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!
Acted in 67
2020s
- 2023
- 2021
2010s
- 2019
Tonight the World
Movie
- 2011
- 2010
Peep Show: Seasonal Beatings
Pam Corrigan
2000s
- 2009
- 2006
- 2004
He Knew He Was Right
Mrs Outhouse · 2 episodes
- 2003
1990s
- 1999
- 1997
FairyTale: A True Story
Mrs. Thornton, the Teacher
The Ice House
Mrs. Thompson · 2 episodes
- 1996
- 1995
- 1994
Finney
Mary Finney · 6 episodes
Suffer The Little Children
Solicitor
- 1993
- 1992
Tales from Hollywood
Helene Weigel
- 1991
1980s
- 1989
Heartland
Rachel
- 1988
Border
Mrs Fialova
- 1986
Fighting Back
Barbara Merrick
Daylight Robbery
Helen
- 1985
Coming Through
Lydia Lawrence
- 1984
- 1982
Lovers of Their Time
Hilda Britt
The Workshop
Simone
- 1981
Antony & Cleopatra
Octavia
Clapperclaw
Lorna
- 1980
A Walk in the Forest
Catherine Clements
1970s
- 1979
Spooner's Patch
Mrs Webster · 2 episodes
- 1978
The Word
Valerie Hughs · 4 episodes
Out
Anne Ross · 4 episodes
Scorpion Tales
Virginia Ward · 1 episode
- 1977
- 1976
Bill Brand
Miriam Brand · 7 episodes
- 1974
Affairs of the Heart
Catherine Sloper · 1 episode
- 1973
Voices
The Mother
- 1972
- 1971
Eyeless in Gaza
Helen Amberley · 5 episodes
The Guardians
Eleanor Benedict · 13 episodes
Deathday
Lydia Crosse
- 1970
The Hallelujah Handshake
Anne
1960s
- 1969
Scenes from Family Life
Marie
3 Into 2 Won't Go
Janet
- 1967
- 1965
- 1964
- 1962
