Rosemary Leach
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1935-12-18
Day of Death
2017-10-21 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England, UK
Rosemary Leach
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2013)
May I Kill U?
as Mags
(2011)
The Great Ghost Rescue
as The Queen
(2010)
Mission London
as Miss Cunningham
(2009)
Margaret
as The Queen
(2005)
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
as Carol Samson
(2004)
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
as Lady Daisy Woodmouse / Old Mrs Eyebright (Voice)
(2002)
Prince William
as Queen Elizabeth
(2002)
The Baroness and the Pig
as Margaret
(2001)
Back Home
as Mrs. Dickinson
(2000)
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
as Harold's Mother
(2000)
Breathtaking
as Mrs. Henshaw
(1998)
(1996)
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
as Lady Daisy Woodmouse/Old Mrs. Eyebright
(1995)
Blood and Peaches
as Nan
(1993)
The Hawk
as Mrs Marsh
(1993)
The Tale of Tom Kitten & Jemima Puddle-Duck
as Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
(1993)
(1993)
Tender Loving Care
as Mary
(1992)
An Ungentlemanly Act
as Mavis Hunt
(1992)
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
as Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit
(1989)
The Winslow Boy
as Violet
(1989)
(1988)
Across the Lake
as Connie Robinson
(1987)
Still Crazy Like a Fox
as Eleanor Trundle
(1987)
When We Are Married
as Clara Soppitt
(1986)
A Room with a View
as Mrs. Honeychurch
(1986)
Day To Remember
as Hilda
(1985)
Turtle Diary
as Mrs. Inchcliff
(1985)
Displaced Person
as Sister Agnes
(1985)
The 17th Bride
as Esther
(1984)
This Office Life
as Widow Rashman
(1982)
The Plague Dogs
as Vera (voice)
(1982)
The Critic
as Mrs. Dangle
(1981)
Othello
as Emilia
(1981)
All's Well That Ends Well
as Widow of Florence
(1980)
S.O.S. Titanic
as Mrs. Odgen (uncredited)
(1980)
Hands
as Pam
(1979)
A Question Of Faith
as Anna Petrovna
(1978)
Disraeli
as Queen Victoria
(1976)
Dad
as Irene
(1976)
Hindle Wakes
as Mrs. Jeffcote
(1976)
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
as Rita
(1975)
When Day Is Done
as Rosemary Warne
(1974)
Brief Encounter
as Mrs. Gaines
(1973)
That'll Be The Day
as Mrs. MacLaine
(1973)
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
as Kate
(1973)
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
as Dulcinea / Aldonza
(1972)
Bermondsey
as Iris
(1971)
The Wild Duck
as Gina Ekdal, Hedvig's mother
(1971)
Cider with Rosie
as Mother
(1971)
The Mosedale Horseshoe
as Helen
(1970)
Chariot of Fire
as Shelley Mitchell
(1969)
Never Talk to Strangers
as Olive Bunclark
(1969)
(1968)
Toggle
as Jean Marfield
(1964)
Sharp at Four
as Jean Hobley
(1964)