1969 |
Horizon | Self - Narrator (voice) | 1964 |
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman | Miss Markland | 1997 |
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Narrator (voice) | 1992 |
The Wednesday Play | Shelley Mitchell | 1964 |
Sherlock Holmes | Kitty Winter | 1964 |
May to December | Avril | 1989 |
Titmuss Regained | Dot Curdle | 1991 |
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge | Lady Daisy Woodmouse / Old Mrs Eyebright (voice) | 1996 |
My Family | Grace | 2000 |
Midsomer Murders | Evelyn Pope | 1997 |
Playhouse | Irene | 1974 |
Thirty-Minute Theatre | Iris Purvis | 1965 |
Thirty-Minute Theatre | Josie | 1965 |
The Wednesday Play | Katharine Elliott | 1964 |
The Wednesday Play | Jean Marfield | 1964 |
The Wednesday Play | Jess | 1964 |
Armchair Theatre | Amy | 1956 |
Armchair Theatre | Jean Hobley | 1956 |
Armchair Theatre | Fay Morton | 1956 |
Armchair Theatre | Sheila | 1956 |
Armchair Theatre | 1956 |