
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

The Guardians
1971 · TV

Wycliffe
1994 · TV

Midsomer Murders
1997 · TV

Bill Brand
1976 · TV

Wish Me Luck
1988 · TV

Finney
1994 · TV

Affairs of the Heart
1983 · TV

Out
1978 · TV

The Word
1978 · TV

Bad Girls
1999 · TV

Silent Witness
1996 · TV

Z-Cars
1962 · TV

Pride and Prejudice
1995 · TV

He Knew He Was Right
2004 · TV

Fall of Eagles
1974 · TV

Sherlock
2010 · TV

Vera
2011 · TV

The Ice House
1997 · TV

Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977 · TV

Heartbeat
1992 · TV

Play for Today
1970 · TV

Playhouse
1974 · TV

BBC Play of the Month
1965 · TV

Peak Practice
1993 · TV

Theatre 625
1964 · TV

Bergerac
1981 · TV

The Bill
1984 · TV

Peep Show
2003 · TV

Grace
2021 · TV

Public Eye
1965 · TV

Justice
1971 · TV

Performance
1991 · TV

ITV Playhouse
1967 · TV

Out of the Unknown
1965 · TV

Scorpion Tales
1978 · TV