Lynn Farleigh
Known for: Acting
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. 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!
Filmography
Series
Midsomer Murders
Sonia Madrigal
1997
Series
Play for Today
1970
Series
Silent Witness
Ann Cunningham
1996
Series
Sherlock
Professor Cairns
2010
Series
Vera
Valerie Furlow
2011
Series
Heartbeat
Mary Radcliffe
1992
Series
Heartbeat
Joan Dyson
1992
Series
American Playhouse
Helene Weigel
1982
Series
Bergerac
Joan Grant
1981
Film
The Flash
Judge
2023
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Julia
1965
Series
Peak Practice
Moira Pearce
1993
Series
ITV Playhouse
Miss Charlotte Plummer
1967
Series
ITV Playhouse
Isobel Francis
1967
Series
ITV Playhouse
Heather Massie
1967
Series
The Bill
1984
Series
Z-Cars
1962
Series
Z-Cars
Ann Fazakerley
1962
Series
Theatre 625
1964
Series
Peep Show
Pam Corrigan
2003
Series
Bad Girls
Mrs Williams
1999
Series
Grace
Alma Starr
2021
Series
Playhouse
Kate
1974
Series
Playhouse
Lorna
1974
Series
Playhouse
Simone
1974
Series
Pride and Prejudice
Mrs Phillips
1995
Series
Pride and Prejudice
Mrs. Phillips
1995
Series
Performance
Helene Weigel
1991
Series
Wycliffe
Helen Wycliffe
1994
Series
ScreenPlay
Helen
1986
Series
Public Eye
Valerie Pratt
1965
Series
Justice
Muriel Parker
1971
Series
New Scotland Yard
Sarah Belmont
1972
Series
The Play on One
Rachel
1988
Series
Out of the Unknown
Lydia Crosse
1965
Film
Miss Potter
Lady Sybil
2006
Series
Steptoe and Son
Marcia Wrigley
1962
W. Somerset Maugham
Doris Hanson
1969
Film
Watership Down
Cat (voice)
1978
Series
Fall of Eagles
Krupskaya
1974
Series
Fall of Eagles
Nadezhda Krupskaya
1974
Attachments
Dr Heather Green
2000
Romance
Heather
1977
Series
Affairs of the Heart
Catherine Sloper
1974
Love and Marriage
Christine
1984
Love and Marriage
Cathy
1984
Series
Bill Brand
Miriam Brand
1976
Series
The Word
Valerie Hughs
1978
Series
He Knew He Was Right
Mrs Outhouse
2004
Series
Wish Me Luck
Vivien Ashton
1988
All for Love
Hilda Britt
1982
Series
Spooner's Patch
Mrs Webster
1979
Series
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
Doreen Periam
1977
Series
Out
Anne Ross
1978
Film
From Time to Time
Gypsy
2009
Series
The Guardians
Eleanor Benedict
1971
Film
FairyTale: A True Story
Mrs. Thornton, the Teacher
1997
The Velvet Glove
Edith Cavell
1977
Series
The Ice House
Mrs. Thompson
1997
Series
Scorpion Tales
Virginia Ward
1978
Plays of Today
Marie
1969
Series
Finney
Mary Finney
1994
Claire
Pam Hunter
1982
The Hard Word
Sarah Wood
1983
Film
Heartland
Rachel
1989
Film
Deathday
Lydia Crosse
1971
Sweet Nothings
Mary Fearon
1980
Cottage to Let
Jan
1977
Series
Eyeless in Gaza
Helen Amberley
1971
Cakes and Ale
Amy Driffield
1976
Film
Tales from Hollywood
Helene Weigel
1992
Film
Coming Through
Lydia Lawrence
1985
God's Chosen Car Park
Irene Box
1986
Film
Clapperclaw
Lorna
1981
Film
Antony & Cleopatra
Octavia
1981
Film
Fighting Back
Barbara Merrick
1986
Film
3 Into 2 Won't Go
Janet
1969
The Rivals
Julia
1970
Film
Suffer The Little Children
Solicitor
1994
Film
Fothergill
Kate
1981
Waving to a Train
Mother
1984
All's Well That Ends Well
Helena
1968
Film
Daylight Robbery
Helen
1986
Film
The Hallelujah Handshake
Anne
1970
Film
Voices
The Mother
1973
Film
Lovers of Their Time
Hilda Britt
1982
Film
Border
Mrs Fialova
1988
Film
The Workshop
Simone
1982
A Ferry Ride Away
Heather Massie
1981
Film
Peep Show: Seasonal Beatings
Pam Corrigan
2010
Film
A Walk in the Forest
Catherine Clements
1980
A Man for Loving
Isobel Francis
1970
Waving at Trains
Annabelle Warren
2009
Film
Scenes from Family Life
Marie
1969
Film
Tonight the World
2019