Celebrity Biographies
Rosemary Leach
Rosemary Leach took part in feature films such as “A Room with a View”, although she gained prestige above all on the stage. The British actress she passed away on October 21, 2017 at the age of 81 as a result of cancer. “It is with great sadness that we must affirm that she died this Saturday,” her representative said in a statement.
Born December 18, 1935, in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, United Kingdom, Rosemary Anne Leach (her full name) was the daughter of two teachers. After graduating from the Royal School of Dramatic Art, she became a regular on the London stage, before becoming a hugely popular face with viewers back home, as Susan Wheldon, mistress of a building magnate, in The Power Game. .
She was Rex Harrison ‘s Dulcinea in the BBC series The Adventures of Don Quixote , as well as Queen Victoria in Disraeli , another television production. She got her start in film as the mother of a rebellious boy in That Will Be the Day , opposite Ringo Starr , a role for which she competed for the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress. She, but she shone above all as the mother of Helena Bonham Carter , in A Room with a View , with which she got her second and last BAFTA nomination.
He won the Olivier Award, the most prestigious on the British scene, as the lead in 84, Charing Cross Road , in 1982. Over the years Rosemary Leach worked extensively, both on stage, film and television. She is survived by her husband, Colin Starkey, whom she married in 1981.