Lynn Farleigh
Known for Acting · 86 credits
- Born
- 1942-05-03 (age 84)
- Place of birth
- Bristol, England
Biography
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!
Known For
TV Shows (54)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Sonia Madrigal
Play for Today
1970
Silent Witness
1996
as Ann Cunningham
Vera
2011
as Valerie Furlow
Sherlock
2010
as Professor Cairns
Heartbeat
1992
as Mary Radcliffe / Joan Dyson
Z-Cars
1962
as Ann Fazakerley
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Julia
Peak Practice
1993
as Moira Pearce
American Playhouse
1982
as Helene Weigel
Playhouse
1974
as Kate / Lorna / Simone
The Bill
1984
Theatre 625
1964
Bergerac
1981
as Joan Grant
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Miss Charlotte Plummer / Isobel Francis / Heather Massie
Bad Girls
1999
as Mrs Williams
Peep Show
2003
as Pam Corrigan
Grace
2021
as Alma Starr
Pride and Prejudice
1995
as Mrs Phillips / Mrs. Phillips
Wycliffe
1994
as Helen Wycliffe
Public Eye
1965
as Valerie Pratt
Performance
1991
as Helene Weigel
Justice
1971
as Muriel Parker
ScreenPlay
1986
as Helen
The Play on One
1988
as Rachel
New Scotland Yard
1972
as Sarah Belmont
Wish Me Luck
1988
as Vivien Ashton
Fall of Eagles
1974
as Krupskaya / Nadezhda Krupskaya
Bill Brand
1976
as Miriam Brand
Attachments
2000
as Dr Heather Green
Out of the Unknown
1965
as Lydia Crosse
He Knew He Was Right
2004
as Mrs Outhouse
Cottage to Let
1977
as Jan
The Word
1978
as Valerie Hughs
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977
as Doreen Periam
Love and Marriage
1984
as Christine / Cathy
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
as Doris Hanson
Steptoe and Son
1962
as Marcia Wrigley
Out
1978
as Anne Ross
The Guardians
1971
as Eleanor Benedict
Romance
1977
as Heather
Affairs of the Heart
1974
as Catherine Sloper
Spooner's Patch
1979
as Mrs Webster
All for Love
1982
as Hilda Britt
Scorpion Tales
1978
as Virginia Ward
The Ice House
1997
as Mrs. Thompson
Finney
1994
as Mary Finney
Plays of Today
1969
as Marie
The Velvet Glove
1977
as Edith Cavell
Sweet Nothings
1980
as Mary Fearon
The Hard Word
1983
as Sarah Wood
Cakes and Ale
1976
as Amy Driffield
Eyeless in Gaza
1971
as Helen Amberley
Claire
1982
as Pam Hunter
Movies (32)
The Flash
2023
as Judge
Miss Potter
2006
as Lady Sybil
Heartland
1989
as Rachel
Watership Down
1978
as Cat (voice)
FairyTale: A True Story
1997
as Mrs. Thornton, the Teacher
From Time to Time
2009
as Gypsy
Clapperclaw
1981
as Lorna
Antony & Cleopatra
1981
as Octavia
Tales from Hollywood
1992
as Helene Weigel
Waving to a Train
1984
as Mother
Suffer The Little Children
1994
as Solicitor
Waving at Trains
2009
as Annabelle Warren
God's Chosen Car Park
1986
as Irene Box
Peep Show: Seasonal Beatings
2010
as Pam Corrigan
Coming Through
1985
as Lydia Lawrence
All's Well That Ends Well
1968
as Helena
3 Into 2 Won't Go
1969
as Janet
The Rivals
1970
as Julia
The Workshop
1982
as Simone
Fighting Back
1986
as Barbara Merrick
A Walk in the Forest
1980
as Catherine Clements
The Hallelujah Handshake
1970
as Anne
Fothergill
1981
as Kate
Voices
1973
as The Mother
A Man for Loving
1970
as Isobel Francis
Scenes from Family Life
1969
as Marie
Deathday
1971
as Lydia Crosse
A Ferry Ride Away
1981
as Heather Massie
Lovers of Their Time
1982
as Hilda Britt
Daylight Robbery
1986
as Helen
Tonight the World
2019
Border
1988
as Mrs Fialova
About Lynn Farleigh
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,… With 86 credits spanning from 1962 to 2023, Lynn Farleigh has appeared in 32 films and 54 TV shows.
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Most Popular Lynn Farleigh Movies
- The Flash (2023) — as Judge
- Miss Potter (2006) — as Lady Sybil
- Heartland (1989) — as Rachel
- Watership Down (1978) — as Cat (voice)
- FairyTale: A True Story (1997) — as Mrs. Thornton, the Teacher
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