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Rosemary Leach (18 December 1935 β 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.
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as Mags
as The Queen
as Miss Cunningham
as The Queen
as Bessie(1 ep)
as Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit
as Carol Samson
as Lady Daisy Woodmouse / Old Mrs Eyebright (Voice)
as HM The Queen(1 ep)
as Hester Hindmarch(1 ep)
as Queen Elizabeth
as Margaret
as Mrs. Dickinson
as Vera(2 eps)
as Mrs. Henshaw
as Grace(4 eps)
as Meg Carpenter(1 ep)
as Harold's Mother
as Mrs Forefoot Meadows(1 ep)
as Nanny Collins(10 eps)
as Miss Markland(1 ep)
as Evelyn Pope(1 ep)
as Lady Daisy Woodmouse/Old Mrs. Eyebright
as Lady Daisy Woodmouse / Old Mrs Eyebright (voice)(8 eps)
as Amy Hobbs(12 eps)
as Mrs. Leslie
as Mrs Leslie(1 ep)
as Nan
as Lady Brittlesea(5 eps)
as Mrs Marsh
as Mary
as Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
as Mrs. Tope
as Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit (voice)
as Tabitha Twitchit (voice)(1 ep)
as Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit (voice)(1 ep)
as Narrator (voice)(1 ep)
as Narrator (voice)
as Mavis Hunt
as Mrs. Alcock(1 ep)
as Joan Craddock(20 eps)
as Miss Plum(1 ep)
as Dorothy Plum(2 eps)
as Dot Curdle(3 eps)
as Scopy
as Nancy Leadbetter(4 eps)
as Mary(1 ep)
as Violet
as Avril(1 ep)
as Connie Robinson
as Clara Soppitt
as Phyllis(1 ep)
as Eleanor Trundle
as Hilda
as Ann Cranley(1 ep)
as Miranda Watts(1 ep)
as Connie Robinson(1 ep)
as Mrs. Honeychurch
as Marigold Sampson(1 ep)
as Mrs. Inchcliff
as Violet(1 ep)
as Sister Agnes
as Esther
as Widow Rashman
as Belinda(1 ep)
as Mrs. Barrable(8 eps)
as Aunt Fenny(7 eps)
as Beryl(1 ep)
as Vera (voice)
as Mrs. Dangle
as Sister Agnes(1 ep)
as Emilia
as Widow of Florence
as Pam
as Mrs. Odgen (uncredited)
as Anna Petrovna
as Queen Victoria
as Queen Victoria(4 eps)
as Katy Bunting(14 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Vera(1 ep)
as Annie Besant(1 ep)
as Mrs. Jeffcote
as Mrs Jeffcote(1 ep)
as Lizzie Borden(1 ep)
as Irene
as Rita
as Mrs. Gaines
as Mrs Ida Tempest(1 ep)
as Sadie Potter(7 eps)
as Rosemary Warne
as Rosemary Warne(1 ep)
as Laura(6 eps)
as Irene(1 ep)
as Ivy Burr(1 ep)
as Mrs. MacLaine
as Val(1 ep)
as Dulcinea / Aldonza
as Kate
as Iris
as Mother
as Helen
as Gina Ekdal, Hedvig's mother
as Rita(1 ep)
as Marcelle(13 eps)
as Shelley Mitchell
as Maheude(5 eps)
as Mary Hanson(1 ep)
as Olive Bunclark
as Madame Ko(1 ep)
as Judy Williams(1 ep)
as Mary Nichols(1 ep)
as Jean Marfield
as Faith(1 ep)
as Helen(1 ep)
as Pam(1 ep)
as Susan Weldon(21 eps)
as Annie(3 eps)
as Gina Ekdal(1 ep)
as Dulcinea / Aldonza(1 ep)
as Mrs Dangle(1 ep)
as Iris Purvis(1 ep)
as Josie(1 ep)
as Liz(1 ep)
as Marion Grove(1 ep)
as Shelley Mitchell(1 ep)
as Katharine Elliott(1 ep)
as Jean Marfield(1 ep)
as Jess(1 ep)
as Mary Bell
as Kitty Winter(1 ep)
as Margaret(1 ep)
as Claire(1 ep)
as Self - Narrator (voice)(1 ep)
as Jean Hobley
as Mary Bell(1 ep)
as Amy(1 ep)
as Jean Hobley(1 ep)
as Fay Morton(1 ep)
as Sheila(1 ep)
as Mrs. Gaines(1 ep)