Cast & creator
Angharad Rees
Best known for Play for Today, Play for Today, The Avengers
Angharad Rees was a London-born Welsh actress and, later, jewellery designer, best known for her British television roles during the 1970s and in particular her leading role as Demelza in the 1970s BBC TV costume drama "Poldark". Her father was a prominent Welsh psychiatrist Linford Rees (William Linford Llewellyn Rees) and mother Catherine Thomas. When she was two, in 1946, her family returned to Wales to live into Cardiff. Rees studied at the Sorbonne in Paris for two terms and the Rose Bruford Drama College in Kent, England. She also studied at the University of Madrid and taught English in Spain before acting in repertory theatre in England. On 18 September 1973, Rees married the actor Christopher Cazenove. They had two sons: Linford James and Rhys William. Linford was killed in a car accident on the M11 motorway in Essex while driving to pick up books from Cambridge University, where he had been awarded the degree of Master of Philosophy. Cazenove and Rees divorced in 1994 but remained close. Cazenove died from the effects of septicaemia in 2010. Rees later married David McAlpine, a member of the McAlpine construction company, at The Royal Hospital Chelsea, London. She remained married to McAlpine until her death. Rees founded a jewellery design company, Angharad, based in Knightsbridge, London, England.
Also known as: Angharad Mary Rees, Lady McAlpine
25
film credits
28
television credits
53
1948–2002 · acting roles
6.7
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (53)
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Play for Today
April Cotton
1970Play for Today
Lady Caroline
1970
The Avengers
Redhead
1961
Crown Court
1972Crown Court
Pauline Ellis
1972
Screen Two
Mona McAuley
1985
BBC Play of the Month
Parlourmaid
1965
Remington Steele
Katherine Galt
1982
ITV Playhouse
1967
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Cissie
1965
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
The Girl
1969
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Celia
1978
Thriller
Stella Mason
1973
The Protectors
Linda
1972
Robin of Sherwood
Jennet of Elsdon
1984
The Duchess of Duke Street
Lady Adam
1976
Poldark
Demelza Carne
1975Poldark
Demelza Poldark
1975Ten from the Twenties
Alice Smith
1975
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Sarah Churchill
1951
Master of the Game
Marianne Hoffman
1984Close to Home
Helen De Angelo
1989
Doctor in the House
1969Noel's Telly Years
Self
1996
Armchair Theatre
Julia
1956
Bedtime Stories
Miss Goldie
1974
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Lady Evelyn Herbert
1980
Trainer
Caroline Farrell
1991
Jane Eyre
Louise
1970Dear Brutus
Lady Caroline
1981
Little Girl in Blue Velvet
Macha
1978
Hands of the Ripper
Anna
1971The Way We Live Now
Marie Melmotte
1969
Catch Me a Spy
Victoria
1971
Baffled!
Peggy Tracewell
1973
Under Milk Wood
Gossamer Beynon
1972
Royal Variety Performance 1984
1984
Once the Killing Starts
Stella Mason
1974
The Wolves of Kromer
Mary
1998
More Awkward Customers
Brenda
1975
As You Like It
Celia
1978Graceless Go I
Jean
1974
The Temptation of Eileen Hughes
Mona McAuley
1988
The Love Ban
Jackie
1973
Moments
Chrissy Hunter
1974
Hell's Angel
April Cotton
1971
Awkward Customers
Brenda
1975
Joe's Ark
Lucy
1974The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show
Herself
1977
Pygmalion
Parlourmaid
1948
Dylan on Dylan
Caitlin Thomas
2002
Office Party
Julia
1971The Bristol Entertainment
Sarah Ann
1971