Lynn Farleigh

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Lynn Farleigh

Acting 84 May 3, 1942

Bristol, England

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 Na…

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Sherlock

Sherlock

8.5 2010 TV Show
The Flash

The Flash

6.6 2023 Movie
Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

7.5 1997 TV Show
Watership Down

Watership Down

7.2 1978 Movie
Silent Witness

Silent Witness

7.6 1996 TV Show
Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

8.2 1995 TV Show
Peep Show

Peep Show

8.0 2003 TV Show
Miss Potter

Miss Potter

6.7 2006 Movie
Vera

Vera

7.4 2011 TV Show
Play for Today

Play for Today

6.6 1970 TV Show
The Bill

The Bill

6.8 1984 TV Show
BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

5.2 1965 TV Show

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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!

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2023
    The Flash

    Movie Judge

  2. 2021
    Grace

    TV show Alma Starr

  3. 2019
    Tonight the World

    Movie

  4. 2011
    Vera

    TV show Valerie Furlow

  5. 2010
    Peep Show: Seasonal Beatings

    Movie Pam Corrigan

  6. 2010
    Sherlock

    TV show Professor Cairns

  7. 2009
    From Time to Time

    Movie Gypsy

  8. 2009
    Waving at Trains

    Movie Annabelle Warren

  9. 2006
    Miss Potter

    Movie Lady Sybil

  10. 2004
    He Knew He Was Right

    TV show Mrs Outhouse

  11. 2003
    Peep Show

    TV show Pam Corrigan

  12. 2000
    Attachments

    TV show Dr Heather Green

  13. 1999
    Bad Girls

    TV show Mrs Williams

  14. 1997
    FairyTale: A True Story

    Movie Mrs. Thornton, the Teacher

  15. 1997
    The Ice House

    TV show Mrs. Thompson

  16. 1997
    Midsomer Murders

    TV show Sonia Madrigal

More credits
  1. 1996
    Silent Witness

    TV show Ann Cunningham

  2. 1995
    Pride and Prejudice

    TV show Mrs Phillips

  3. 1994
    Finney

    TV show Mary Finney

  4. 1994
    Suffer The Little Children

    Movie Solicitor

  5. 1994
    Stages

    TV show Solicitor

  6. 1994
    Wycliffe

    TV show Helen Wycliffe

  7. 1993
    Peak Practice

    TV show Moira Pearce

  8. 1992
    Tales from Hollywood

    Movie Helene Weigel

  9. 1992
    Heartbeat

    TV show Mary Radcliffe

  10. 1991
    Performance

    TV show Helene Weigel

  11. 1989
    Heartland

    Movie Rachel

  12. 1988
    Border

    Movie Mrs Fialova

  13. 1988
    The Play on One

    TV show Rachel

  14. 1988
    Wish Me Luck

    TV show Vivien Ashton

  15. 1986
    God's Chosen Car Park

    Movie Irene Box

  16. 1986
    Fighting Back

    Movie Barbara Merrick

  17. 1986
    Daylight Robbery

    Movie Helen

  18. 1986
    ScreenPlay

    TV show Helen

  19. 1985
    Coming Through

    Movie Lydia Lawrence

  20. 1984
    The Bill

    TV show

  21. 1984
    Waving to a Train

    Movie Mother

  22. 1984
    Love and Marriage

    TV show Christine

  23. 1983
    The Hard Word

    TV show Sarah Wood

  24. 1982
    Claire

    TV show Pam Hunter