Acting · Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England, UK · Born December 18, 1935
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Rosemary Leach (18 December 1935 – 21 October 2017) was a British stage, television and film actress and singer. She was born at Much Wenlock, Shropshire. Her parents were teachers related to Edmund Leach. She attended grammar school and RADA. After appearing in repertory theatres and the Old Vic she became well known to UK TV viewers between 1965-69 for playing Susan Wheldon, the mistress of building tycoon John Wilder (Patrick Wymark) in the TV boardroom drama The Power Game. Subsequently she became a familiar face on British television. In 1973, she played Aldonza/Dulcinea in the BBC production of Don Quixote (retitled The Adventures of Don Quixote), starring Rex Harrison and Frank Finlay. In 1981 she played Emilia opposite Bob Hoskins's Iago in the BBC Shakespeare's production of Othello. In 1982 she played Aunt Fenny in The Jewel in the Crown. Rosemary played a leading role as smitten Joan Plumleigh-Bruce in the six part ITV 1987 production of The Charmer (TV series) which starred Nigel Havers. In 1987, she was nominated for BAFTA's Best Supporting Actress for A Room with a View (1985). In 1992, Leach starred in An Ungentlemanly Act, a BBC television film about the first days of the invasion of the Falkland Islands in 1982, portraying the real-life Lady Mavis Hunt, wife of the islands' then-governor, Sir Rex Hunt. Leach plays the part of Anna in BBC Radio 4's No Commitments, and Susan Harper's mother in My Family. She made a guest appearance as 'Bessie' on Waterloo Road (the TV series), in Series 3 Spring Term. Since 1994, she has made occasional appearances in The Archers as Ellen Rogers, the ex-pat aunt of Nigel Pargetter. In 2001 Leach played a leading role as a charming murderess in Destroying Angel, an episode of Midsomer Murders. Recently she has played Queen Elizabeth II three times: in the 2002 television movie Prince William; in a 2006 updated edition of The Afternoon Play, entitled Tea with Betty; and in 2009's Margaret. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rosemary Leach, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
MovieMay I Kill U?
2013
as Mags
MovieThe Great Ghost Rescue
2011
as The Queen
MovieMission London
2010
as Miss Cunningham
MovieMargaret
2009
as The Queen
TVWaterloo Road
2006
as Bessie
MovieThe World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
2006
as Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit
TVAfterlife
2005
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
2005
as Carol Samson
MovieBrambly Hedge: Classic Collection
2004
as Lady Daisy Woodmouse / Old Mrs Eyebright (Voice)
TVThe Afternoon Play
2003
as HM The Queen
TVThe Royal
2003
as Hester Hindmarch
MoviePrince William
2002
as Queen Elizabeth
MovieThe Baroness and the Pig
2002
as Margaret
MovieBack Home
2001
as Mrs. Dickinson
TVPerfect
2001
as Vera
MovieBreathtaking
2000
as Mrs. Henshaw
TVMy Family
2000
as Grace
TVDoctors
2000
as Meg Carpenter
MovieWhatever Happened to Harold Smith?
2000
as Harold's Mother
TVBerkeley Square
1998
as Nanny Collins
MovieBloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
1998
TVAn Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1997
as Miss Markland
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Evelyn Pope
MovieBrambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
1996
as Lady Daisy Woodmouse/Old Mrs. Eyebright
TVThe Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
1996
as Lady Daisy Woodmouse / Old Mrs Eyebright (voice)
TVSpywatch
1996
as Amy Hobbs
TVChiller
1995
as Mrs Leslie
Blood and Peaches
1995
as Nan
TVThe Buccaneers
1995
as Lady Brittlesea
MovieThe Hawk
1993
as Mrs Marsh
MovieTender Loving Care
1993
as Mary
MovieThe World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
1993
as Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1993
as Mrs. Tope
MovieThe World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
1993
as Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
TVThe World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
1992
as Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
TVShakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Narrator (voice)
MovieTwelfth Night
1992
as Narrator (voice)
MovieAn Ungentlemanly Act
1992
as Mavis Hunt
TVGrowing Pains
1992
as Joan Craddock
TVHeartbeat
1992
as Miss Plum
TVTitmuss Regained
1991
as Dot Curdle
MovieThe Children
1990
as Scopy
Up the Garden Path
1990
TVSummer's Lease
1989
as Nancy Leadbetter
TVScreen One
1989
as Mary
The Winslow Boy
1989
as Violet
TVMay to December
1989
as Avril
MovieBosses From Hell
1989
MovieAcross the Lake
1988
as Connie Robinson
MovieWhen We Are Married
1987
as Clara Soppitt
TVThe Charmer
1987
First Sight
1987
as Phyllis
Still Crazy Like a Fox
1987
as Eleanor Trundle
Day To Remember
1986
as Hilda
TVWorlds Beyond
1986
as Ann Cranley
TVCasualty
1986
as Miranda Watts
Sunday Premiere
1986
as Connie Robinson
MovieA Room with a View
1986
as Mrs. Honeychurch
MovieTurtle Diary
1985
as Mrs. Inchcliff
Displaced Person
1985
as Sister Agnes
MovieThe 17th Bride
1985
as Esther
MovieThis Office Life
1984
as Widow Rashman
Sharing Time
1984
as Belinda
Swallows and Amazons Forever!
1984
as Mrs. Barrable
TVThe Jewel in the Crown
1984
as Aunt Fenny
TVDramarama
1983
as Beryl
MovieThe Plague Dogs
1982
as Vera (voice)
The Critic
1982
as Mrs. Dangle
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Sister Agnes
MovieOthello
1981
as Emilia
MovieAll's Well That Ends Well
1981
as Widow of Florence
Hands
1980
as Pam
MovieS.O.S. Titanic
1980
as Mrs. Odgen (uncredited)
A Question Of Faith
1979
as Anna Petrovna
MovieDisraeli
1978
as Queen Victoria
TVDisraeli
1978
as Queen Victoria
Life Begins at Forty
1978
as Katy Bunting
TVAn Audience with...
1978
as Self
The Sunday Drama
1977
as Vera
The Velvet Glove
1977
as Annie Besant
MovieHindle Wakes
1976
as Mrs. Jeffcote
TVLaurence Olivier Presents
1976
as Mrs Jeffcote
Second Verdict
1976
as Lizzie Borden
MovieDad
1976
as Irene
MovieTiptoe Through the Tulips
1976
as Rita
MovieBrief Encounter
1976
as Mrs. Gaines
TVRumpole of the Bailey
1975
as Mrs. Ida Tempest
Sadie, It's Cold Outside
1975
as Sadie Potter
MovieWhen Day Is Done
1975
as Rosemary Warne
TVArmchair Cinema
1974
as Rosemary Warne
TVThe Prince of Denmark
1974
as Laura
TVPlayhouse
1974
as Irene
TVBedtime Stories
1974
as Ivy Burr
MovieThat'll Be The Day
1973
as Mrs. MacLaine
Armchair 30
1973
as Val
MovieThe Adventures Of Don Quixote
1973
as Dulcinea / Aldonza
MovieGhost in the Noonday Sun
1973
as Kate
TVPebble Mill at One
1972
MovieBermondsey
1972
as Iris
MovieCider with Rosie
1971
as Mother
TVNow Look Here...
1971
The Mosedale Horseshoe
1971
as Helen
MovieThe Wild Duck
1971
as Gina Ekdal, Hedvig's mother
TVPlay for Today
1970
as Rita
TVThe Roads to Freedom
1970
as Marcelle
MovieChariot of Fire
1970
as Shelley Mitchell
Germinal
1970
TVStrange Report
1969
as Mary Hanson
MovieNever Talk to Strangers
1969
as Olive Bunclark
TVJudge Dee
1969
TVITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Judy Williams
Birthday
1969
Toggle
1968
as Jean Marfield
TVITV Playhouse
1967
as Faith
TVThe Power Game
1965
as Susan Weldon
Serjeant Musgrave's Dance
1965
as Annie
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Gina Ekdal
TVThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Iris Purvis
TVLondoners
1965
as Liz
TVGideon's Way
1965
as Marion Grove
TVThe Wednesday Play
1964
as Shelley Mitchell
MovieFace of a Stranger
1964
as Mary Bell
TVSherlock Holmes
1964
as Kitty Winter
TVTheatre 625
1964
as Margaret
TVHorizon
1964
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Sharp at Four
1964
as Jean Hobley
TVZ-Cars
1962
TVEdgar Wallace Mysteries
1959
as Mary Bell
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Amy
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Mrs. Gaines
