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!
Movies & TV Shows
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Sherlock (2010) — Professor Cairns
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The Flash (2023) — Judge
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Watership Down (1978) — Cat (voice)
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Pride and Prejudice (1995) — Mrs Phillips
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Miss Potter (2006) — Lady Sybil
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Peep Show (2003) — Pam Corrigan
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Midsomer Murders (1997) — Sonia Madrigal
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Vera (2011) — Valerie Furlow
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FairyTale: A True Story (1997) — Mrs. Thornton, the Teacher
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From Time to Time (2009) — Gypsy
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Silent Witness (1996) — Ann Cunningham
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Grace (2021) — Alma Starr
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The Bill (1984)
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Bad Girls (1999) — Mrs Williams
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Steptoe and Son (1962) — Marcia Wrigley
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Heartbeat (1992) — Mary Radcliffe
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Bergerac (1981) — Joan Grant
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The Ice House (1997) — Mrs. Thompson
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He Knew He Was Right (2004) — Mrs Outhouse
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Voices (1973) — The Mother
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Play for Today (1970)
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Fall of Eagles (1974) — Krupskaya
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Peak Practice (1993) — Moira Pearce
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3 Into 2 Won't Go (1969) — Janet
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BBC Play of the Month (1965) — Julia
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Out of the Unknown (1965) — Lydia Crosse
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American Playhouse (1982) — Helene Weigel
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The Hallelujah Handshake (1970) — Anne
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Z-Cars (1962)
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Coming Through (1985) — Lydia Lawrence
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Public Eye (1965) — Valerie Pratt
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Wish Me Luck (1988) — Vivien Ashton
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Wycliffe (1994) — Helen Wycliffe
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The Word (1978) — Valerie Hughs
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Out (1978) — Anne Ross
- Attachments (2000) — Dr Heather Green
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Theatre 625 (1964)
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Antony & Cleopatra (1981) — Octavia
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Bill Brand (1976) — Miriam Brand
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Scorpion Tales (1978) — Virginia Ward