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Rosemary Anne Leach (18 December 1935 – 21 October 2017) was a British stage, television and film actress. She won the 1982 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a New Play for '' 84, Charing Cross Road'' and was nominated for the
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for her roles in the films ''
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'' (1973) and ''
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'' (1985). She appeared in several TV mini-series, including ''Germinal'' (1970), '' The Jewel in the Crown'' (1984), '' The Charmer'' (1987), '' The Buccaneers'' (1995) and ''
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'' (1998), and had a recurring role on the sitcom ''
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'' (2003–2007).


Early life

Leach was born at Much Wenlock, Shropshire. Her parents were teachers, related to the
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; she attended grammar school and
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. After appearing in
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theatres and the
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she became well known to UK TV viewers between 1965 and 1969 for playing Susan Wheldon, the mistress of building tycoon John Wilder ( Patrick Wymark) in the TV boardroom drama ''
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''.


Career

In 1970 she played the part of Marcelle in the BBC's ''
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'', their adaptation of the trilogy of novels with the same name by Jean-Paul Sartre. In 1971 she appeared as '' Laurie Lees mother in a BBC adaptation of '' Cider with Rosie''. In 1973, she played Aldonza/Dulcinea in the
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production of ''
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'' (retitled ''The Adventures of Don Quixote''), starring Rex Harrison and Frank Finlay. In 1978, she played Queen Victoria in the four-part TV edition of ''
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''. In 1981, she played Emilia opposite Bob Hoskins's Iago in the BBC Shakespeare production of '' Othello''. In 1982, she played Aunt Fenny in '' The Jewel in the Crown'' and 1986 in a
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British television Christmas play '' Day To Remember''. She played a leading role as smitten Joan Plumleigh-Bruce in the six-part ITV 1987 production of '' The Charmer'' which starred
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. Her film roles included
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's mother in ''
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'' (1973), '' Ghost in the Noonday Sun'' (1973), the TV remake of ''
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'' (1974), '' S.O.S. Titanic'' (1979), and a voice role in the animated film of ''
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'' (1982). In 1987, she was nominated for BAFTA's Best Supporting Actress for ''
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'' (1985). In 1992, Leach starred in '' An Ungentlemanly Act'', a
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television film about the first days of the invasion of the
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in 1982, portraying the real-life Lady Mavis Hunt, wife of the islands' then governor, Sir
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. In 1995, Leach participated in the popular BBC miniseries '' The Buccaneers'' a five-part television adaptation of Edith Wharton's unfinished novel. Leach appeared as Selina Marable, Marchioness of Brightlingsea. Leach played the part of Anna in
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's '' No Commitments'', and Susan Harper's mother Grace in ''
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''. She made a guest appearance as 'Bessie' on '' Waterloo Road'' (the TV series), in Series 3 Spring Term. From 1994, she made occasional appearances in ''
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'' as Ellen Rogers, the ex-pat aunt of Nigel Pargetter. She portrayed Miss Twitterton in the Radio 4 adaptation of the Lord Peter Wimsey story '' Busman's Honeymoon'', first broadcast in 1983. In 2001, she played a leading role in ''
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'', an episode of '' Midsomer Murders''. She 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''. She played "Miss Plum" in an episode of Heartbeat called "Every dog his day" in 2004.


Death

Leach died at
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, in London, aged 81, in 2017 following a short illness.


Filmography


Film


Television


Radio plays

* Shirley Gee: ''Moonshine'' (1977) * Penny in "Love's Executioner" in the series ''True Encounters'' with Henry Goodman and Ben Daniels directed by John Taylor, a Fiction Factory production for BBC Radio 4. (1996)


Awards and nominations


References


External links

*
Rosemary Leach profile
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