Acting · Bristol, England · Born May 3, 1942
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!
MovieThe Flash
2023
as Judge
TVGrace
2021
as Alma Starr
MovieTonight the World
2019
TVVera
2011
as Valerie Furlow
MoviePeep Show: Seasonal Beatings
2010
as Pam Corrigan
TVSherlock
2010
as Professor Cairns
MovieFrom Time to Time
2009
as Gypsy
Waving at Trains
2009
as Annabelle Warren
MovieMiss Potter
2006
as Lady Sybil
TVHe Knew He Was Right
2004
as Mrs Outhouse
TVPeep Show
2003
as Pam Corrigan
Attachments
2000
as Dr Heather Green
TVBad Girls
1999
as Mrs Williams
MovieFairyTale: A True Story
1997
as Mrs. Thornton, the Teacher
TVThe Ice House
1997
as Mrs. Thompson
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Sonia Madrigal
TVSilent Witness
1996
as Ann Cunningham
TVPride and Prejudice
1995
as Mrs Phillips
TVFinney
1994
as Mary Finney
MovieSuffer The Little Children
1994
as Solicitor
TVWycliffe
1994
as Helen Wycliffe
TVPeak Practice
1993
as Moira Pearce
MovieTales from Hollywood
1992
as Helene Weigel
TVHeartbeat
1992
as Mary Radcliffe
TVPerformance
1991
as Helene Weigel
MovieHeartland
1989
as Rachel
MovieBorder
1988
as Mrs Fialova
TVThe Play on One
1988
as Rachel
TVWish Me Luck
1988
as Vivien Ashton
God's Chosen Car Park
1986
as Irene Box
MovieFighting Back
1986
as Barbara Merrick
MovieDaylight Robbery
1986
as Helen
TVScreenPlay
1986
as Helen
MovieComing Through
1985
as Lydia Lawrence
TVThe Bill
1984
Waving to a Train
1984
as Mother
Love and Marriage
1984
as Christine
The Hard Word
1983
as Sarah Wood
Claire
1982
as Pam Hunter
MovieLovers of Their Time
1982
as Hilda Britt
All for Love
1982
as Hilda Britt
MovieThe Workshop
1982
as Simone
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Helene Weigel
TVBergerac
1981
as Joan Grant
A Ferry Ride Away
1981
as Heather Massie
MovieAntony & Cleopatra
1981
as Octavia
MovieClapperclaw
1981
as Lorna
MovieFothergill
1981
as Kate
MovieA Walk in the Forest
1980
as Catherine Clements
Sweet Nothings
1980
as Mary Fearon
TVSpooner's Patch
1979
as Mrs Webster
TVThe Word
1978
as Valerie Hughs
MovieWatership Down
1978
as Cat (voice)
TVOut
1978
as Anne Ross
TVScorpion Tales
1978
as Virginia Ward
Cottage to Let
1977
as Jan
TVMurder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977
as Doreen Periam
Romance
1977
as Heather
The Velvet Glove
1977
as Edith Cavell
TVBill Brand
1976
as Miriam Brand
Cakes and Ale
1976
as Amy Driffield
TVAffairs of the Heart
1974
as Catherine Sloper
TVFall of Eagles
1974
as Krupskaya
TVPlayhouse
1974
as Kate
MovieVoices
1973
as The Mother
TVNew Scotland Yard
1972
as Sarah Belmont
TVJustice
1971
as Muriel Parker
TVEyeless in Gaza
1971
as Helen Amberley
TVThe Guardians
1971
as Eleanor Benedict
MovieDeathday
1971
as Lydia Crosse
MovieThe Hallelujah Handshake
1970
as Anne
TVPlay for Today
1970
The Rivals
1970
as Julia
A Man for Loving
1970
as Isobel Francis
MovieScenes from Family Life
1969
as Marie
Plays of Today
1969
as Marie
Movie3 Into 2 Won't Go
1969
as Janet
W. Somerset Maugham
1969
as Doris Hanson
All's Well That Ends Well
1968
as Helena
TVITV Playhouse
1967
as Miss Charlotte Plummer
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Julia
TVOut of the Unknown
1965
as Lydia Crosse
TVPublic Eye
1965
as Valerie Pratt
TVTheatre 625
1964
TVSteptoe and Son
1962
as Marcia Wrigley
TVZ-Cars
1962
