Rosemary Leach

Actor · 1935–2017 · 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.

Acted in 107

2010s

2013
May I Kill U?
Mags
35
2011
The Great Ghost Rescue
The Queen
47
2010
Mission London
Miss Cunningham

2000s

2009
Margaret
The Queen
2006
Waterloo Road
Bessie · 1 episode
72
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit
2005
Afterlife
TV
2004
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
Lady Daisy Woodmouse / Old Mrs Eyebright (Voice)
2003
The Afternoon Play
HM The Queen · 1 episode
The Royal
Hester Hindmarch · 1 episode
2002
Prince William
Queen Elizabeth
The Baroness and the Pig
Margaret
2001
Back Home
Mrs. Dickinson
Perfect
Vera · 2 episodes
2000
Breathtaking
Mrs. Henshaw
My Family
Grace · 4 episodes
74
Doctors
Meg Carpenter · 1 episode
47
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Harold's Mother

1990s

1999
Tilly Trotter
Mrs Forefoot Meadows · 1 episode
1998
Berkeley Square
Nanny Collins · 10 episodes
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
Movie
1997
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Miss Markland · 1 episode
Midsomer Murders
Evelyn Pope · 1 episode
78
1996
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
Lady Daisy Woodmouse/Old Mrs. Eyebright
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
Lady Daisy Woodmouse / Old Mrs Eyebright (voice) · 8 episodes
Spywatch
Amy Hobbs · 12 episodes
1995
Chiller: Toby
Mrs. Leslie
Chiller
Mrs Leslie · 1 episode
The Buccaneers
Lady Brittlesea · 5 episodes
1993
The Hawk
Mrs Marsh
56
Tender Loving Care
Mary
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
1992
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Tabitha Twitchit (voice), Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit (voice) · 1 episode
An Ungentlemanly Act
Mavis Hunt
Bunch Of Five
Mrs. Alcock · 1 episode
Growing Pains
Joan Craddock · 20 episodes
Heartbeat
Miss Plum, Dorothy Plum · 1 episode
70
1991
Titmuss Regained
Dot Curdle · 3 episodes
1990
The Children
Scopy