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Lynn Farleigh

Lynn Farleigh

Born: 1942-05-03 • Bristol, England

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!

Filmography
The Flash poster
The Flash
2023 • Judge
Tonight the World poster
Tonight the World
2019
Peep Show: Seasonal Beatings poster
Peep Show: Seasonal Beatings
2010 • Pam Corrigan
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From Time to Time
2009 • Gypsy
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Waving at Trains
2009 • Annabelle Warren
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Miss Potter
2006 • Lady Sybil
FairyTale: A True Story poster
FairyTale: A True Story
1997 • Mrs. Thornton, the Teacher
Suffer The Little Children poster
Suffer The Little Children
1994 • Solicitor
Tales from Hollywood poster
Tales from Hollywood
1992 • Helene Weigel
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Heartland
1989 • Rachel
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Border
1988 • Mrs Fialova
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God's Chosen Car Park
1986 • Irene Box
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Fighting Back
1986 • Barbara Merrick
Daylight Robbery poster
Daylight Robbery
1986 • Helen
Coming Through poster
Coming Through
1985 • Lydia Lawrence
Lovers of Their Time poster
Lovers of Their Time
1982 • Hilda Britt
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The Workshop
1982 • Simone
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A Ferry Ride Away
1981 • Heather Massie
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Antony & Cleopatra
1981 • Octavia
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Clapperclaw
1981 • Lorna
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Fothergill
1981 • Kate
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A Walk in the Forest
1980 • Catherine Clements
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Watership Down
1978 • Cat (voice)
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Voices
1973 • The Mother
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Deathday
1971 • Lydia Crosse
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The Hallelujah Handshake
1970 • Anne
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The Rivals
1970 • Julia
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A Man for Loving
1970 • Isobel Francis
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Scenes from Family Life
1969 • Marie
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3 Into 2 Won't Go
1969 • Janet
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All's Well That Ends Well
1968 • Helena