
Rosemary Leach
Acting • Born 1935-12-18 – Died 2017-10-21
Biography
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.
Filmography
128 credits
A Room with a View
Movie • 1986
Mrs. Honeychurch

That'll Be The Day
Movie • 1973
Mrs. MacLaine

An Ungentlemanly Act
Movie • 1992
Mavis Hunt

Toggle
Movie • 1968
Jean Marfield

Mission London
Movie • 2010
Miss Cunningham

The Great Ghost Rescue
Movie • 2011
The Queen

The Baroness and the Pig
Movie • 2002
Margaret

May I Kill U?
Movie • 2013
Mags

The Critic
Movie • 1982
Mrs. Dangle

Disraeli
Movie • 1978
Queen Victoria

Birthday
Movie • 1969

The Wild Duck
Movie • 1971
Gina Ekdal, Hedvig's mother

Ghost in the Noonday Sun
Movie • 1973
Kate

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Movie • 1993

Brief Encounter
Movie • 1976
Mrs. Gaines

Cider with Rosie
Movie • 1971
Mother

The 17th Bride
Movie • 1985
Esther

Bermondsey
Movie • 1972
Iris

This Office Life
Movie • 1984
Widow Rashman

A Question Of Faith
Movie • 1979
Anna Petrovna

Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
Movie • 1998

Margaret
Movie • 2009
The Queen

Blood and Peaches
Movie • 1995
Nan

Displaced Person
Movie • 1985
Sister Agnes

S.O.S. Titanic
Movie • 1980
Mrs. Odgen (uncredited)

Day To Remember
Movie • 1986
Hilda

Hands
Movie • 1980
Pam

Sharp at Four
Movie • 1964
Jean Hobley

The Mosedale Horseshoe
Movie • 1971
Helen

Tender Loving Care
Movie • 1993
Mary

Face of a Stranger
Movie • 1964
Mary Bell

The Winslow Boy
Movie • 1989
Violet

Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
Movie • 2004
Lady Daisy Woodmouse / Old Mrs Eyebright (Voice)

Back Home
Movie • 2001
Mrs. Dickinson

Turtle Diary
Movie • 1985
Mrs. Inchcliff

Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Movie • 2000
Harold's Mother

Still Crazy Like a Fox
Movie • 1987
Eleanor Trundle

Across the Lake
Movie • 1988
Connie Robinson

The Hawk
Movie • 1993
Mrs Marsh

The Adventures Of Don Quixote
Movie • 1973
Dulcinea / Aldonza

The Plague Dogs
Movie • 1982
Vera (voice)

Prince William
Movie • 2002
Queen Elizabeth

Hindle Wakes
Movie • 1976
Mrs. Jeffcote

Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Movie • 1976
Rita

When Day Is Done
Movie • 1975
Rosemary Warne

Othello
Movie • 1981
Emilia

All's Well That Ends Well
Movie • 1981
Widow of Florence

Chariot of Fire
Movie • 1970
Shelley Mitchell

Breathtaking
Movie • 2000
Mrs. Henshaw

When We Are Married
Movie • 1987
Clara Soppitt

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
Movie • 1993
Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit (voice)

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Movie • 2006
Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit

Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
Movie • 1996
Lady Daisy Woodmouse/Old Mrs. Eyebright

Dad
Movie • 1976
Irene

Bosses From Hell
Movie • 1989

Never Talk to Strangers
Movie • 1969
Olive Bunclark

The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
Movie • 2005
Carol Samson

Twelfth Night
Movie • 1992
Narrator (voice)

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
Movie • 1993
Tabitha Twitchit (voice)

Pebble Mill at One
TV • 1972

Z-Cars
TV • 1962

Afterlife
TV • 2005

Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Miss Plum

Rumpole of the Bailey
TV • 1975
Mrs. Ida Tempest

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Mrs. Gaines

Disraeli
TV • 1978
Queen Victoria

The Charmer
TV • 1987

Judge Dee
TV • 1969

Summer's Lease
TV • 1989
Nancy Leadbetter

Life Begins at Forty
TV • 1978
Katy Bunting

Now Look Here...
TV • 1971

The Prince of Denmark
TV • 1974
Laura

Germinal
TV • 1970

Up the Garden Path
TV • 1990

Bedtime Stories
TV • 1974
Ivy Burr

Swallows and Amazons Forever!
TV • 1984
Mrs. Barrable

Perfect
TV • 2001
Vera

Laurence Olivier Presents
TV • 1976
Mrs Jeffcote

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
TV • 1992
Tabitha Twitchit (voice)

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
TV • 1992
Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit (voice)

An Audience with...
TV • 1978
Self

The Royal
TV • 2003
Hester Hindmarch

The Buccaneers
TV • 1995
Lady Brittlesea

Casualty
TV • 1986
Miranda Watts

Play for Today
TV • 1970
Rita

Spywatch
TV • 1996
Amy Hobbs

Gideon's Way
TV • 1965
Marion Grove

Doctors
TV • 2000
Meg Carpenter

Berkeley Square
TV • 1998
Nanny Collins

Growing Pains
TV • 1992
Joan Craddock

The Roads to Freedom
TV • 1970
Marcelle

Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Dorothy Plum

Strange Report
TV • 1969
Mary Hanson

Horizon
TV • 1964
Self - Narrator (voice)

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
TV • 1997
Miss Markland

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
TV • 1992
Narrator (voice)

The Wednesday Play
TV • 1964
Shelley Mitchell

Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1964
Kitty Winter

May to December
TV • 1989
Avril

Titmuss Regained
TV • 1991
Dot Curdle

The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
TV • 1996
Lady Daisy Woodmouse / Old Mrs Eyebright (voice)

My Family
TV • 2000
Grace

Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Evelyn Pope

Playhouse
TV • 1974
Irene

Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV • 1965
Iris Purvis

Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV • 1965
Josie

The Wednesday Play
TV • 1964
Katharine Elliott

The Wednesday Play
TV • 1964
Jean Marfield

The Wednesday Play
TV • 1964
Jess

Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
Amy

Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
Jean Hobley

Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
Fay Morton

Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
Sheila

Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956

BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Gina Ekdal

BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Dulcinea / Aldonza

BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Mrs Dangle

Londoners
TV • 1965
Liz

The Power Game
TV • 1965
Susan Weldon

The Afternoon Play
TV • 2003
HM The Queen

The Jewel in the Crown
TV • 1984
Aunt Fenny

Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Margaret

Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Claire

Waterloo Road
TV • 2006
Bessie

Second Verdict
TV • 1976
Lizzie Borden

Chiller
TV • 1995
Mrs Leslie

Edgar Wallace Mysteries
TV • 1959
Mary Bell

Worlds Beyond
TV • 1986
Ann Cranley