Rosemary Leach
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Midsomer Murders
Evelyn Pope
1997
Series
Play for Today
Rita
1970
Series
Casualty
Miranda Watts
1986
Series
Horizon
Self - Narrator (voice)
1964
Series
Doctors
Meg Carpenter
2000
Series
The Wednesday Play
Shelley Mitchell
1964
Series
The Wednesday Play
Katharine Elliott
1964
Series
The Wednesday Play
Jean Marfield
1964
Series
The Wednesday Play
Jess
1964
Series
Heartbeat
Miss Plum
1992
Series
Heartbeat
Dorothy Plum
1992
Series
American Playhouse
Sister Agnes
1982
Series
Waterloo Road
Bessie
2006
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Gina Ekdal
1965
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Dulcinea / Aldonza
1965
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Mrs Dangle
1965
Series
ITV Playhouse
Faith
1967
Series
ITV Playhouse
Helen
1967
Series
ITV Playhouse
Pam
1967
Series
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Judy Williams
1969
Series
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Mary Nichols
1969
Series
Z-Cars
1962
Series
Theatre 625
Margaret
1964
Series
Theatre 625
Claire
1964
Series
Playhouse
Irene
1974
Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Iris Purvis
1965
Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Josie
1965
Series
Gideon's Way
Marion Grove
1965
Series
An Audience with...
Self
1978
Series
Rumpole of the Bailey
Mrs. Ida Tempest
1975
Series
My Family
Grace
2000
Series
Screen One
Mary
1989
Series
Pebble Mill at One
1972
Series
Dramarama
Beryl
1983
Series
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
Mary Bell
1959
Series
The Jewel in the Crown
Aunt Fenny
1984
The Sunday Drama
Vera
1977
Series
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Narrator (voice)
1992
Film
A Room with a View
Mrs. Honeychurch
1986
Series
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
1992
Series
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
1992
Series
Sherlock Holmes
Kitty Winter
1964
Series
The Buccaneers
Lady Brittlesea
1995
Series
The Afternoon Play
HM The Queen
2003
Series
Londoners
Liz
1965
Life Begins at Forty
Katy Bunting
1978
Series
The Power Game
Susan Weldon
1965
Sharing Time
Belinda
1984
Series
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Miss Markland
1997
Series
Strange Report
Mary Hanson
1969
Series
Afterlife
2005
Series
Worlds Beyond
Ann Cranley
1986
Series
Growing Pains
Joan Craddock
1992
Series
The Charmer
1987
Armchair 30
Val
1973
Series
Berkeley Square
Nanny Collins
1998
Film
The Plague Dogs
Vera (voice)
1982
Series
Tilly Trotter
Mrs Forefoot Meadows
1999
Series
Chiller
Mrs Leslie
1995
Series
The Roads to Freedom
Marcelle
1970
Second Verdict
Lizzie Borden
1976
Series
Laurence Olivier Presents
Mrs Jeffcote
1976
Film
S.O.S. Titanic
Mrs. Odgen (uncredited)
1980
Series
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
Lady Daisy Woodmouse / Old Mrs Eyebright (voice)
1996
Series
Bedtime Stories
Ivy Burr
1974
Series
May to December
Avril
1989
Series
Spywatch
Amy Hobbs
1996
Series
Armchair Cinema
Rosemary Warne
1974
The Velvet Glove
Annie Besant
1977
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mrs. Gaines
1951
Series
Summer's Lease
Nancy Leadbetter
1989
First Sight
Phyllis
1987
Series
Disraeli
Queen Victoria
1978
Series
Judge Dee
1969
Sunday Premiere
Connie Robinson
1986
Series
Armchair Theatre
Amy
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
Jean Hobley
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
Fay Morton
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
Sheila
1956
Series
Armchair Theatre
1956
Film
Brief Encounter
Mrs. Gaines
1976
Series
Now Look Here...
1971
Film
The Wild Duck
Gina Ekdal, Hedvig's mother
1971
Up the Garden Path
1990
Film
Bermondsey
Iris
1972
Film
Othello
Emilia
1981
Series
Perfect
Vera
2001
Series
The Prince of Denmark
Laura
1974
Film
Turtle Diary
Mrs. Inchcliff
1985
Film
That'll Be The Day
Mrs. MacLaine
1973
Film
An Ungentlemanly Act
Mavis Hunt
1992
Film
Margaret
The Queen
2009
Film
The Hawk
Mrs Marsh
1993
Swallows and Amazons Forever!
Mrs. Barrable
1984
Film
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Harold's Mother
2000
Sadie, It's Cold Outside
Sadie Potter
1975
Film
The Great Ghost Rescue
The Queen
2011
Film
The Children
Scopy
1990
Series
Titmuss Regained
Dot Curdle
1991
Film
When We Are Married
Clara Soppitt
1987
Film
Tender Loving Care
Mary
1993
Film
Across the Lake
Connie Robinson
1988
Film
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit
2006
Film
Cider with Rosie
Mother
1971
Film
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
1993
Film
Bosses From Hell
1989
Film
Never Talk to Strangers
Olive Bunclark
1969
Film
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
Kate
1973
Toggle
Jean Marfield
1968
Film
All's Well That Ends Well
Widow of Florence
1981
Film
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
1993
Birthday
1969
Film
Mission London
Miss Cunningham
2010
Film
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
Lady Daisy Woodmouse / Old Mrs Eyebright (Voice)
2004
Film
Breathtaking
Mrs. Henshaw
2000
Germinal
1970
Film
Face of a Stranger
Mary Bell
1964
Film
Hindle Wakes
Mrs. Jeffcote
1976
Film
Disraeli
Queen Victoria
1978
Film
Prince William
Queen Elizabeth
2002
Film
The Baroness and the Pig
Margaret
2002
Film
May I Kill U?
Mags
2013
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
Carol Samson
2005
Series
The Royal
Hester Hindmarch
2003
Film
This Office Life
Widow Rashman
1984
Hands
Pam
1980
Film
When Day Is Done
Rosemary Warne
1975
Serjeant Musgrave's Dance
Annie
1965
The Winslow Boy
Violet
1989
Film
The 17th Bride
Esther
1985
A Question Of Faith
Anna Petrovna
1979
Still Crazy Like a Fox
Eleanor Trundle
1987
The Critic
Mrs. Dangle
1982
Film
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
Dulcinea / Aldonza
1973
Film
Twelfth Night
Narrator (voice)
1992
Film
Back Home
Mrs. Dickinson
2001
Film
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
Lady Daisy Woodmouse/Old Mrs. Eyebright
1996
Film
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
1998
Film
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Rita
1976
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Mrs. Tope
1993
Film
Dad
Irene
1976
Displaced Person
Sister Agnes
1985
The Mosedale Horseshoe
Helen
1971
Sharp at Four
Jean Hobley
1964
Film
Chariot of Fire
Shelley Mitchell
1970
Blood and Peaches
Nan
1995
Day To Remember
Hilda
1986