Rosemary Leach
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 18, 1935
- Died
- October 21, 2017 (aged 81)
- Birthplace
- Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England, UK
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rosemary Leach, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
May I Kill U?
Movie · as Mags
The Great Ghost Rescue
Movie · as The Queen
Mission London
Movie · as Miss Cunningham
Margaret
Movie · as The Queen
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Movie · as Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit
Waterloo Road
TV · as Bessie · 1 ep
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
Movie · as Carol Samson
Afterlife
TV · 1 ep
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
Movie · as Lady Daisy Woodmouse / Old Mrs Eyebright (Voice)
The Royal
TV · as Hester Hindmarch · 1 ep
The Afternoon Play
TV · as HM The Queen · 1 ep
The Baroness and the Pig
Movie · as Margaret
Prince William
Movie · as Queen Elizabeth
Back Home
Movie · as Mrs. Dickinson
Perfect
TV · as Vera · 2 eps
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Movie · as Harold's Mother
Breathtaking
Movie · as Mrs. Henshaw
Doctors
TV · as Meg Carpenter · 1 ep
My Family
TV · as Grace · 4 eps
Treasure
TV · as Grandma (voice) · 26 eps
Tilly Trotter
TV · as Mrs Forefoot Meadows · 1 ep
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
Movie
Berkeley Square
TV · as Nanny Collins · 10 eps
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
TV · as Miss Markland · 1 ep
Midsomer Murders
TV · as Evelyn Pope · 1 ep
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
Movie · as Lady Daisy Woodmouse/Old Mrs. Eyebright
Spywatch
TV · as Amy Hobbs · 12 eps
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
TV · as Lady Daisy Woodmouse / Old Mrs Eyebright (voice) · 8 eps
Blood and Peaches
Movie · as Nan
Chiller: Toby
Movie · as Mrs. Leslie
The Buccaneers
TV · as Lady Brittlesea · 5 eps
Chiller
TV · as Mrs Leslie · 1 ep
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Movie · as Mrs. Tope
Tender Loving Care
Movie · as Mary
The Hawk
Movie · as Mrs Marsh
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
Movie · as Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
Movie · as Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
An Ungentlemanly Act
Movie · as Mavis Hunt
Twelfth Night
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Heartbeat
TV · as Miss Plum, Dorothy Plum · 1 ep
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
TV · as Tabitha Twitchit (voice), Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit (voice) · 1 ep
Growing Pains
TV · as Joan Craddock · 20 eps
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Bunch Of Five
TV · as Mrs. Alcock · 1 ep
Titmuss Regained
TV · as Dot Curdle · 3 eps
The Children
Movie · as Scopy
Up the Garden Path
TV · 2 eps
The Winslow Boy
Movie · as Violet
Bosses From Hell
Movie
Summer's Lease
TV · as Nancy Leadbetter · 4 eps
May to December
TV · as Avril · 1 ep
Screen One
TV · as Mary · 1 ep
Across the Lake
Movie · as Connie Robinson
Still Crazy Like a Fox
Movie · as Eleanor Trundle
When We Are Married
Movie · as Clara Soppitt
The Charmer
TV · 6 eps
First Sight
TV · as Phyllis · 1 ep
A Room with a View
Movie · as Mrs. Honeychurch
Day To Remember
Movie · as Hilda
Casualty
TV · as Miranda Watts · 1 ep
Worlds Beyond
TV · as Ann Cranley · 1 ep
Sunday Premiere
TV · as Connie Robinson · 1 ep
Boon
TV · as Marigold Sampson · 1 ep
The 17th Bride
Movie · as Esther
Displaced Person
Movie · as Sister Agnes
Turtle Diary
Movie · as Mrs. Inchcliff
Theatre Night
TV · as Violet · 1 ep
This Office Life
Movie · as Widow Rashman
Swallows and Amazons Forever!
TV · as Mrs. Barrable · 8 eps
The Jewel in the Crown
TV · as Aunt Fenny · 7 eps
Sharing Time
TV · as Belinda · 1 ep
Dramarama
TV · as Beryl · 1 ep
The Critic
Movie · as Mrs. Dangle
The Plague Dogs
Movie · as Vera (voice)
American Playhouse
TV · as Sister Agnes · 1 ep
Othello
Movie · as Emilia
All's Well That Ends Well
Movie · as Widow of Florence
S.O.S. Titanic
Movie · as Mrs. Odgen (uncredited)
Hands
Movie · as Pam
A Question Of Faith
Movie · as Anna Petrovna
Disraeli
Movie · as Queen Victoria
Disraeli
TV · as Queen Victoria · 4 eps
Life Begins at Forty
TV · as Katy Bunting · 14 eps
An Audience with...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Sunday Drama
TV · as Vera · 1 ep
The Velvet Glove
TV · as Annie Besant · 1 ep
Brief Encounter
Movie · as Mrs. Gaines
Hindle Wakes
Movie · as Mrs. Jeffcote
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Movie · as Rita
Dad
Movie · as Irene
Laurence Olivier Presents
TV · as Mrs Jeffcote · 1 ep
Second Verdict
TV · as Lizzie Borden · 1 ep
When Day Is Done
Movie · as Rosemary Warne
Rumpole of the Bailey
TV · as Mrs Ida Tempest · 1 ep
Sadie, It's Cold Outside
TV · as Sadie Potter · 7 eps
The Prince of Denmark
TV · as Laura · 6 eps
Playhouse
TV · as Irene · 1 ep
Bedtime Stories
TV · as Ivy Burr · 1 ep
Armchair Cinema
TV · as Rosemary Warne · 1 ep
That'll Be The Day
Movie · as Mrs. MacLaine
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
Movie · as Kate
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
Movie · as Dulcinea / Aldonza
Armchair 30
TV · as Val · 1 ep
Bermondsey
Movie · as Iris
Pebble Mill at One
TV · 1 ep
The Wild Duck
Movie · as Gina Ekdal, Hedvig's mother
Cider with Rosie
Movie · as Mother
The Mosedale Horseshoe
Movie · as Helen
Now Look Here...
TV · 14 eps
Chariot of Fire
Movie · as Shelley Mitchell
Germinal
TV · as Maheude · 5 eps
Play for Today
TV · as Rita · 1 ep
The Roads to Freedom
TV · as Marcelle · 13 eps
Birthday
Movie
Never Talk to Strangers
Movie · as Olive Bunclark
Judge Dee
TV · as Madame Ko
Strange Report
TV · as Mary Hanson · 1 ep
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV · as Judy Williams, Mary Nichols · 1 ep
Toggle
Movie · as Jean Marfield
ITV Playhouse
TV · as Faith, Helen, Pam · 1 ep
Gideon's Way
TV · as Marion Grove · 1 ep
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV · as Iris Purvis, Josie · 1 ep
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Gina Ekdal, Dulcinea / Aldonza, Mrs Dangle · 1 ep
Londoners
TV · as Liz · 1 ep
The Power Game
TV · as Susan Weldon · 21 eps
Serjeant Musgrave's Dance
TV · as Annie · 3 eps
Sharp at Four
Movie · as Jean Hobley
Face of a Stranger
Movie · as Mary Bell
Horizon
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
The Wednesday Play
TV · as Shelley Mitchell, Katharine Elliott, Jean Marfield, Jess · 1 ep
Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Kitty Winter · 1 ep
Theatre 625
TV · as Margaret, Claire · 1 ep
Z-Cars
TV · 1 ep
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
TV · as Mary Bell · 1 ep
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Amy, Jean Hobley, Fay Morton, Sheila · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Mrs. Gaines · 1 ep