Born 1942 (age 84) · Bristol, England
Appears in 68 titles

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!

Filmography

The Flash
6.6
The Flash
2023
as Judge
Watership Down
7.2
Watership Down
1978
as Cat (voice)
Miss Potter
6.6
Miss Potter
2006
as Lady Sybil
FairyTale: A True Story
6.4
FairyTale: A True Story
1997
as Mrs. Thornton, the Teacher
From Time to Time
6.3
From Time to Time
2009
as Gypsy
Voices
5.4
Voices
1973
as The Mother
3 Into 2 Won't Go
5.0
3 Into 2 Won't Go
1969
as Janet
The Hallelujah Handshake
7.9
The Hallelujah Handshake
1970
as Anne
Coming Through
4.7
Coming Through
1985
as Lydia Lawrence
Antony & Cleopatra
7.3
Antony & Cleopatra
1981
as Octavia
Tales from Hollywood
3.0
Tales from Hollywood
1992
as Helene Weigel
8.0
The Rivals
1970
as Julia
Heartland
6.5
Heartland
1989
as Rachel
10.0
All's Well That Ends Well
1968
as Helena
Fighting Back
10.0
Fighting Back
1986
as Barbara Merrick
Scenes from Family Life
8.0
Scenes from Family Life
1969
as Marie
Border
8.0
Border
1988
as Mrs Fialova
Peep Show: Seasonal Beatings
10.0
Peep Show: Seasonal Beatings
2010
as Pam Corrigan
Lovers of Their Time
Lovers of Their Time
1982
as Hilda Britt
Deathday
Deathday
1971
as Lydia Crosse