Lynn Farleigh

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1942-05-03

Place of Birth

Bristol, England

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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Acting History

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