Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 3, 1942
Place of Birth:
Bristol, England
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Lynn Farleigh
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!
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Flash | Judge |
| 2019 | Tonight the World | |
| 2009 | Waving at Trains | Annabelle Warren |
| 2009 | From Time to Time | Gypsy |
| 2006 | Miss Potter | Lady Sybil |
| 1997 | FairyTale: A True Story | Mrs. Thornton, the Teacher |
| 1994 | Suffer The Little Children | Solicitor |
| 1992 | Tales from Hollywood | Helene Weigel |
| 1989 | Heartland | Rachel |
| 1988 | Border | Mrs Fialova |
| 1986 | Daylight Robbery | Helen |
| 1986 | God's Chosen Car Park | Irene Box |
| 1986 | Fighting Back | Barbara Merrick |
| 1985 | Coming Through | Lydia Lawrence |
| 1982 | Lovers of Their Time | Hilda Britt |
| 1982 | The Workshop | Simone |
| 1981 | A Ferry Ride Away | Heather Massie |
| 1981 | Antony & Cleopatra | Octavia |
| 1981 | Fothergill | Kate |
| 1981 | Clapperclaw | Lorna |
| 1980 | A Walk in the Forest | Catherine Clements |
| 1978 | Watership Down | Cat (voice) |
| 1973 | Voices | The Mother |
| 1971 | Deathday | Lydia Crosse |
| 1970 | The Rivals | Julia |
| 1970 | A Man for Loving | Isobel Francis |
| 1970 | The Hallelujah Handshake | Anne |
| 1969 | 3 Into 2 Won't Go | Janet |
| 1969 | Scenes from Family Life | Marie |
| 1968 | All's Well That Ends Well | Helena |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Vera | Valerie Furlow |
| 2010 | Sherlock | Professor Cairns |
| 2004 | He Knew He Was Right | Mrs. Outhouse |
| 2003 | Peep Show | Pam Corrigan |
| 2000 | Attachments | Dr Heather Green |
| 1999 | Bad Girls | Mrs Williams |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Sonia Madrigal |
| 1997 | The Ice House | Mrs. Thompson |
| 1996 | Silent Witness | Ann Cunningham |
| 1995 | Pride and Prejudice | Mrs Phillips |
| 1995 | Pride and Prejudice | Mrs. Phillips |
| 1994 | Wycliffe | Helen Wycliffe |
| 1994 | Finney | Mary Finney |
| 1993 | Peak Practice | Moira Pearce |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Mary Radcliffe |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Joan Dyson |
| 1988 | Wish Me Luck | |
| 1984 | The Bill | |
| 1983 | Affairs of the Heart | |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Joan Grant |
| 1978 | The Word | Valerie Hughs |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | Octavia |
| 1978 | Scorpion Tales | Virginia Ward |
| 1978 | Out | Anne Ross |
| 1977 | Murder Most English | Doreen Periam |
| 1976 | Bill Brand | Miriam Brand |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles | Krupskaya |
| 1972 | The Strauss Family | |
| 1971 | The Guardians | |
| 1971 | Justice | Muriel Parker |
| 1970 | Play for Today | |
| 1965 | Public Eye | Valerie Pratt |
| 1962 | Z-Cars |