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Lynn Farleigh

May 03, 1942 (82 years old) in Bristol, England

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

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Midsomer Murders
Sonia Madrigal
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Play for Today
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Silent Witness
Ann Cunningham
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The Bill
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Peak Practice
Moira Pearce
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Heartbeat
Mary Radcliffe
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Vera
Valerie Furlow
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Sherlock
Professor Cairns
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Bergerac
Joan Grant
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The BBC Television Shakespeare
Octavia

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