Lynn Farleigh
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!
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · The Flash as Judge
- 2019 · Tonight the World as
- 2011 · Vera as Valerie Furlow
- 2010 · Sherlock as Professor Cairns
- 2009 · From Time to Time as Gypsy
- 2009 · Waving at Trains as Annabelle Warren
- 2006 · Miss Potter as Lady Sybil
- 2004 · He Knew He Was Right as Mrs. Outhouse
- 2003 · Peep Show as Pam Corrigan
- 2000 · Attachments as Dr Heather Green
- 1999 · Bad Girls as Mrs Williams
- 1997 · FairyTale: A True Story as Mrs. Thornton, the Teacher
- 1997 · The Ice House as Mrs. Thompson
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Sonia Madrigal
- 1996 · Silent Witness as Ann Cunningham
- 1995 · Pride and Prejudice as Mrs Phillips
- 1995 · Pride and Prejudice as Mrs. Phillips
- 1994 · Finney as Mary Finney
- 1994 · Suffer The Little Children as Solicitor
- 1994 · Wycliffe as Helen Wycliffe
- 1993 · Peak Practice as Moira Pearce
- 1992 · Tales from Hollywood as Helene Weigel
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Mary Radcliffe
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Joan Dyson
- 1989 · Heartland as Rachel
- 1988 · Border as Mrs Fialova
- 1988 · Wish Me Luck as
- 1986 · God's Chosen Car Park as Irene Box
- 1986 · Fighting Back as Barbara Merrick
- 1986 · Daylight Robbery as Helen
- 1985 · Coming Through as Lydia Lawrence
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1983 · Affairs of the Heart as
- 1982 · Lovers of Their Time as Hilda Britt
- 1982 · The Workshop as Simone
- 1981 · Bergerac as Joan Grant
- 1981 · A Ferry Ride Away as Heather Massie
- 1981 · Antony & Cleopatra as Octavia
- 1981 · Clapperclaw as Lorna
- 1981 · Fothergill as Kate
- 1980 · A Walk in the Forest as Catherine Clements
- 1978 · The BBC Television Shakespeare as
- 1978 · The Word as Valerie Hughs
- 1978 · Watership Down as Cat (voice)
- 1978 · Out as Anne Ross
- 1978 · Scorpion Tales as Virginia Ward
- 1977 · Murder Most English as Doreen Periam
- 1976 · Bill Brand as Miriam Brand
- 1974 · Fall of Eagles as Krupskaya
- 1973 · Voices as The Mother
- 1972 · The Strauss Family as
- 1971 · Justice as Muriel Parker
- 1971 · The Guardians as
- 1971 · Deathday as Lydia Crosse
- 1970 · The Hallelujah Handshake as Anne
- 1970 · Play for Today as
- 1970 · The Rivals as Julia
- 1970 · A Man for Loving as Isobel Francis
- 1969 · Scenes from Family Life as Marie
- 1969 · 3 Into 2 Won't Go as Janet
- 1968 · All's Well That Ends Well as Helena
- 1965 · Public Eye as Valerie Pratt
- 1962 · Z-Cars as