Rosemary Leach
61 movies · 72 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 18, 1935
- Died
- Oct 21, 2017 (age 81)
- Place of birth
- Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England, UK
Biography
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Rosemary Leach (18 December 1935 – 21 October 2017) was a British stage, television and film actress and singer.
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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.
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Rosemary Leach: movies and TV shows
Acting (133)
- 2013 May I Kill U?
as Mags
- 2011 The Great Ghost Rescue
as The Queen
- 2010 Mission London
as Miss Cunningham
- 2009 Margaret
as The Queen
- 2006
- 2006 The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
as Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit
- 2005
- 2005 The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
as Carol Samson
- 2004 Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
as Lady Daisy Woodmouse / Old Mrs Eyebright (Voice)
- 2003
- 2003
- 2002 Prince William
as Queen Elizabeth
- 2002 The Baroness and the Pig
as Margaret
- 2001 Back Home
as Mrs. Dickinson
- 2001
- 2000 Breathtaking
as Mrs. Henshaw
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000 Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
as Harold's Mother
- 1999
- 1998
- 1998
- 1997
- 1997
- 1996 Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
as Lady Daisy Woodmouse/Old Mrs. Eyebright
- 1996 The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge · TV
as Lady Daisy Woodmouse / Old Mrs Eyebright (voice) · 8 episodes
- 1996
- 1995 Chiller: Toby
as Mrs. Leslie
- 1995
- 1995 Blood and Peaches
as Nan
- 1995
- 1993 The Hawk
as Mrs Marsh
- 1993 Tender Loving Care
as Mary
- 1993 The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
as Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
- 1993 The Mystery of Edwin Drood
as Mrs. Tope
- 1993 The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
as Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
- 1992 The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends · TV
as Tabitha Twitchit (voice) / Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit (voice) · 2 episodes
- 1992
- 1992 Twelfth Night
as Narrator (voice)
- 1992 An Ungentlemanly Act
as Mavis Hunt
- 1992
- 1992
- 1992
- 1991
- 1990 The Children
as Scopy
- 1990
- 1989
- 1989
- 1989 The Winslow Boy
as Violet
- 1989
- 1989
- 1988 Across the Lake
as Connie Robinson
- 1987 When We Are Married
as Clara Soppitt
- 1987
- 1987
- 1987 Still Crazy Like a Fox
as Eleanor Trundle
- 1986 Day To Remember
as Hilda
- 1986
- 1986
- 1986
- 1986 A Room with a View
as Mrs. Honeychurch
- 1986
- 1985 Turtle Diary
as Mrs. Inchcliff
- 1985
- 1985 Displaced Person
as Sister Agnes
- 1985 The 17th Bride
as Esther
- 1984 This Office Life
as Widow Rashman
- 1984
- 1984
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982 The Plague Dogs
as Vera (voice)
- 1982 The Critic
as Mrs. Dangle
- 1982
- 1981 Othello
as Emilia
- 1981 All's Well That Ends Well
as Widow of Florence
- 1980 Hands
as Pam
- 1980 S.O.S. Titanic
as Mrs. Odgen (uncredited)
- 1979 A Question Of Faith
as Anna Petrovna
- 1978 Disraeli
as Queen Victoria
- 1978
- 1978
- 1977
- 1977
- 1976 Hindle Wakes
as Mrs. Jeffcote
- 1976
- 1976
- 1976 Dad
as Irene
- 1976 Tiptoe Through the Tulips
as Rita
- 1976 Brief Encounter
as Mrs. Gaines
- 1975
- 1975
- 1975 When Day Is Done
as Rosemary Warne
- 1974
- 1974
- 1974
- 1974
- 1973 That'll Be The Day
as Mrs. MacLaine
- 1973
- 1973 The Adventures Of Don Quixote
as Dulcinea / Aldonza
- 1973 Ghost in the Noonday Sun
as Kate
- 1972
- 1972 Bermondsey
as Iris
- 1971 Cider with Rosie
as Mother
- 1971
- 1971 The Mosedale Horseshoe
as Helen
- 1971 The Wild Duck
as Gina Ekdal, Hedvig's mother
- 1970
- 1970
- 1970 Chariot of Fire
as Shelley Mitchell
- 1970
- 1969
- 1969 Never Talk to Strangers
as Olive Bunclark
- 1969
- 1969
- 1969
- 1968 Toggle
as Jean Marfield
- 1967
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965
- 1964
- 1964 Face of a Stranger
as Mary Bell
- 1964
- 1964
- 1964 Sharp at Four
as Jean Hobley
- 1962
- 1959
- 1956
- 1951
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 1978 An Audience with...
1 episode
- 1964 Horizon
1 episode