Rosemary Leach

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia 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 196569 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 AldonzaDulcinea 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 Hoskinss Iago in the BBC Shakespeares production of Othello In 1982 she played Aunt Fenny in The Jewel in the Crown Rosemary played a leading role as smitten Joan PlumleighBruce in the six part ITV 1987 production of The Charmer TV series which starred Nigel Havers In 1987 she was nominated for BAFTAs 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 reallife Lady Mavis Hunt wife of the islands thengovernor Sir Rex Hunt Leach plays the part of Anna in BBC Radio 4s No Commitments and Susan Harpers 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 expat 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 2009s Margaret Description above from the Wikipedia article Rosemary Leach licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia