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Lynn Farleigh

Actor

Lynn Farleigh

Born May 3, 1942 in Bristol, England32 films

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.

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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!

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Watership Down posterFirst watchWatership Down19787.2as Cat (voice)When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven.View film

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Filmography

32 films as actor
  1. 2023The FlashJudge
  2. 2019Tonight the World
  3. 2010Peep Show: Seasonal BeatingsPam Corrigan
  4. 2009From Time to TimeGypsy
  5. 2009Waving at TrainsAnnabelle Warren
  6. 2006Miss PotterLady Sybil
  7. 1997FairyTale: A True StoryMrs. Thornton, the Teacher
  8. 1994Suffer The Little ChildrenSolicitor
  9. 1992Tales from HollywoodHelene Weigel
  10. 1989HeartlandRachel
  11. 1988BorderMrs Fialova
  12. 1986God's Chosen Car ParkIrene Box
  13. 1986Fighting BackBarbara Merrick
  14. 1986Daylight RobberyHelen
  15. 1985Coming ThroughLydia Lawrence
  16. 1984Waving to a TrainMother
  17. 1982Lovers of Their TimeHilda Britt
  18. 1982The WorkshopSimone
  19. 1981A Ferry Ride AwayHeather Massie
  20. 1981Antony & CleopatraOctavia
  21. 1981ClapperclawLorna
  22. 1981FothergillKate
  23. 1980A Walk in the ForestCatherine Clements
  24. 1978Watership DownCat (voice)
  25. 1973VoicesThe Mother
  26. 1971DeathdayLydia Crosse
  27. 1970The Hallelujah HandshakeAnne
  28. 1970The RivalsJulia
  29. 1970A Man for LovingIsobel Francis
  30. 1969Scenes from Family LifeMarie
  31. 19693 Into 2 Won't GoJanet
  32. 1968All's Well That Ends WellHelena