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Rosemary Leach (18 December 1935 – 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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22 October 2001
The war in Europe is over, but the one at home has only just begun. The Second World War is ending and throughout Britain, evacuees are returning home to their families - but not the families they remember.
10 March 2000
It's 1976, and Vinny is a confused teenager who can't decide whether he is a disco king or a proto punk rocker.
29 February 1980
The Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.
13 June 1992
Based on actual accounts, this film portrays the days and hours before and during the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina, which eventually lead to the Falklands War.
13 May 1973
Britain, 1958. Restless at school and bored with his life, Jim leaves home to take a series of low-level jobs at a seaside amusement park, where he discovers a world of cheap sex and petty crime.
26 March 2009
A detailed and compelling portrait of one of the most formidable characters in British politics as she faces her final days in power.
01 October 1982
Two dogs, Rowf and Snitter, stuggle to survive in the countryside after escaping from an animal research laboratory.
16 April 2010
A concert to celebrate Bulgaria joining the EU is being planned at the Embassy in London and it is the job of VARADIN, the new ambassador, to ensure the Queen attends.
04 January 1981
Helena loves Bertram, but he's of noble birth, while she's just a doctor's daughter. But Bertram is at the court of the King of France, who is ill, and Helena has a remedy that might cure him and win her the right to marry Bertram.
03 December 1993
Housewife Annie Marsh suspects her husband might be The Hawk, a brutal serial killer. Complicating matters is the fact that she once was incarcerated in a psychiatric hospital.
04 October 1981
Iago and a comrade-in-arms are outside the Venice home of Desdemona's father, who does not yet know that she has eloped with Othello.
07 January 1973
A self-proclaimed "knight" and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking "giants" that are really windmills in his attempt to win the love of the fair Dulcinea.
30 December 1984
On arrival at British Albion, Mr Gryce felt that his lack of ambition would be completely fulfilled. There was a luncheon voucher scheme, a pension fund, paid holidays - and (apparently) nothing much doing between the hours of nine to five.
06 May 1985
Displaced Person is a 1985 Emmy award winning drama based on a short story by Kurt Vonnegut. It was directed by Alan Bridges and adapted by Fred Barron from a story in the Welcome to the Monkey House collection.
06 December 1985
Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their tank at the London Zoo.
01 January 1992
Classic tales of Peter Rabbit."Once upon a time there were four little rabbits, and their names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail and Peter.
13 December 1985
When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation.
12 November 1974
Two strangers, both married to others, meet in a railway station and soon find themselves in a brief but intense affair.
26 December 1987
Three married couples discover that, through a legal technicality, they are, in fact, not actually married in the eyes of the law.
27 January 1998
Follows the discoveries of reporters after the disappearance of the 7th Earl of Lucan, Richard John Bingham after the murder of his children's nanny.
05 September 1978
Disraeli is a British four part serial about the great statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Benjamin Disraeli.
01 January 1988
Starring Anthony Hopkins as speed king Donald Campbell. This 1988 film set In 1967 when Campbell broke the 300mph water speed barrier in his beloved BlueBird k7.
03 October 1993
Night nurse Elaine Dobbs may be overworked and underpaid, but she has created a very special atmosphere in her ward and is extremely attentive to her patients.
05 April 1987
Jack Warden is back as quirky detective Harry Fox, who becomes a suspect in a murder case while on holiday in England.
25 December 1971
An enchanting tale of childhood in a sleepy Cotswold village during and immediately after the First World War.
20 May 1970
A prison visitor becomes involved with a convicted sex offender.
28 August 1982
Mr. Puff, a foppish, would-be playwright-critic, invites his literary-minded associates to see a production of his horrendous and nonsensical spectacular, The Spanish Armada, confident that he has written a great play.
23 April 1993
An opium-addicted choirmaster develops an obsession for a beautiful young girl and will not stop short of murder in order to have her.
21 March 1971
A devestating, yet bracing look at a family whose proximity to each other belies the decay of their relationships, The Wild Duck is just as modern today as it was when first staged.
01 January 1993
The Tale of Tom Kitten was written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter and published by Frederick Warne & Co.
01 January 1985
Based on Ladislav Grossman's novel "The Bride", this drama was filmed back in 1984 in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, then the crew stopped filming, because protagonist Lisa Hartman had to promote her feature film "Where The Boys Are '84" in the States and they finally finished it on location in Wasserburg, Germany!
11 January 2013
A PC becomes a vigilante after a head trauma.
30 April 1989
In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
19 December 1976
In the best play of 1912, the conventional morals and manners of a North England mill town are overthrown by a young woman with ideas far ahead of her time.
01 January 1973
A pirate crewman kills his captain after learning where he has hidden his buried treasure. However, as he begins to lose his memory, he relies more and more on the ghost of the man he just murdered to help him find the loot.
07 January 1975
A determined wife tries to rescue her musician husband from mounting problems caused by his complicated life style.
02 December 1979
The last days of famous Russian author Leo Tolstoy which are paralleled with one of his last stories - The Death of Ivan Ilyich - about a man who is happy with his life until he finds out he's sick and is about to die.
19 June 1972
John Mortimer's play about the tangled love life of an East London pub landlord.
02 September 2002
A rich American woman and her French husband start a Parisian salon.
01 September 1964
A man released from prison falls in love with the blind wife of a cellmate, whom he promised, when inside, to visit.
01 January 1989
John Cleese training video about bosses.
25 December 1996
During the harvest season, Lord Woodmouse and Primrose go picking blackberries, while Wilfred looks for adventure by trying to find a creature called "The Weasel".
20 August 1980
Pam receives an unusual birthday present from her 23 year old daughter, `The Nationwide Study of Female Sexuality'.
21 December 1986
Wally is spending Christmas with his wife Hilda at the house of their daughter and son-in-law. Wally is hoping that he will miraculously regain his memory during the festive season.
12 January 1964
Jean Hobley has a problem, trying to hold down a job that allows her to pick up her child from school.
16 March 1976
Friends arrange a dinner party to introduce two single friends, Rita and Piers, neither of whom are particularly keen.
02 January 1969
Michael Frayn play part of TV series The Wednesday Play.
03 May 1969
Basil Puddifoot (played by Harry H. Corbett) has moved to London for work and meets Olive Bunclark (Rosemary Leach) in his boarding house.
03 January 1968
An adopted child's world falls apart when his mother decides to walk out on her marriage.
13 February 1995
Two Bradford teenagers fall in love amid a growing period of racial tension in their community.
29 September 2002
Prince William is the elder son of Britain's Prince Charles and if the late Diana, Princess of Wales.
04 October 2011
Young Humphrey is a ghost with a big problem. He and his family, the Craggyfords, have been ousted from their home and left without a place to haunt.
16 December 2000
A beautiful psychiatrist befriends an abused patient, ultimately leading to lust and murder.
23 April 1976
'Listen Dad, it's me, Tom. I know you recognise me. Why don't you speak? Just say my name. Tom.' Dad's bewildering silence forces the family to face truths they would rather forget.
23 March 1971
The story of four Lakeland walkers who attempt to climb a fell. The fells represent the highlight of their year.
08 June 2005
The true story of Joyti De-Laurey, a wife and mother whose job as a secretary at investment bankers Goldman Sachs eventually led her to spend millions of pounds of her employers' money without their knowledge.
01 January 2004
Four stories featuring the mice of Brambly Hedge. In 'The Secret Staircase' Primrose and Wilfred set off looking for costumes for the Midwinter celebrations.
