Lynn Farleigh
Acting
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!
TV Shows(37)
Grace
Alma Starr
2021
Vera
Valerie Furlow
2011
Sherlock
Professor Cairns
2010
He Knew He Was Right
Mrs Outhouse
2004
Peep Show
Pam Corrigan
2003
Attachments
Dr Heather Green
2000
Bad Girls
Mrs Williams
1999
The Ice House
Mrs. Thompson
1997
Midsomer Murders
Sonia Madrigal
1997
Silent Witness
Ann Cunningham
1996
Pride and Prejudice
Mrs Phillips
1995
Finney
Mary Finney
1994
Wycliffe
Helen Wycliffe
1994
Peak Practice
Moira Pearce
1993
Heartbeat
Mary Radcliffe
1992
Performance
Helene Weigel
1991
Wish Me Luck
Vivien Ashton
1988
The Bill
1984
Love and Marriage
Christine
1984
Affairs of the Heart
1983
Bergerac
Joan Grant
1981
The Word
Valerie Hughs
1978
Out
Anne Ross
1978
Scorpion Tales
Virginia Ward
1978
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
Doreen Periam
1977
Bill Brand
Miriam Brand
1976
Fall of Eagles
Krupskaya
1974
Playhouse
Kate
1974
Justice
Muriel Parker
1971
The Guardians
1971
Play for Today
1970
ITV Playhouse
Miss Charlotte Plummer
1967
BBC Play of the Month
Julia
1965
Out of the Unknown
Lydia Crosse
1965
Public Eye
Valerie Pratt
1965
Theatre 625
1964
Z-Cars
1962
Movies(31)
The Flash
Judge
2023
Tonight the World
2019
Peep Show: Seasonal Beatings
Pam Corrigan
2010
From Time to Time
Gypsy
2009
Waving at Trains
Annabelle Warren
2009
Miss Potter
Lady Sybil
2006
FairyTale: A True Story
Mrs. Thornton, the Teacher
1997
Suffer The Little Children
Solicitor
1994
Tales from Hollywood
Helene Weigel
1992
Heartland
Rachel
1989
Border
Mrs Fialova
1988
God's Chosen Car Park
Irene Box
1986
Fighting Back
Barbara Merrick
1986
Daylight Robbery
Helen
1986
Coming Through
Lydia Lawrence
1985
Lovers of Their Time
Hilda Britt
1982
The Workshop
Simone
1982
A Ferry Ride Away
Heather Massie
1981
Antony & Cleopatra
Octavia
1981
Clapperclaw
Lorna
1981
Fothergill
Kate
1981
A Walk in the Forest
Catherine Clements
1980
Watership Down
Cat (voice)
1978
Voices
The Mother
1973
Deathday
Lydia Crosse
1971
The Hallelujah Handshake
Anne
1970
The Rivals
Julia
1970
A Man for Loving
Isobel Francis
1970
Scenes from Family Life
Marie
1969
3 Into 2 Won't Go
Janet
1969
All's Well That Ends Well
Helena
1968