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Barbara Leigh-Hunt is a British actress. Her numerous theatre credits include Broadway productions of Hamlet (1958) and Sherlock Holmes (1974), and she won the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for the National Theatre production of An Inspector Calls. Her film appearances include Frenzy (1972), Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972), Bequest to the Nation (1973) and Billy Elliot (2000).
Born
Saturday, 14 December 1935
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock | Self | 2023 |
| Vanity Fair | Lady Bareacres | 2004 |
| George Eliot: A Scandalous Life | Gossip | 2002 |
| Bertie and Elizabeth | Lady Mabel Airlie / Lady Mabell Airlie | 2002 |
| The Martins | Mrs. Heath / Mrs Heath | 2001 |
| Billy Elliot | Vice-Principal | 2000 |
| Longitude | Dodo Gould | 2000 |
| Longitude | Dodo Gould | 2000 |
| Wives and Daughters | Lady Cumnor | 1999 |
| Sunburn | Edna Hand | 1999 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock | Self | 2023 |
| Vanity Fair | Lady Bareacres | 2004 |
| George Eliot: A Scandalous Life | Gossip | 2002 |
| Bertie and Elizabeth | Lady Mabel Airlie / Lady Mabell Airlie | 2002 |
| The Martins | Mrs. Heath / Mrs Heath | 2001 |
| Billy Elliot | Vice-Principal | 2000 |
| Longitude | Dodo Gould | 2000 |
| Longitude | Dodo Gould | 2000 |
| Wives and Daughters | Lady Cumnor | 1999 |
| Sunburn | Edna Hand | 1999 |
| The Echo | Mrs Deacon / Mrs. Deacon | 1998 |
| A Merry War | Mrs. Wisbeach | 1997 |
| Midsomer Murders | Marjorie Empson | 1997 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Brenda Blaney (clip from Frenzy (1972)) | 1996 |
| Pride and Prejudice | Lady Catherine de Bourgh | 1995 |
| Kavanagh QC | Lady Justice Pinnock | 1995 |
| Anna Lee: Headcase | Beryl Doyle / Beryl | 1993 |
| As Time Goes By | Registrar | 1992 |
| A Perfect Hero | Iris Fleming | 1991 |
| Paper Mask | Celia Mumford | 1990 |
| Charlie Chalk | Captain Mildred / Mary the Hover Fairy | 1988 |
| Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Mrs. Fanshawe | 1987 |
| Inspector Morse | Blanche Copley-Barnes | 1987 |
| Screen Two | Gwenda Aaron | 1985 |
| Wagner | Queen Mother | 1983 |
| The Plague Dogs | Farmer's Wife (voice) / Farmer's Wife | 1982 |
| Playing Shakespeare | Self | 1982 |
| Oh Heavenly Dog | Margaret | 1980 |
| One Fine Day | Mrs. Phillips / Mrs Phillips | 1979 |
| BBC2 Playhouse | Clare / Teacher | 1974 |
| Who Killed Lamb? | Madeleine | 1974 |
| The Brontës of Haworth | Narrator / Mrs. Gaskell | 1973 |
| The Nelson Affair | Catherine 'Catty' Matcham / Catherine "Catty" Matcham | 1973 |
| Henry VIII and His Six Wives | Catherine Parr | 1972 |
| Frenzy | Brenda Blaney / Brenda Margaret Blaney | 1972 |
| Six Days of Justice | Miss Taylor | 1972 |
| Justice | Miss Stephens | 1971 |
| The Search for the Nile | Isabel Arundell / Isabel Burton | 1971 |
| Mrs. Mouse, Are You Within? | Anita Hill | 1971 |
| Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | 1970 |
| Play for Today | Sarah / Marjorie Berry | 1970 |
| Special Branch | Mira Kobylnova | 1969 |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Anita Hill / Kristina Linde / Shirley | 1969 |
| ITV Playhouse | Dr. McKenny / Jane | 1967 |
| Callan | Susanne | 1967 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Honor Voysey | 1965 |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Harriet | 1965 |
| Public Eye | Hon. Penelope Hunter-Bruton | 1965 |
| Theatre 625 | Kate Hardcastle | 1964 |
| Call Oxbridge 2000 | Madeleine Beasley | 1961 |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Helena | 1959 |
| No Hiding Place | Miss Holmes | 1959 |
| Emergency-Ward 10 | Madge Wright | 1957 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Charlotte / Polly | 1955 |
