
Lynn Farleigh
Acting
Born 1942-05-03 · Bristol, England
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!
Known for

Sherlock
2010 · TV

Pride and Prejudice
1995 · TV

Peep Show
2003 · TV

Midsomer Murders
1997 · TV

Silent Witness
1996 · TV

Steptoe and Son
1962 · TV

Vera
2011 · TV

Bad Girls
1999 · TV

He Knew He Was Right
2004 · TV

Public Eye
1965 · TV

Out
1978 · TV

Heartbeat
1992 · TV

Spooner's Patch
1979 · TV

Finney
1994 · TV

Z-Cars
1962 · TV

Eyeless in Gaza
1971 · TV

Justice
1971 · TV

Bill Brand
1976 · TV

Scorpion Tales
1978 · TV

Theatre 625
1964 · TV

Out of the Unknown
1965 · TV

Playhouse
1974 · TV

Affairs of the Heart
1974 · TV

ITV Playhouse
1967 · TV

Fall of Eagles
1974 · TV

Wycliffe
1994 · TV

Performance
1991 · TV

Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977 · TV

ScreenPlay
1986 · TV

New Scotland Yard
1972 · TV

Wish Me Luck
1988 · TV

The Play on One
1988 · TV

The Guardians
1971 · TV

American Playhouse
1982 · TV

Play for Today
1970 · TV

Peak Practice
1993 · TV

Bergerac
1981 · TV

The Bill
1984 · TV

Grace
2021 · TV

The Word
1978 · TV

The Ice House
1997 · TV

BBC Play of the Month
1965 · TV