
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!
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Known For
Acting History
2023
The Flash as Judge
2021Grace as Alma Starr
2019Tonight the World
2011Vera as Valerie Furlow
2010Sherlock as Professor Cairns
2009From Time to Time as Gypsy
2009Waving at Trains as Annabelle Warren
2006Miss Potter as Lady Sybil
2004He Knew He Was Right as Mrs. Outhouse
2003Peep Show as Pam Corrigan
2000Attachments as Dr Heather Green
1999Bad Girls as Mrs Williams
1997FairyTale: A True Story as Mrs. Thornton, the Teacher
1997The Ice House as Mrs. Thompson
1997Midsomer Murders as Sonia Madrigal
1996Silent Witness as Ann Cunningham
1995Pride and Prejudice as Mrs Phillips
1995Pride and Prejudice as Mrs. Phillips
1994Finney as Mary Finney
1994Suffer The Little Children as Solicitor
1994Wycliffe as Helen Wycliffe
1993Peak Practice as Moira Pearce
1992Tales from Hollywood as Helene Weigel
1992Heartbeat as Mary Radcliffe
1992Heartbeat as Joan Dyson
1991Performance as Helene Weigel
1989Heartland as Rachel
1988Border as Mrs Fialova
1988Wish Me Luck
1986God's Chosen Car Park as Irene Box
1986Fighting Back as Barbara Merrick
1986Daylight Robbery as Helen
1985Coming Through as Lydia Lawrence
1984The Bill
1983Affairs of the Heart
1982Lovers of Their Time as Hilda Britt
1982The Workshop as Simone
1981Bergerac as Joan Grant
1981A Ferry Ride Away as Heather Massie
1981Antony & Cleopatra as Octavia
1981Clapperclaw as Lorna
1981Fothergill as Kate
1980A Walk in the Forest as Catherine Clements
1978The Word as Valerie Hughs
1978Watership Down as Cat (voice)
1978Out as Anne Ross
1978Scorpion Tales as Virginia Ward
1977Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle as Doreen Periam
1976Bill Brand as Miriam Brand
1974Fall of Eagles as Krupskaya
1974Playhouse as Kate
1974Playhouse as Lorna
1974Playhouse as Simone
1973Voices as The Mother
1971Justice as Muriel Parker
1971The Guardians
1971Deathday as Lydia Crosse
1970The Hallelujah Handshake as Anne
1970Play for Today
1970The Rivals as Julia
1970A Man for Loving as Isobel Francis
1969Scenes from Family Life as Marie
19693 Into 2 Won't Go as Janet
1968All's Well That Ends Well as Helena
1965BBC Play of the Month as Julia
1965Public Eye as Valerie Pratt
1964Theatre 625
1962Z-Cars
—Peep Show: Seasonal Beatings







