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Angharad Rees

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Angharad Rees

Born July 16, 1944 in Edgware, Middlesex, England, UKDied July 21, 201223 films

Angharad Rees was a London-born Welsh actress and, later, jewellery designer, best known for her British television roles during the 1970s and in particular her leading role as Demelza in the 1970s BBC TV costume drama "Poldark".

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Her father was a prominent Welsh psychiatrist Linford Rees (William Linford Llewellyn Rees) and mother Catherine Thomas.

When she was two, in 1946, her family returned to Wales to live into Cardiff. Rees studied at the Sorbonne in Paris for two terms and the Rose Bruford Drama College in Kent, England. She also studied at the University of Madrid and taught English in Spain before acting in repertory theatre in England.

On 18 September 1973, Rees married the actor Christopher Cazenove. They had two sons: Linford James and Rhys William. Linford was killed in a car accident on the M11 motorway in Essex while driving to pick up books from Cambridge University, where he had been awarded the degree of Master of Philosophy. Cazenove and Rees divorced in 1994 but remained close. Cazenove died from the effects of septicaemia in 2010. Rees later married David McAlpine, a member of the McAlpine construction company, at The Royal Hospital Chelsea, London. She remained married to McAlpine until her death.

Rees founded a jewellery design company, Angharad, based in Knightsbridge, London, England.

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Filmography

23 films as actor
  1. 1998The Wolves of KromerMary
  2. 1988The Temptation of Eileen HughesMona McAuley
  3. 1984Royal Variety Performance 1984
  4. 1981Dear BrutusLady Caroline
  5. 1980The Curse of King Tut's TombLady Evelyn Herbert
  6. 1978As You Like ItCelia
  7. 1978Little Girl in Blue VelvetMacha
  8. 1975More Awkward CustomersBrenda
  9. 1975Awkward CustomersBrenda
  10. 1974MomentsChrissy Hunter
  11. 1974Graceless Go IJean
  12. 1974Joe's ArkLucy
  13. 1974Once the Killing StartsStella Mason
  14. 1973Baffled!Peggy Tracewell
  15. 1973The Love BanJackie
  16. 1972Under Milk WoodGossamer Beynon
  17. 1971The Bristol EntertainmentSarah Ann
  18. 1971Hands of the RipperAnna
  19. 1971Catch Me a SpyVictoria
  20. 1971Office PartyJulia
  21. 1971Hell's AngelApril Cotton
  22. 1970Jane EyreLouise
  23. 1948PygmalionParlourmaid