Rosemary Leach
Acting
- Born:
- 1935-12-18
- Died:
- 2017-10-21
- Place of birth:
- Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England, UK
Biography
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
Filmography
May I Kill U?
The Great Ghost Rescue
Mission London
Margaret
Waterloo Road
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Afterlife
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
The Afternoon Play
The Royal
Prince William
The Baroness and the Pig
Back Home
Perfect
Breathtaking
My Family
Doctors
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Tilly Trotter
Berkeley Square
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Midsomer Murders
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
Spywatch
Chiller: Toby
Chiller
Blood and Peaches
The Buccaneers
The Hawk
Tender Loving Care
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Twelfth Night
An Ungentlemanly Act
Bunch Of Five
Growing Pains
Heartbeat
Titmuss Regained
The Children
Up the Garden Path
Summer's Lease
Screen One
The Winslow Boy
May to December
Bosses From Hell
Across the Lake
When We Are Married
The Charmer
First Sight
Still Crazy Like a Fox
Day To Remember
Worlds Beyond
Casualty
Sunday Premiere
A Room with a View
Boon
Turtle Diary
Theatre Night
Displaced Person
The 17th Bride
This Office Life
Sharing Time
Swallows and Amazons Forever!
The Jewel in the Crown
Dramarama
The Plague Dogs
The Critic
American Playhouse
Othello
All's Well That Ends Well
Hands
S.O.S. Titanic
A Question Of Faith
Disraeli
Disraeli
Life Begins at Forty
An Audience with...
The Sunday Drama
The Velvet Glove
Hindle Wakes
Laurence Olivier Presents
Second Verdict
Dad
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Brief Encounter
Rumpole of the Bailey
Sadie, It's Cold Outside
When Day Is Done
Armchair Cinema
The Prince of Denmark
Playhouse
Bedtime Stories
That'll Be The Day
Armchair 30
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
Pebble Mill at One
Bermondsey
Cider with Rosie
Now Look Here...
The Mosedale Horseshoe
The Wild Duck
Play for Today
The Roads to Freedom
Chariot of Fire
Germinal
Strange Report
Never Talk to Strangers
Judge Dee
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Birthday
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ITV Playhouse
The Power Game
Serjeant Musgrave's Dance
BBC Play of the Month
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Londoners
Gideon's Way
The Wednesday Play
Face of a Stranger
Sherlock Holmes
Theatre 625
Horizon
Sharp at Four
Z-Cars
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
Armchair Theatre
Hallmark Hall of Fame