Lynn Farleigh
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
All Movies (32)
- The Flash2023 · as Judge
- Tonight the World2019
- Peep Show: Seasonal Beatings2010 · as Pam Corrigan
- From Time to Time2009 · as Gypsy
- Waving at Trains2009 · as Annabelle Warren
- Miss Potter2006 · as Lady Sybil
- FairyTale: A True Story1997 · as Mrs. Thornton, the Teacher
- Suffer The Little Children1994 · as Solicitor
- Tales from Hollywood1992 · as Helene Weigel
- Heartland1989 · as Rachel
- Border1988 · as Mrs Fialova
- God's Chosen Car Park1986 · as Irene Box
- Fighting Back1986 · as Barbara Merrick
- Daylight Robbery1986 · as Helen
- Coming Through1985 · as Lydia Lawrence
- Waving to a Train1984 · as Mother
- Lovers of Their Time1982 · as Hilda Britt
- The Workshop1982 · as Simone
- A Ferry Ride Away1981 · as Heather Massie
- Antony & Cleopatra1981 · as Octavia
- Clapperclaw1981 · as Lorna
- Fothergill1981 · as Kate
- A Walk in the Forest1980 · as Catherine Clements
- Watership Down1978 · as Cat (voice)
- Voices1973 · as The Mother
- Deathday1971 · as Lydia Crosse
- The Hallelujah Handshake1970 · as Anne
- The Rivals1970 · as Julia
- A Man for Loving1970 · as Isobel Francis
- Scenes from Family Life1969 · as Marie
- 3 Into 2 Won't Go1969 · as Janet
- All's Well That Ends Well1968 · as Helena
All TV Shows (60)
- Grace2021 · as Alma Starr
- Vera2011 · as Valerie Furlow
- Sherlock2010 · as Professor Cairns
- He Knew He Was Right2004 · as Mrs Outhouse
- Peep Show2003 · as Pam Corrigan
- Attachments2000 · as Dr Heather Green
- Bad Girls1999 · as Mrs Williams
- The Ice House1997 · as Mrs. Thompson
- Midsomer Murders1997 · as Sonia Madrigal
- Silent Witness1996 · as Ann Cunningham
- Pride and Prejudice1995 · as Mrs Phillips
- Pride and Prejudice1995 · as Mrs. Phillips
- Finney1994 · as Mary Finney
- Wycliffe1994 · as Helen Wycliffe
- Peak Practice1993 · as Moira Pearce
- Heartbeat1992 · as Mary Radcliffe
- Heartbeat1992 · as Joan Dyson
- Performance1991 · as Helene Weigel
- The Play on One1988 · as Rachel
- Wish Me Luck1988 · as Vivien Ashton
- ScreenPlay1986 · as Helen
- The Bill1984
- Love and Marriage1984 · as Christine
- Love and Marriage1984 · as Cathy
- Affairs of the Heart1983
- The Hard Word1983 · as Sarah Wood
- Claire1982 · as Pam Hunter
- All for Love1982 · as Hilda Britt
- Bergerac1981 · as Joan Grant
- Spooner's Patch1979 · as Mrs Webster
- The Word1978 · as Valerie Hughs
- Out1978 · as Anne Ross
- Scorpion Tales1978 · as Virginia Ward
- Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle1977 · as Doreen Periam
- Romance1977 · as Heather
- The Velvet Glove1977 · as Edith Cavell
- Bill Brand1976 · as Miriam Brand
- Cakes and Ale1976 · as Amy Driffield
- Affairs of the Heart1974 · as Catherine Sloper
- Fall of Eagles1974 · as Krupskaya
- Fall of Eagles1974 · as Nadezhda Krupskaya
- Playhouse1974 · as Kate
- Playhouse1974 · as Lorna
- Playhouse1974 · as Simone
- New Scotland Yard1972 · as Sarah Belmont
- Justice1971 · as Muriel Parker
- Eyeless in Gaza1971 · as Helen Amberley
- The Guardians1971 · as Eleanor Benedict
- Play for Today1970
- Plays of Today1969 · as Marie
- W. Somerset Maugham1969 · as Doris Hanson
- ITV Playhouse1967 · as Miss Charlotte Plummer
- ITV Playhouse1967 · as Isobel Francis
- ITV Playhouse1967 · as Heather Massie
- BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Julia
- Out of the Unknown1965 · as Lydia Crosse
- Public Eye1965 · as Valerie Pratt
- Theatre 6251964
- Z-Cars1962
- Z-Cars1962 · as Ann Fazakerley