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