Rosemary Leach
Known for Acting · 130 credits
- Born
- 1935-12-18
- Died
- 2017-10-21
- Place of birth
- Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England, UK
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.
Known For
TV Shows (70)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Evelyn Pope
Horizon
1964
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Doctors
2000
as Meg Carpenter
Casualty
1986
as Miranda Watts
Pebble Mill at One
1972
Play for Today
1970
as Rita
Waterloo Road
2006
as Bessie
Z-Cars
1962
Playhouse
1974
as Irene
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Shelley Mitchell / Katharine Elliott / Jean Marfield / Jess
Heartbeat
1992
as Miss Plum / Dorothy Plum
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Gina Ekdal / Dulcinea / Aldonza / Mrs Dangle
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Iris Purvis / Josie
American Playhouse
1982
as Sister Agnes
Theatre 625
1964
as Margaret / Claire
My Family
2000
as Grace
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Mrs. Ida Tempest
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Faith / Helen / Pam
Gideon's Way
1965
as Marion Grove
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
Dramarama
1983
as Beryl
Screen One
1989
as Mary
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Judy Williams / Mary Nichols
The Afternoon Play
2003
as HM The Queen
Sherlock Holmes
1964
as Kitty Winter
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
1959
as Mary Bell
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Narrator (voice)
Worlds Beyond
1986
as Ann Cranley
The Power Game
1965
as Susan Weldon
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992
as Tabitha Twitchit (voice) / Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Mrs. Gaines
Life Begins at Forty
1978
as Katy Bunting
The Sunday Drama
1977
as Vera
Afterlife
2005
The Jewel in the Crown
1984
as Aunt Fenny
May to December
1989
as Avril
The Buccaneers
1995
as Lady Brittlesea
Laurence Olivier Presents
1976
as Mrs Jeffcote
Londoners
1965
as Liz
Berkeley Square
1998
as Nanny Collins
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1997
as Miss Markland
Strange Report
1969
as Mary Hanson
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Amy / Jean Hobley / Fay Morton / Sheila
Chiller
1995
as Mrs Leslie
Summer's Lease
1989
as Nancy Leadbetter
The Charmer
1987
Sunday Premiere
1986
as Connie Robinson
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
1996
as Lady Daisy Woodmouse / Old Mrs Eyebright (voice)
Sharing Time
1984
as Belinda
Spywatch
1996
as Amy Hobbs
Armchair Cinema
1974
as Rosemary Warne
Second Verdict
1976
as Lizzie Borden
Growing Pains
1992
as Joan Craddock
Up the Garden Path
1990
Armchair 30
1973
as Val
Judge Dee
1969
Bedtime Stories
1974
as Ivy Burr
Now Look Here...
1971
First Sight
1987
as Phyllis
The Roads to Freedom
1970
as Marcelle
Movies (60)
A Room with a View
1986
as Mrs. Honeychurch
The Hawk
1993
as Mrs Marsh
The Plague Dogs
1982
as Vera (voice)
S.O.S. Titanic
1980
as Mrs. Odgen (uncredited)
Bermondsey
1972
as Iris
The Great Ghost Rescue
2011
as The Queen
An Ungentlemanly Act
1992
as Mavis Hunt
The Wild Duck
1971
as Gina Ekdal, Hedvig's mother
Hindle Wakes
1976
as Mrs. Jeffcote
Othello
1981
as Emilia
Disraeli
1978
as Queen Victoria
Toggle
1968
as Jean Marfield
Turtle Diary
1985
as Mrs. Inchcliff
Dad
1976
as Irene
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
1973
as Dulcinea / Aldonza
Bosses From Hell
1989
When We Are Married
1987
as Clara Soppitt
The Winslow Boy
1989
as Violet
Brief Encounter
1976
as Mrs. Gaines
Tender Loving Care
1993
as Mary
Mission London
2010
as Miss Cunningham
The Children
1990
as Scopy
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
1993
as Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
Never Talk to Strangers
1969
as Olive Bunclark
Birthday
1969
A Question Of Faith
1979
as Anna Petrovna
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
1973
as Kate
All's Well That Ends Well
1981
as Widow of Florence
Still Crazy Like a Fox
1987
as Eleanor Trundle
Face of a Stranger
1964
as Mary Bell
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
2006
as Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit
May I Kill U?
2013
as Mags
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000
as Harold's Mother
The Baroness and the Pig
2002
as Margaret
Across the Lake
1988
as Connie Robinson
This Office Life
1984
as Widow Rashman
Cider with Rosie
1971
as Mother
Margaret
2009
as The Queen
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
1993
as Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
Displaced Person
1985
as Sister Agnes
The Critic
1982
as Mrs. Dangle
That'll Be The Day
1973
as Mrs. MacLaine
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
1976
as Rita
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1993
as Mrs. Tope
Day To Remember
1986
as Hilda
Back Home
2001
as Mrs. Dickinson
The Mosedale Horseshoe
1971
as Helen
Prince William
2002
as Queen Elizabeth
Blood and Peaches
1995
as Nan
The 17th Bride
1985
as Esther
Twelfth Night
1992
as Narrator (voice)
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
2004
as Lady Daisy Woodmouse / Old Mrs Eyebright (Voice)
Chariot of Fire
1970
as Shelley Mitchell
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
1996
as Lady Daisy Woodmouse/Old Mrs. Eyebright
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
2005
as Carol Samson
Breathtaking
2000
as Mrs. Henshaw
Sharp at Four
1964
as Jean Hobley
Hands
1980
as Pam
When Day Is Done
1975
as Rosemary Warne
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
1998
About Rosemary Leach
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 f… With 130 credits spanning from 1951 to 2013, Rosemary Leach has appeared in 60 films and 70 TV shows.
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Most Popular Rosemary Leach Movies
- A Room with a View (1986) — as Mrs. Honeychurch
- The Hawk (1993) — as Mrs Marsh
- The Plague Dogs (1982) — as Vera (voice)
- S.O.S. Titanic (1980) — as Mrs. Odgen (uncredited)
- Bermondsey (1972) — as Iris
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