
Angharad Rees
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1944-07-16
Day of Death
2012-07-21 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Edgware, Middlesex, England, UK
Angharad Rees
Biography
Angharad Rees was a London-born Welsh actress and, later, jewellery designer, best known for her British television roles during the 1970s and in particular her leading role as Demelza in the 1970s BBC TV costume drama "Poldark".
Her father was a prominent Welsh psychiatrist Linford Rees (William Linford Llewellyn Rees) and mother Catherine Thomas.
When she was two, in 1946, her family returned to Wales to live into Cardiff. Rees studied at the Sorbonne in Paris for two terms and the Rose Bruford Drama College in Kent, England. She also studied at the University of Madrid and taught English in Spain before acting in repertory theatre in England.
On 18 September 1973, Rees married the actor Christopher Cazenove. They had two sons: Linford James and Rhys William. Linford was killed in a car accident on the M11 motorway in Essex while driving to pick up books from Cambridge University, where he had been awarded the degree of Master of Philosophy. Cazenove and Rees divorced in 1994 but remained close. Cazenove died from the effects of septicaemia in 2010. Rees later married David McAlpine, a member of the McAlpine construction company, at The Royal Hospital Chelsea, London. She remained married to McAlpine until her death.
Rees founded a jewellery design company, Angharad, based in Knightsbridge, London, England.
Known For
Acting
(2002)
Dylan on Dylan
as Caitlin Thomas
(1998)
The Wolves of Kromer
as Mary
(1988)
The Temptation of Eileen Hughes
as Mona McAuley
(1981)
Dear Brutus
as Lady Caroline
(1980)
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
as Lady Evelyn Herbert
(1978)
Little Girl in Blue Velvet
as Macha
(1978)
As You Like It
as Celia
(1975)
More Awkward Customers
as Brenda
(1975)
Awkward Customers
as Brenda
(1974)
Moments
as Chrissy Hunter
(1974)
Joe's Ark
as Lucy
(1974)
Once the Killing Starts
as Stella Mason
(1973)
Baffled!
as Peggy Tracewell
(1973)
The Love Ban
as Jackie
(1972)
Under Milk Wood
as Gossamer Beynon
(1971)
Catch Me a Spy
as Victoria
(1971)
Hands of the Ripper
as Anna
(1971)
Office Party
as Julia
(1971)
Hell's Angel
as April Cotton
(1970)
Jane Eyre
as Louise
(1948)
Pygmalion
as Parlourmaid