Lynn Farleigh Biography (1942-)

Born May 3, 1942, in Bristol, England; daughter of Joseph Sydney and MarjorieNorah (maiden name, Clark) Farleigh; married Michael Jayston (an actor; divorced).

Nationality: British
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress
Birth Details: May 3, 1942; Bristol, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Under Milkwood, Playhouse, Salisbury, England, 1962
Ruth, The Homecoming, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1967
Amanda, The Relapse, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1968
Helena, All's Well That Ends Well, Royal Shakespeare Company, London, 1968
Portia, Julius Caesar, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre,1968
Blim at School, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1969
Poet of the Anemonies, Royal Court Theatre, 1969
Beatrice Justice, Exiles, Mermaid Theatre, London, 1970
Simone, The Friends, Round House Theatre, London, 1970
Monique Combes, Suzanna Andler, Aldwych Theatre, 1973
Anne, Ashes, Open Space Theatre, London, 1974
Beryl, Sex and Kinship in a Savage Society, Theatre Upstairs, London, 1975
Charlotte, A Room with a View, Prospect Theatre Company, London, 1975
Jennifer Dubedat, The Doctor's Dilemma, Mermaid Theatre, 1975
Lady Anne, Richard III, St. George's Theatre, Islington, London, 1976
Viola, Twelfth Night, St. George's Theatre, 1976
Anwar, The Ascent of Mount Fuji, Hampstead Theatre, London, 1977
Elizabeth, Sovereignty under Elizabeth, Hampstead Theatre, 1977
Almost Free, Hampstead Theatre, 1977
Agnes, Brand, Olivier Theatre, London, 1978
Jane, The Hang of the Gaol, Royal Shakespeare Company, Warehouse Theatre, London, 1978
Mrs. Forsythe, Shout across the River, Royal Shakespeare Company,Warehouse Theatre, 1978
Margaret, Close of Play, Lyttleton Theatre, London, 1979
Simone, The Workshop, Oxford Playhouse, Oxford, England, 1980, then Hampstead Theatre, London, 1981
Elizabeth Proctor, The Crucible, Comedy Theatre, London, 1981
Harvest, Ambassadors Theatre, London, 1981
Giant's wife, Jack and the Beanstalk, Theatre Royal, Stratford Festival, 1982
Mrs. Alving, Ghosts, Shaw Theatre, London, 1984
The Man Who Fell in Love with His Wife!, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1984
Hermione, Winter's Tale, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1985
Chorus, Medea, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, 1986
Dame Overdo, Bartholomew Fair, Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, London, 1987
Titania, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, 1987
Helga, M. Butterfly, Haymarket Theatre, Leicester, England, then Shaftesbury Theatre, London, 1989
Amy, Forget-Me-Not-Lane, Greenwich Theatre, London, 1990
Simone Engle, Black Angel, King's Head, London, 1990
Hermione, The Winter's Tale, English Shakespeare Company, AldwychTheatre, 1991
Virgilia, Coriolanus, English Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1991
Juno, The Tempest, English Shakespeare Company, Royalty Theatre, London, 1992
Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, English Shakespeare Company, Royalty Theatre, 1992
Matron, nurse, and stenographer, Machinal, Lyttelton Theatre, 1993
Mrs. Garnsey, Inadmissible Evidence, Lyttelton Theatre, 1993
Mrs. Bunting, The Lodger, Theatre Royal, Stratford East, 1996
Agatha, The Family Reunion, Royal Shakespeare Company, Barbican Centre, Pit Theatre, London, then Brooklyn Academy of Music, BAM Harvey Theater, Brooklyn, New York City, both 2000
Electress, The Prince of Homburg, Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, then Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, both 2002

Major Tours
The Workshop, British cities, 1980
Lady Chatterley's Lover, 1983
Elizabeth Proctor, The Crucible, Royal Shakespeare Company, European cities, 1985
Film Appearances
Janet, Three into Two Won't Go, Universal, 1968
The mother, Voices (also known as Nightmare), 1973
Voice of cat, Richard Adams' "Watership Down" (animated; also known as Watership Down), Avco-Embassy, 1978
Lydia Lawrence, Coming Through, The Video Catalog, 1985
Ms. Thornton, FairyTale: A True Story (also known as Fairy Tale and Illumination), Paramount, 1997
Gloria, That Time of Year ... , Looking Glass Films Limited, 2004
Also appeared in A Phoenix Too Frequent.
Television Appearances
Series
Ann Fazakerley, Z Cars, BBC, 1964
Eleanor, The Guardians, London Weekend Television, 1971
Eyeless in Gaza, BBC, beginning 1971
Miriam "Mim" Brand, Bill Brand, Thames Television, 1976
Sarah Wood, The Hard Wood, Thames Television, beginning 1983
Vivien Ashton, Wish Me Luck, London Weekend Television, 1988-90
Mary, Finney, Tyne Tees Television, 1994
Helen Wycliffe, Wycliffe, Harlech Television, 1994-95
Christine Henshaw, Castles, BBC and Granada Television, 1995
Miniseries
Adele, The Strauss Family, Associated Television and ABC, 1973
Krupskaya, Fall of Eagles, BBC, 1974
Cakes and Ale, BBC, 1975, also broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, c. 1976
Anne Ross, Out, Thames Television, 1978
Valerie Hughs, The Word, CBS, 1978
Mary Fearon, Sweet Nothings, BBC, 1980
Pam Hunter, Claire, BBC, 1982
Mary Convers, Nancy Astor, BBC, 1982, also broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre as Masterpiece Theatre: Nancy Astor, PBS, c. 1984
Gillian Pringle, Lost Belongings, Channel 4 (England), 1987
Mrs. Philips, Pride and Prejudice (also known as Jane Austen's"Pride and Prejudice"), BBC and Arts and Entertainment, 1996
Mrs. Thompson, The Ice House, BBC, 1997, also broadcast on Mystery!, PBS, 1998
Mrs. Outhouse, He Knew He Was Right, BBC, 2004, also broadcast onMasterpiece Theatre, PBS
Movies
Heather, High Noon (also known as Romance: High Noon), Thames Television, 1977
Mrs. Fialova, Escape, Arts and Entertainment and British television, 1988
Rachel, Heartland, 1989
Monica Peterlee, "The Mouse in the Corner," The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (also known as Ruth Rendell Mysteries: "The Mouse in the Corner"), Television South, 1992
Jane Metcalfe, Trial by Fire, [Great Britain], 1999, also broadcast on Mystery!, PBS, 2000
Appeared in Fothergill, Let's Run away to Africa, and Waving to a Train.
Specials
Helena, All's Well That Ends Well, BBC, 1968
Anne, "The Hallelujah Handshake," Play for Today, BBC, 1970
Doris Hanson, The Force of Circumstance (also known as W. Somerset Maugham: "The Force of Circumstance"), BBC, 1970
"The Rivals," Play of the Month, BBC, 1970
"A Walk in the Forest," Play for Today, BBC, 1980
Octavia, "Antony and Cleopatra," BBC Television Shakespeare (alsoknown as Antony and Cleopatra, BBC Television Shakespeare: "Antonyand Cleopatra," and The Shakespeare Plays), BBC-2 and Showtime, 1981
Helene Weigel, Tales from Hollywood, BBC, 1992, also broadcast onAmerican Playhouse, PBS, 1992
Appeared in Brand.
Episodic
Marcia, "And So to Bed," Steptoe and Son, BBC, 1964
Lydia Crosse, "Deathday," Out of the Unknown (also known as Outof the Unknown: Deathday), BBC-2, 1971
"Eggs and Cress Sandwiches," Public Eye, Associated British Picture Corporation Weekend Television, 1973
Doreen Periam, "Hopjoy Was Here: Parts 1 & 2," Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle, BBC, 1977
"The Great Albert," Scorpion Tales, Associated Television, 1978
Joan Grant, "Sins of the Fathers," Bergerac, BBC, 1985
"Dearly Beloved," Love and Marriage, Yorkshire Television, 1985
Mary Radcliffe, "Nowt but a Prank," Heartbeat, Yorkshire Television, 1992
Nora Middleton, "Away from It All," Boon, Central Television, 1992
Ruth Gould, "It Ain't Me, Babe," Casualty, BBC, 1996
Jane Cotterell, "The Daughters of Cain," Inspector Morse, CentralTelevision, 1996, also broadcast on Mystery!, PBS, c. 1998
Moira Pearce, "Masquerade," Peak Practice, Carlton Television andCentral Independent Television, 2000
Ann Cunningham, "The Fall Out: Parts 1 & 2," Silent Witness, BBC, 2002
Dr. Heather Green, "Shooting Blanks," Attachments, BBC-2, 2002
Mrs. Williams, Bad Girls, Independent Television, multiple episodes in 2003
Jean Parkes, "Spotless," Doctors, BBC, 2004

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