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Rosemary Leach (18 December 1935 β 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.
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Filmography
all 90
Movies 46
TV Shows 44
Voice 3
self 1
May I Kill U? (2013)
The Great Ghost Rescue (2011)
Mission London (2010)
Margaret (2009)
Afterlife (2005)
The Secretary Who Stole Β£4 Million (2005)
Bosom Pals (2004)
The Royal (2003)
Prince William (2002)
The Baroness and the Pig (2002)
Back Home (2001)
Perfect (2001)
Breathtaking (2000)
My Family (2000)
Doctors (2000)
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (2000)
Berkeley Square (1998)
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord (1998)
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge (1996)
Spywatch (1996)
Chiller (1995)
Blood and Peaches (1995)
The Buccaneers (1995)
The Hawk (1993)
Tender Loving Care (1993)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1993)
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992)
An Ungentlemanly Act (1992)
Growing Pains (1992)
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1992)
Heartbeat (1992)
Up the Garden Path (1990)
Summer's Lease (1989)
The Winslow Boy (1989)
May to December (1989)
Across the Lake (1988)
When We Are Married (1987)
The Charmer (1987)
Still Crazy Like a Fox (1987)
Casualty (1986)
A Room with a View (1986)
Turtle Diary (1985)
Displaced Person (1985)
The 17th Bride (1985)
This Office Life (1984)
Swallows and Amazons Forever! (1984)
The Jewel in the Crown (1984)
The Plague Dogs (1982)
The Critic (1982)
Othello (1981)
All's Well That Ends Well (1981)
S.O.S. Titanic (1980)
A Question Of Faith (1979)
BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
Disraeli (1978)
Disraeli (1978)
Life Begins at Forty (1978)
An Audience with... (1978)
Hindle Wakes (1976)
Laurence Olivier Presents (1976)
Tiptoe Through the Tulips (1976)
Rumpole of the Bailey (1975)
When Day Is Done (1975)
Brief Encounter (1974)
Armchair Cinema (1974)
The Prince of Denmark (1974)
Bedtime Stories (1974)
That'll Be The Day (1973)
The Adventures Of Don Quixote (1973)
Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1973)
Pebble Mill at One (1972)
Bermondsey (1972)
Cider with Rosie (1971)
Now Look Here... (1971)
The Wild Duck (1971)
Play for Today (1970)
The Roads to Freedom (1970)
Chariot of Fire (1970)
Germinal (1970)
Strange Report (1969)
Judge Dee (1969)
Birthday (1969)
Toggle (1968)
Gideon's Way (1965)
Face of a Stranger (1964)
Sherlock Holmes (1964)
The Plane Makers (1963)
Z-Cars (1962)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
No β That's Me Over Here!
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GenderFemale
Birthday1935-12-18
Deathday2017-10-21 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceMuch Wenlock, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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