Lynn Farleigh

Lynn Farleigh

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!

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Filmography

2023

The Flash
The Flash
as Judge
Movie - Released: 6/13/2023

2019

Tonight the World
Tonight the World
Movie - Released: 1/1/2019

2011

Vera
Vera
as Valerie Furlow
TV - Released: 5/1/2011

2010

Sherlock
Sherlock
as Professor Cairns
TV - Released: 7/25/2010

2009

Movie
Waving at Trains
as Annabelle Warren
Movie - Released: 1/1/2009
From Time to Time
From Time to Time
as Gypsy
Movie - Released: 10/15/2009

2006

Miss Potter
Miss Potter
as Lady Sybil
Movie - Released: 12/3/2006

2004

He Knew He Was Right
He Knew He Was Right
as Mrs. Outhouse
TV - Released: 4/18/2004

2003

Peep Show
Peep Show
as Pam Corrigan
TV - Released: 9/19/2003

2000

Attachments
Attachments
as Dr Heather Green
TV - Released: 9/26/2000

1999

Bad Girls
Bad Girls
as Mrs Williams
TV - Released: 6/1/1999

1997

FairyTale: A True Story
FairyTale: A True Story
as Mrs. Thornton, the Teacher
Movie - Released: 10/24/1997
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
as Sonia Madrigal
TV - Released: 3/23/1997
The Ice House
The Ice House
as Mrs. Thompson
TV - Released: 4/5/1997

1996

Silent Witness
Silent Witness
as Ann Cunningham
TV - Released: 2/21/1996

1995

Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice
as Mrs Phillips
TV - Released: 9/24/1995
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice
as Mrs. Phillips
TV - Released: 9/24/1995

1994

Suffer The Little Children
Suffer The Little Children
as Solicitor
Movie - Released: 8/3/1994
Wycliffe
Wycliffe
as Helen Wycliffe
TV - Released: 7/24/1994
Finney
Finney
as Mary Finney
TV - Released: 11/17/1994

1993

Peak Practice
Peak Practice
as Moira Pearce
TV - Released: 5/10/1993

1992

Tales from Hollywood
Tales from Hollywood
as Helene Weigel
Movie - Released: 10/18/1992
Heartbeat
Heartbeat
as Mary Radcliffe
TV - Released: 4/10/1992
Heartbeat
Heartbeat
as Joan Dyson
TV - Released: 4/10/1992

1989

Heartland
Heartland
as Rachel
Movie - Released: 2/21/1989

1988

Border
Border
as Mrs Fialova
Movie - Released: 2/7/1988
Wish Me Luck
Wish Me Luck
TV - Released: 1/17/1988

1986

Daylight Robbery
Daylight Robbery
as Helen
Movie - Released: 7/16/1986
Movie
God's Chosen Car Park
as Irene Box
Movie - Released: 12/1/1986
Fighting Back
Fighting Back
as Barbara Merrick
Movie - Released: 8/4/1986

1985

Coming Through
Coming Through
as Lydia Lawrence
Movie - Released: 12/27/1985

1984

The Bill
The Bill
TV - Released: 10/16/1984

1983

Affairs of the Heart
Affairs of the Heart
TV - Released: 8/23/1983

1982

Lovers of Their Time
Lovers of Their Time
as Hilda Britt
Movie - Released: 8/29/1982
The Workshop
The Workshop
as Simone
Movie - Released: 2/19/1982

1981

Movie
A Ferry Ride Away
as Heather Massie
Movie - Released: 7/22/1981
Antony & Cleopatra
Antony & Cleopatra
as Octavia
Movie - Released: 5/8/1981
Fothergill
Fothergill
as Kate
Movie - Released: 1/8/1981
Clapperclaw
Clapperclaw
as Lorna
Movie - Released: 5/6/1981
Bergerac
Bergerac
as Joan Grant
TV - Released: 10/18/1981

1980

A Walk in the Forest
A Walk in the Forest
as Catherine Clements
Movie - Released: 5/14/1980

1978

Watership Down
Watership Down
as Cat (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/14/1978
The Word
The Word
as Valerie Hughs
TV - Released: 11/12/1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
The BBC Television Shakespeare
as Octavia
TV - Released: 12/3/1978
Scorpion Tales
Scorpion Tales
as Virginia Ward
TV - Released: 4/29/1978
Out
Out
as Anne Ross
TV - Released: 7/24/1978

1977

Murder Most English
Murder Most English
as Doreen Periam
TV - Released: 5/8/1977

1976

Bill Brand
Bill Brand
as Miriam Brand
TV - Released: 6/7/1976

1974

Fall of Eagles
Fall of Eagles
as Krupskaya
TV - Released: 3/15/1974

1973

Voices
Voices
as The Mother
Movie - Released: 4/11/1973

1972

The Strauss Family
The Strauss Family
TV - Released: 11/7/1972

1971

Deathday
Deathday
as Lydia Crosse
Movie - Released: 5/12/1971
The Guardians
The Guardians
TV - Released: 7/10/1971
Justice
Justice
as Muriel Parker
TV - Released: 10/8/1971

1970

Movie
The Rivals
as Julia
Movie - Released: 5/17/1970
Movie
A Man for Loving
as Isobel Francis
Movie - Released: 1/12/1970
The Hallelujah Handshake
The Hallelujah Handshake
as Anne
Movie - Released: 12/17/1970
Play for Today
Play for Today
TV - Released: 10/15/1970

1969

3 Into 2 Won't Go
3 Into 2 Won't Go
as Janet
Movie - Released: 7/2/1969
Scenes from Family Life
Scenes from Family Life
as Marie
Movie - Released: 9/25/1969

1968

Movie
All's Well That Ends Well
as Helena
Movie - Released: 3/6/1968

1965

Public Eye
Public Eye
as Valerie Pratt
TV - Released: 1/23/1965

1962

Z-Cars
Z-Cars
TV - Released: 1/2/1962