Rosemary Leach

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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.

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2013
May I Kill U?
Movie Mags
2011
The Great Ghost Rescue
Movie The Queen
2010
Mission London
Movie Miss Cunningham
2009
Margaret
Movie The Queen
2006
Waterloo Road
TV show Bessie
2006
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Movie Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit
2005
Afterlife
TV show
2005
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
Movie Carol Samson
2004
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
Movie Lady Daisy Woodmouse / Old Mrs Eyebright (Voice)
2003
The Afternoon Play
TV show HM The Queen
2003
The Royal
TV show Hester Hindmarch
2002
Prince William
Movie Queen Elizabeth
2002
The Baroness and the Pig
Movie Margaret
2001
Back Home
Movie Mrs. Dickinson
2001
Perfect
TV show Vera
2000
Breathtaking
Movie Mrs. Henshaw