logo

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

68

Gender

Female

Birthday

1942-05-03 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Bristol, England

Also Known As

Lynn Farleigh

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!

Known For

Acting

Lovers of Their Time

1982

Lovers of Their Time

as

Hilda Britt

The Flash

2023

The Flash

as

Judge

Deathday

1971

Deathday

as

Lydia Crosse

Voices

1973

Voices

as

The Mother

The Rivals

1970

The Rivals

as

Julia

Daylight Robbery

1986

Daylight Robbery

as

Helen

God's Chosen Car Park

1986

God's Chosen Car Park

as

Irene Box

A Man for Loving

1970

A Man for Loving

as

Isobel Francis

A Ferry Ride Away

1981

A Ferry Ride Away

as

Heather Massie

Coming Through

1985

Coming Through

as

Lydia Lawrence

Waving at Trains

2009

Waving at Trains

as

Annabelle Warren

A Walk in the Forest

1980

A Walk in the Forest

as

Catherine Clements

Tales from Hollywood

1992

Tales from Hollywood

as

Helene Weigel

Miss Potter

2006

Miss Potter

as

Lady Sybil

Watership Down

1978

Watership Down

as

Cat (voice)

Fighting Back

1986

Fighting Back

as

Barbara Merrick

FairyTale: A True Story

1997

FairyTale: A True Story

as

Mrs. Thornton, the Teacher

Antony & Cleopatra

1981

Antony & Cleopatra

as

Octavia

Heartland

1989

Heartland

as

Rachel

Border

1988

Border

as

Mrs Fialova

Fothergill

1981

Fothergill

as

Kate

Clapperclaw

1981

Clapperclaw

as

Lorna

The Workshop

1982

The Workshop

as

Simone

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

as

Sonia Madrigal

Wycliffe

Wycliffe

as

Helen Wycliffe

Bergerac

Bergerac

as

Joan Grant

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

as

Mrs Phillips

Silent Witness

Silent Witness

as

Ann Cunningham

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

as

Mary Radcliffe

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

as

Mrs. Phillips

The Word

The Word

as

Valerie Hughs

Fall of Eagles

Fall of Eagles

as

Krupskaya

Sherlock

Sherlock

as

Professor Cairns

Bad Girls

Bad Girls

as

Mrs Williams

Peep Show

Peep Show

as

Pam Corrigan

Peak Practice

Peak Practice

as

Moira Pearce

Justice

Justice

as

Muriel Parker

Vera

Vera

as

Valerie Furlow

He Knew He Was Right

He Knew He Was Right

as

Mrs. Outhouse

The Ice House

The Ice House

as

Mrs. Thompson

Bill Brand

Bill Brand

as

Miriam Brand

Finney

Finney

as

Mary Finney

Public Eye

Public Eye

as

Valerie Pratt

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

as

Joan Dyson

Out

Out

as

Anne Ross

Attachments

Attachments

as

Dr Heather Green

Playhouse

Playhouse

as

Kate

Playhouse

Playhouse

as

Lorna

Performance

Performance

as

Helene Weigel

Playhouse

Playhouse

as

Simone

Grace

Grace

as

Alma Starr

Scorpion Tales

Scorpion Tales

as

Virginia Ward

Production

Crew

Directing