
Lynn Farleigh
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!
Acting
- 2011VeraValerie Furlow1 ep.
- 2010SherlockProfessor Cairns1 ep.
- 2004He Knew He Was RightMrs Outhouse2 ep.
- 2003Peep ShowPam Corrigan1 ep.
- 2000AttachmentsDr Heather Green1 ep.
- 1999Bad GirlsMrs Williams3 ep.
- 1997The Ice HouseMrs. Thompson2 ep.
- 1996Silent WitnessAnn Cunningham2 ep.
- 1995Pride and PrejudiceMrs. Phillips4 ep.
- 1994FinneyMary Finney6 ep.
- 1994StagesSolicitor1 ep.
- 1994WycliffeHelen Wycliffe11 ep.
- 1988The Play on OneRachel1 ep.
- 1988Wish Me LuckVivien Ashton7 ep.
- 1986ScreenPlayHelen1 ep.
- 1984Love and MarriageCathy2 ep.
- 1983The Hard WordSarah Wood6 ep.
- 1982ClairePam Hunter6 ep.
- 1980Sweet NothingsMary Fearon4 ep.
- 1979Spooner's PatchMrs Webster2 ep.
- 1978The WordValerie Hughs4 ep.
- 1978OutAnne Ross4 ep.
- 1978Scorpion TalesVirginia Ward1 ep.
- 1977Cottage to LetJan1 ep.
- 1977Murder Most English: A Flaxborough ChronicleDoreen Periam2 ep.
- 1977RomanceHeather1 ep.
- 1977The Velvet GloveEdith Cavell1 ep.
- 1976Bill BrandMiriam Brand7 ep.
- 1976Cakes and AleAmy Driffield3 ep.
- 1974Affairs of the HeartCatherine Sloper1 ep.
- 1974Fall of EaglesKrupskaya3 ep.
- 1974PlayhouseKate3 ep.
- 1972New Scotland YardSarah Belmont1 ep.
- 1971Eyeless in GazaHelen Amberley5 ep.
- 1971The GuardiansEleanor Benedict13 ep.
- 1969Plays of TodayMarie1 ep.
- 1969W. Somerset MaughamDoris Hanson1 ep.
- 1967ITV PlayhouseMiss Charlotte Plummer3 ep.
- 1965Out of the UnknownLydia Crosse1 ep.
- 1962Steptoe and SonMarcia Wrigley1 ep.
- 1962Z-Cars3 ep.
Guest appearances
- 2025GraceAlma Starr1 ep.
- 2014VeraValerie Furlow1 ep.
- 2010Peep ShowPam Corrigan1 ep.
- 2010SherlockProfessor Cairns1 ep.
- 2007Midsomer MurdersSonia Madrigal1 ep.
- 1992HeartbeatJoan Dyson, Mary Radcliffe2 ep.
- 2004He Knew He Was RightMrs Outhouse2 ep.
- 2003Bad GirlsMrs Williams3 ep.
- 2002Silent WitnessAnn Cunningham2 ep.
- 2002AttachmentsDr Heather Green1 ep.
- 1996WycliffeHelen Wycliffe11 ep.
- 1996The Bill1 ep.
- 1995Pride and PrejudiceMrs Phillips, Mrs. Phillips4 ep.
- 1994StagesSolicitor1 ep.
- 1992PerformanceHelene Weigel1 ep.
- 1992American PlayhouseHelene Weigel1 ep.
- 1989The Play on OneRachel1 ep.
- 1986ScreenPlayHelen1 ep.
- 1984Love and MarriageCathy, Christine2 ep.
- 1985BergeracJoan Grant1 ep.
- 1980Spooner's PatchMrs Webster2 ep.
- 1981PlayhouseKate, Lorna, Simone3 ep.
- 1969ITV PlayhouseHeather Massie, Isobel Francis, Miss Charlotte Plummer3 ep.
- 1980Play for Today1 ep.
- 1978OutAnne Ross4 ep.
- 1978Scorpion TalesVirginia Ward1 ep.
- 1977Cottage to LetJan1 ep.
- 1977Murder Most English: A Flaxborough ChronicleDoreen Periam2 ep.
- 1977RomanceHeather1 ep.
- 1977The Velvet GloveEdith Cavell1 ep.
- 1976Bill BrandMiriam Brand7 ep.
- 1974Affairs of the HeartCatherine Sloper1 ep.
- 1974Steptoe and SonMarcia Wrigley1 ep.
- 1974Fall of EaglesKrupskaya, Nadezhda Krupskaya3 ep.
- 1974JusticeMuriel Parker1 ep.
- 1973Public EyeValerie Pratt1 ep.
- 1972New Scotland YardSarah Belmont1 ep.
- 1971Out of the UnknownLydia Crosse1 ep.
- 1970BBC Play of the MonthJulia1 ep.
- 1970W. Somerset MaughamDoris Hanson1 ep.
- 1969Plays of TodayMarie1 ep.
- 1968Theatre 6251 ep.
- 1964Z-CarsAnn Fazakerley3 ep.
- —Peak PracticeMoira Pearce1 ep.