Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Acting
Biography
Barbara Leigh-Hunt was an actress on stage and screen. She appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy.
Born: December 14, 1935
Place of Birth: Bath, Somerset, England, UK
Known For
Playing Shakespeare
John Barton holds a master class in how to play Shakespeare, using members of the RSC doing scenes, sonnets, and commentary as prime examples.
Pride and Prejudice
Set in England in the early 19th century, Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters after the rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with the second-eldest Bennet daughter, Elizabeth.
The Plague Dogs
Two dogs, Rowf and Snitter, struggle to survive in the countryside after escaping from an animal research laboratory. They are pursued by search parties and then the military after rumors spread that they could be carrying the bubonic plague.
Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses.
Billy Elliot
County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.
Midsomer Murders
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
As Time Goes By
Two lovers are reunited after decades apart following a mutual misunderstanding.
Longitude
Parallel stories: 18th century Harrison builds the marine chronometer for safe navigation at sea; 20th century Gould is obsessed with restoring it.
Theatre 625
Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.
Frenzy
London is terrorized by a vicious sex killer known as The Necktie Murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blaney is suspected by the police of being the killer. He goes on the run, determined to prove his innocence.
Filmography
as Honor Voysey
as Lady Bareacres
as Lady Mabel Airlie
as Mrs Heath
as Vice-Principal
as Dodo Gould
as Dodo Gould
as Mrs. Deacon
as Mrs. Wisbeach
as Marjorie Empson
as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
as Gwenda Aaron
as Registrar
as Celia Mumford
as Jean Lawrence
as Mrs. Fanshawe
as Blanche Copley-Barnes
as Mrs. Oxney
as Mrs. Oxney
as Gwenda Aaron
as Mrs. Erskine
as Farmer's Wife (voice)
as Margaret
as Clare
as Teacher
as Mrs Phillips
as Marjorie Berry
as Teacher
as Clare
as Madeleine
as Sarah
as Narrator
as Catherine "Catty" Matcham
as Catherine Parr
as Brenda Margaret Blaney
as Miss Stephens
as Isabelle Arundell
as Lady Macbeth
as Sarah
as Marjorie Berry
as Honor Voysey
as Rosaline
as Kate Hardcastle