- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 16, 1944
- Place of Birth
- Edgware, Middlesex, England, UK
- Died
- July 21, 2012
Angharad Rees
Angharad Rees was a London-born Welsh actress and, later, jewellery designer, best known for her British television roles during the 1970s and in particular her leading role as Demelza in the 1970s BBC TV costume drama "Poldark". Her father was a prominent Welsh psychiatrist Linford Rees (William Linford Llewellyn Rees) and mother Catherine Thomas. When she was two, in 1946, her family returned to Wales to live into Cardiff. Rees studied at the Sorbonne in Paris for two terms and the Rose Bruford Drama College in Kent, England. She also studied at the University of Madrid and taught English in Spain before acting in repertory theatre in England. On 18 September 1973, Rees married the actor Christopher Cazenove. They had two sons: Linford James and Rhys William. Linford was killed in a car accident on the M11 motorway in Essex while driving to pick up books from Cambridge Universit…
Filmography
movieDylan on Dylan
2002 · Caitlin Thomas
movieThe Wolves of Kromer
1998 · Mary
tvTrainer
1991 · Caroline Farrell
Close to Home
1989 · Helen De Angelo
movieThe Temptation of Eileen Hughes
1988 · Mona McAuley
tvScreen Two
1985 · Mona McAuley
movieRoyal Variety Performance 1984
1984
tvRobin of Sherwood
1984 · Jennet of Elsdon
tvMaster of the Game
1984 · Marianne Hoffman
tvRemington Steele
1982 · Katherine Galt
Dear Brutus
1981 · Lady Caroline
movieThe Curse of King Tut's Tomb
1980 · Lady Evelyn Herbert
movieAs You Like It
1978 · Celia
tvThe BBC Television Shakespeare
1978 · Celia
movieLittle Girl in Blue Velvet
1978 · Macha
tvThe Duchess of Duke Street
1976 · Lady Adam
movieMore Awkward Customers
1975 · Brenda
movieAwkward Customers
1975 · Brenda
tvPoldark
1975 · Demelza Carne, Demelza Poldark
movieMoments
1974 · Chrissy Hunter
Graceless Go I
1974 · Jean
tvBedtime Stories
1974 · Miss Goldie
movieJoe's Ark
1974 · Lucy
movieOnce the Killing Starts
1974 · Stella Mason
tvThriller
1973 · Stella Mason
movieBaffled!
1973 · Peggy Tracewell
movieThe Love Ban
1973 · Jackie
tvCrown Court
1972 · , Pauline Ellis
tvThe Protectors
1972 · Linda
movieUnder Milk Wood
1972 · Gossamer Beynon
The Bristol Entertainment
1971 · Sarah Ann
movieHands of the Ripper
1971 · Anna
movieCatch Me a Spy
1971 · Victoria
movieOffice Party
1971 · Julia
movieHell's Angel
1971 · April Cotton
movieJane Eyre
1970 · Louise
tvPlay for Today
1970 · April Cotton, Lady Caroline
tvDoctor in the House
1969
The Way We Live Now
1969 · Marie Melmotte
tvITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · The Girl
tvITV Playhouse
1967
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965 · Parlourmaid
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Cissie
tvThe Avengers
1961 · Redhead
tvArmchair Theatre
1956 · Julia
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Sarah Churchill
moviePygmalion
1948 · Parlourmaid