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.
Known For
Credits
- 2013 · May I Kill U? as Mags
- 2011 · The Great Ghost Rescue as The Queen
- 2010 · Mission London as Miss Cunningham
- 2009 · Margaret as The Queen
- 2005 · Afterlife as
- 2004 · Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection as Lady Daisy Woodmouse / Old Mrs Eyebright (Voice)
- 2003 · The Royal as Hester Hindmarch
- 2002 · Prince William as Queen Elizabeth
- 2002 · The Baroness and the Pig as Margaret
- 2001 · Back Home as Mrs. Dickinson
- 2001 · Perfect as Vera
- 2000 · Breathtaking as Mrs. Henshaw
- 2000 · My Family as
- 2000 · Doctors as Meg Carpenter
- 2000 · Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? as Harold's Mother
- 1998 · Berkeley Square as Nanny Collins
- 1998 · Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord as
- 1997 · An Unsuitable Job for a Woman as Miss Markland
- 1996 · Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night as Lady Daisy Woodmouse/Old Mrs. Eyebright
- 1996 · Spywatch as Amy Hobbs
- 1995 · Chiller as
- 1995 · Chiller as Mrs. Leslie
- 1995 · Blood and Peaches as Nan
- 1995 · The Buccaneers as Lady Brittlesea
- 1993 · The Hawk as Mrs Marsh
- 1993 · Tender Loving Care as Mary
- 1993 · The Mystery of Edwin Drood as
- 1993 · The Tale of Tom Kitten & Jemima Puddle-Duck as Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
- 1992 · Shakespeare: The Animated Tales as Narrator (voice)
- 1992 · An Ungentlemanly Act as Mavis Hunt
- 1992 · Growing Pains as Joan Craddock
- 1992 · The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends as Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
- 1992 · The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends as Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Miss Plum
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Dorothy Plum
- 1992 · The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends as Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit
- 1991 · Titmuss Regained as Dot Curdle
- 1990 · Up the Garden Path as
- 1989 · Summer's Lease as Nancy Leadbetter
- 1989 · The Winslow Boy as Violet
- 1989 · May to December as Avril
- 1989 · Bosses From Hell as
- 1988 · Across the Lake as Connie Robinson
- 1987 · When We Are Married as Clara Soppitt
- 1987 · The Charmer as
- 1987 · Still Crazy Like a Fox as Eleanor Trundle
- 1986 · Day To Remember as Hilda
- 1986 · Casualty as Miranda Watts
- 1985 · A Room with a View as Mrs. Honeychurch
- 1985 · Turtle Diary as Mrs. Inchcliff
- 1985 · Displaced Person as Sister Agnes
- 1985 · The 17th Bride as Esther
- 1984 · This Office Life as Widow Rashman
- 1984 · Swallows and Amazons Forever! as Mrs. Barrable
- 1984 · The Jewel in the Crown as Aunt Fenny
- 1982 · The Plague Dogs as Vera (voice)
- 1982 · The Critic as Mrs. Dangle
- 1981 · Othello as Emilia
- 1981 · All's Well That Ends Well as Widow of Florence
- 1980 · Hands as Pam
- 1980 · S.O.S. Titanic as Mrs. Odgen (uncredited)
- 1979 · A Question Of Faith as Anna Petrovna
- 1978 · BBC Television Shakespeare as
- 1978 · Disraeli as Queen Victoria
- 1978 · Disraeli as Queen Victoria
- 1978 · Life Begins at Forty as Katy Bunting
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1976 · Hindle Wakes as Mrs. Jeffcote
- 1976 · Laurence Olivier Presents as Mrs Jeffcote
- 1976 · Dad as Irene
- 1976 · Tiptoe Through the Tulips as Rita
- 1975 · Rumpole of the Bailey as
- 1975 · When Day Is Done as Rosemary Warne
- 1974 · Brief Encounter as Mrs. Gaines
- 1974 · The Prince of Denmark as Laura
- 1974 · Bedtime Stories as Ivy Burr
- 1973 · That'll Be The Day as Mrs. MacLaine
- 1973 · The Tomorrow People as
- 1973 · The Adventures Of Don Quixote as Dulcinea / Aldonza
- 1973 · Ghost in the Noonday Sun as Kate
- 1972 · Pebble Mill at One as
- 1972 · Bermondsey as Iris
- 1971 · Cider with Rosie as Mother
- 1971 · Now Look Here... as
- 1971 · The Mosedale Horseshoe as Helen
- 1971 · The Wild Duck as Gina Ekdal, Hedvig's mother
- 1970 · Play for Today as Rita
- 1970 · The Roads to Freedom as Marcelle
- 1970 · Chariot of Fire as Shelley Mitchell
- 1970 · Germinal as
- 1969 · Strange Report as Mary Hanson
- 1969 · Judge Dee as
- 1969 · Birthday as
- 1968 · Toggle as Jean Marfield
- 1965 · Gideon's Way as Marion Grove
- 1964 · The Wednesday Play as Shelley Mitchell
- 1964 · Face of a Stranger as
- 1964 · Sherlock Holmes as Kitty Winter
- 1964 · Horizon as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1964 · Sharp at Four as Jean Hobley
- 1963 · The Plane Makers as
- 1962 · Z-Cars as
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Mrs. Gaines