Cast & creator
Rosemary Leach
Best known for Midsomer Murders, Casualty, American Playhouse
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.
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film credits
89
television credits
150
1951–2013 · acting roles
6.7
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (150)
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Midsomer Murders
Evelyn Pope
1997
Casualty
Miranda Watts
1986
American Playhouse
Sister Agnes
1982
Play for Today
Rita
1970
The Wednesday Play
Shelley Mitchell
1964The Wednesday Play
Katharine Elliott
1964The Wednesday Play
Jean Marfield
1964The Wednesday Play
Jess
1964
Heartbeat
Miss Plum
1992Heartbeat
Dorothy Plum
1992
Horizon
Self - Narrator (voice)
1964
BBC Play of the Month
Gina Ekdal
1965BBC Play of the Month
Dulcinea / Aldonza
1965BBC Play of the Month
Mrs Dangle
1965
ITV Playhouse
Faith
1967ITV Playhouse
Helen
1967ITV Playhouse
Pam
1967
Doctors
Meg Carpenter
2000
Z-Cars
1962
Playhouse
Irene
1974
Waterloo Road
Bessie
2006
Theatre 625
Margaret
1964Theatre 625
Claire
1964
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Iris Purvis
1965Thirty-Minute Theatre
Josie
1965
Pebble Mill at One
1972
An Audience with...
Self
1978
Rumpole of the Bailey
Mrs. Ida Tempest
1975
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Judy Williams
1969ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Mary Nichols
1969
Screen One
Mary
1989
My Family
Grace
2000
Dramarama
Beryl
1983
Gideon's Way
Marion Grove
1965
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
Mary Bell
1959
The Afternoon Play
HM The Queen
2003The Sunday Drama
Vera
1977
Afterlife
2005
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Narrator (voice)
1992
A Room with a View
Mrs. Honeychurch
1986
The Buccaneers
Lady Brittlesea
1995
Sherlock Holmes
Kitty Winter
1964
The Power Game
Susan Weldon
1965
The Jewel in the Crown
Aunt Fenny
1984
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Miss Markland
1997
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mrs. Gaines
1951
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
1992The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
1992
Worlds Beyond
Ann Cranley
1986
Londoners
Liz
1965Sharing Time
Belinda
1984
Strange Report
Mary Hanson
1969Second Verdict
Lizzie Borden
1976
Life Begins at Forty
Katy Bunting
1978
Growing Pains
Joan Craddock
1992
Armchair Theatre
Amy
1956Armchair Theatre
Jean Hobley
1956Armchair Theatre
Fay Morton
1956Armchair Theatre
Sheila
1956Armchair Theatre
1956
Berkeley Square
Nanny Collins
1998
Laurence Olivier Presents
Mrs Jeffcote
1976Armchair 30
Val
1973
Chiller
Mrs Leslie
1995
May to December
Avril
1989
Tilly Trotter
Mrs Forefoot Meadows
1999
The Charmer
1987
Bedtime Stories
Ivy Burr
1974
The Plague Dogs
Vera (voice)
1982
Summer's Lease
Nancy Leadbetter
1989
Judge Dee
1969Judge Dee
Madame Ko
1969
S.O.S. Titanic
Mrs. Odgen (uncredited)
1980
The Enchanted World of Brambly Hedge
Lady Daisy Woodmouse / Old Mrs Eyebright (voice)
1996First Sight
Phyllis
1987
The Roads to Freedom
Marcelle
1970Up the Garden Path
1990The Velvet Glove
Annie Besant
1977
Spywatch
Amy Hobbs
1996
Disraeli
Queen Victoria
1978Sunday Premiere
Connie Robinson
1986
Armchair Cinema
Rosemary Warne
1974
Chiller: Toby
Mrs. Leslie
1995
The Prince of Denmark
Laura
1974
The Great Ghost Rescue
The Queen
2011
Perfect
Vera
2001
When We Are Married
Clara Soppitt
1987
That'll Be The Day
Mrs. MacLaine
1973
Hindle Wakes
Mrs. Jeffcote
1976
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit
2006
Germinal
Maheude
1970
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Tom Kitten and Jemima Puddle-Duck
Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
1993Swallows and Amazons Forever!
Mrs. Barrable
1984
Titmuss Regained
Dot Curdle
1991
Bunch Of Five
Mrs. Alcock
1992Toggle
Jean Marfield
1968
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
1993
Brief Encounter
Mrs. Gaines
1976
Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?
Harold's Mother
2000
Now Look Here...
1971
Across the Lake
Connie Robinson
1988
Ghost in the Noonday Sun
Kate
1973
Turtle Diary
Mrs. Inchcliff
1985
Bosses From Hell
1989
Bermondsey
Iris
1972
The Royal
Hester Hindmarch
2003
All's Well That Ends Well
Widow of Florence
1981
Brambly Hedge: Classic Collection
Lady Daisy Woodmouse / Old Mrs Eyebright (Voice)
2004
May I Kill U?
Mags
2013
Cider with Rosie
Mother
1971
Othello
Emilia
1981
An Ungentlemanly Act
Mavis Hunt
1992Serjeant Musgrave's Dance
Annie
1965
Disraeli
Queen Victoria
1978The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Mrs. Tope
1993
The Hawk
Mrs Marsh
1993Still Crazy Like a Fox
Eleanor Trundle
1987
The Baroness and the Pig
Margaret
2002
The Adventures Of Don Quixote
Dulcinea / Aldonza
1973
Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
1998
Never Talk to Strangers
Olive Bunclark
1969
Dad
Irene
1976
Brambly Hedge: Autumn Story: Primrose's Stormy Night
Lady Daisy Woodmouse/Old Mrs. Eyebright
1996
Breathtaking
Mrs. Henshaw
2000
Tiptoe Through the Tulips
Rita
1976
Tender Loving Care
Mary
1993Sadie, It's Cold Outside
Sadie Potter
1975
The Wild Duck
Gina Ekdal, Hedvig's mother
1971
Mission London
Miss Cunningham
2010
When Day Is Done
Rosemary Warne
1975
Face of a Stranger
Mary Bell
1964Birthday
1969A Question Of Faith
Anna Petrovna
1979The Winslow Boy
Violet
1989The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
Carol Samson
2005The Mosedale Horseshoe
Helen
1971
Twelfth Night
Narrator (voice)
1992
Prince William
Queen Elizabeth
2002
This Office Life
Widow Rashman
1984
Chariot of Fire
Shelley Mitchell
1970
Margaret
The Queen
2009
The Children
Scopy
1990Displaced Person
Sister Agnes
1985The Critic
Mrs. Dangle
1982Hands
Pam
1980
Back Home
Mrs. Dickinson
2001Sharp at Four
Jean Hobley
1964Blood and Peaches
Nan
1995Day To Remember
Hilda
1986
The 17th Bride
Esther
1985