Portrait of Lynn Farleigh

Lynn Farleigh

Acting

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!

Born: May 3, 1942

Place of Birth: Bristol, England

Filmography

2023
The Flash

as Judge

2021
Grace

as Alma Starr

2011
Vera

as Valerie Furlow

2010
Sherlock

as Professor Cairns

2009
2006
Miss Potter

as Lady Sybil

2004
He Knew He Was Right

as Mrs. Outhouse

2003
Peep Show

as Pam Corrigan

1999
Bad Girls

as Mrs Williams

1997
FairyTale: A True Story

as Mrs. Thornton, the Teacher

1997
The Ice House

as Mrs. Thompson

1997
Midsomer Murders

as Sonia Madrigal

1996
Silent Witness

as Ann Cunningham

1995
Pride and Prejudice

as Mrs Phillips

1995
Pride and Prejudice

as Mrs. Phillips

1994
Finney

as Mary Finney

1994
Wycliffe

as Helen Wycliffe

1993
Peak Practice

as Moira Pearce

1992
Tales from Hollywood

as Helene Weigel

1992
Heartbeat

as Mary Radcliffe

1992
Heartbeat

as Joan Dyson

1991
Performance

as Helene Weigel

1989
Heartland

as Rachel

1988
Border

as Mrs Fialova

1986
Fighting Back

as Barbara Merrick

1986
1985
Coming Through

as Lydia Lawrence

1982
Lovers of Their Time

as Hilda Britt

1982
The Workshop

as Simone

1981
Bergerac

as Joan Grant

1981
1981
Clapperclaw

as Lorna

1981
Fothergill

as Kate

1980
A Walk in the Forest

as Catherine Clements

1978
The Word

as Valerie Hughs

1978
Watership Down

as Cat (voice)

1978
Out

as Anne Ross

1978
Scorpion Tales

as Virginia Ward

1976
Bill Brand

as Miriam Brand

1974
Fall of Eagles

as Krupskaya

1974
Playhouse

as Kate

1974
Playhouse

as Lorna

1974
Playhouse

as Simone

1973
Voices

as The Mother

1971
Justice

as Muriel Parker

1971
Deathday

as Lydia Crosse

1969
1965
Public Eye

as Valerie Pratt

1962