Rosemary Leach
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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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Acted in
May I Kill U?
2013
as Mags
The Great Ghost Rescue
2011
as The Queen
Mission London
2010
as Miss Cunningham
Margaret
2009
as The Queen
Afterlife
2005
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
2004
as Lady Daisy Woodmouse / Old Mrs Eyebright (Voice)
The Royal
2003
as Hester Hindmarch
Prince William
2002
as Queen Elizabeth
The Baroness and the Pig
2002
as Margaret
Back Home
2001
as Mrs. Dickinson
Perfect
2001
as Vera
Breathtaking
2000
as Mrs. Henshaw
My Family
2000
as Grace
Doctors
2000
as Meg Carpenter
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000
as Harold's Mother
Berkeley Square
1998
as Nanny Collins
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
1998
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1997
as Miss Markland
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Evelyn Pope
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
1996
as Lady Daisy Woodmouse/Old Mrs. Eyebright
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
1996
as Lady Daisy Woodmouse / Old Mrs Eyebright (voice)
Spywatch
1996
as Amy Hobbs
Chiller
1995
Chiller
1995
as Mrs. Leslie
Blood and Peaches
1995
as Nan
The Buccaneers
1995
as Lady Brittlesea
The Hawk
1993
as Mrs Marsh
Tender Loving Care
1993
as Mary
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1993
The Tale of Tom Kitten & Jemima Puddle-Duck
1993
as Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Narrator (voice)
An Ungentlemanly Act
1992
as Mavis Hunt
Growing Pains
1992
as Joan Craddock
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992
as Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992
as Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
Heartbeat
1992
as Miss Plum
Heartbeat
1992
as Dorothy Plum
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992
as Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit
Titmuss Regained
1991
as Dot Curdle
Up the Garden Path
1990
Summer's Lease
1989
as Nancy Leadbetter
The Winslow Boy
1989
as Violet
May to December
1989
as Avril
Bosses From Hell
1989
Across the Lake
1988
as Connie Robinson
When We Are Married
1987
as Clara Soppitt
The Charmer
1987
Still Crazy Like a Fox
1987
as Eleanor Trundle
Day To Remember
1986
as Hilda
Casualty
1986
as Miranda Watts
A Room with a View
1985
as Mrs. Honeychurch
Turtle Diary
1985
as Mrs. Inchcliff
Displaced Person
1985
as Sister Agnes
The 17th Bride
1985
as Esther
This Office Life
1984
as Widow Rashman
Swallows and Amazons Forever!
1984
as Mrs. Barrable
The Jewel in the Crown
1984
as Aunt Fenny
The Plague Dogs
1982
as Vera (voice)
The Critic
1982
as Mrs. Dangle
Othello
1981
as Emilia
All's Well That Ends Well
1981
as Widow of Florence
Hands
1980
as Pam
S.O.S. Titanic
1980
as Mrs. Odgen (uncredited)
A Question Of Faith
1979
as Anna Petrovna
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
Disraeli
1978
as Queen Victoria
Disraeli
1978
as Queen Victoria
Life Begins at Forty
1978
as Katy Bunting
Hindle Wakes
1976
as Mrs. Jeffcote
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
as Mrs Jeffcote
Dad
1976
as Irene
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
1976
as Rita
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
When Day Is Done
1975
as Rosemary Warne
Brief Encounter
1974
as Mrs. Gaines
The Prince of Denmark
1974
as Laura
Playhouse
1974
as Irene
Bedtime Stories
1974
as Ivy Burr
That'll Be The Day
1973
as Mrs. MacLaine
The Tomorrow People
1973
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
1973
as Dulcinea / Aldonza
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
1973
as Kate
Pebble Mill at One
1972
Bermondsey
1972
as Iris
Cider with Rosie
1971
as Mother
Now Look Here...
1971
The Mosedale Horseshoe
1971
as Helen
The Wild Duck
1971
as Gina Ekdal, Hedvig's mother
Play for Today
1970
as Rita
The Roads to Freedom
1970
as Marcelle
Chariot of Fire
1970
as Shelley Mitchell
Germinal
1970
Strange Report
1969
as Mary Hanson
Never Talk to Strangers
1969
as Olive Bunclark
Judge Dee
1969
Birthday
1969
Toggle
1968
as Jean Marfield
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Iris Purvis
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Josie
Gideon's Way
1965
as Marion Grove
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Shelley Mitchell
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Katharine Elliott
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Jean Marfield
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Jess
Face of a Stranger
1964
Sherlock Holmes
1964
as Kitty Winter
Horizon
1964
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Sharp at Four
1964
as Jean Hobley
The Plane Makers
1963
Z-Cars
1962
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Amy
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Jean Hobley
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Fay Morton
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Sheila
Armchair Theatre
1956
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Mrs. Gaines