
Lynn Farleigh
Known for Acting · 74 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 (43)

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Sonia Madrigal

Vera
2011
as Valerie Furlow

Play for Today
1970

Silent Witness
1996
as Ann Cunningham

Sherlock
2010
as Professor Cairns

Heartbeat
1992
as Mary Radcliffe / Joan Dyson

Peak Practice
1993
as Moira Pearce

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Julia

Z-Cars
1962
as Ann Fazakerley

The Bill
1984

Bergerac
1981
as Joan Grant

Playhouse
1974
as Kate / Lorna / Simone

ITV Playhouse
1967
as Miss Charlotte Plummer / Isobel Francis / Heather Massie

Theatre 625
1964

Grace
2021
as Alma Starr

Bad Girls
1999
as Mrs Williams

Peep Show
2003
as Pam Corrigan

Pride and Prejudice
1995
as Mrs Phillips / Mrs. Phillips

Performance
1991
as Helene Weigel

Wycliffe
1994
as Helen Wycliffe

Justice
1971
as Muriel Parker

Public Eye
1965
as Valerie Pratt

Out of the Unknown
1965
as Lydia Crosse

ScreenPlay
1986
as Helen

Fall of Eagles
1974
as Krupskaya / Nadezhda Krupskaya

The Play on One
1988
as Rachel
Attachments
2000
as Dr Heather Green

New Scotland Yard
1972
as Sarah Belmont

Bill Brand
1976
as Miriam Brand

The Word
1978
as Valerie Hughs

Wish Me Luck
1988
as Vivien Ashton

He Knew He Was Right
2004
as Mrs Outhouse

Scorpion Tales
1978
as Virginia Ward

The Guardians
1971

Spooner's Patch
1979
as Mrs Webster

Out
1978
as Anne Ross
Love and Marriage
1984
as Christine / Cathy

Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977
as Doreen Periam

Affairs of the Heart
1983

The Ice House
1997
as Mrs. Thompson

Finney
1994
as Mary Finney

Affairs of the Heart
1974
as Catherine Sloper
Plays of Today
1969
as Marie
Movies (31)

The Flash
2023
as Judge

Watership Down
1978
as Cat (voice)

FairyTale: A True Story
1997
as Mrs. Thornton, the Teacher

Miss Potter
2006
as Lady Sybil

Border
1988
as Mrs Fialova

Coming Through
1985
as Lydia Lawrence

From Time to Time
2009
as Gypsy

3 Into 2 Won't Go
1969
as Janet
God's Chosen Car Park
1986
as Irene Box

Heartland
1989
as Rachel

Tales from Hollywood
1992
as Helene Weigel

Fighting Back
1986
as Barbara Merrick
All's Well That Ends Well
1968
as Helena

Voices
1973
as The Mother

Antony & Cleopatra
1981
as Octavia

Fothergill
1981
as Kate

The Workshop
1982
as Simone

The Hallelujah Handshake
1970
as Anne

Peep Show: Seasonal Beatings
2010
as Pam Corrigan
Waving at Trains
2009
as Annabelle Warren

Suffer The Little Children
1994
as Solicitor

Daylight Robbery
1986
as Helen

Clapperclaw
1981
as Lorna

Deathday
1971
as Lydia Crosse
A Man for Loving
1970
as Isobel Francis

A Walk in the Forest
1980
as Catherine Clements
A Ferry Ride Away
1981
as Heather Massie
The Rivals
1970
as Julia

Lovers of Their Time
1982
as Hilda Britt

Tonight the World
2019

Scenes from Family Life
1969
as Marie
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 74 credits spanning from 1962 to 2023, Lynn Farleigh has appeared in 31 films and 43 TV shows.
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Most Popular Lynn Farleigh Movies
- The Flash (2023) — as Judge
- Watership Down (1978) — as Cat (voice)
- FairyTale: A True Story (1997) — as Mrs. Thornton, the Teacher
- Miss Potter (2006) — as Lady Sybil
- Border (1988) — as Mrs Fialova
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