Barbara Leigh-Hunt
| Barbara Leigh-Hunt | |
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| Born |
14 December 1935 Bath, Somerset, England, U.K. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1954–present |
| Spouse(s) | Richard Pasco (m. 1967) |
Barbara Leigh-Hunt (born 14 December 1935, Bath, Somerset) is a British actress who has appeared on stage, film, television and radio.[1]
Career
On stage, she has appeared in many productions as well those with the Bristol Old Vic, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre. On film among many roles, she appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's penultimate film Frenzy (1972), as a woman raped and strangled by a serial killer. Hitchcock's daughter, Patricia Hitchcock, personally found the scene so disturbing, she would not let her daughters view the film for many years.[citation needed]
In 1983 Leigh-Hunt appeared as the Queen of Bavaria in the mini-series Wagner sharing her scenes with Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud as court ministers. Richard Burton played the composer Richard Wagner and her husband Richard Pasco appeared also.
Leigh-Hunt also played Lady Catherine de Bourgh in Pride and Prejudice (1995), and provided the voices of Captain Mildred and Mary the Hover Fairy in the Children's BBC series Charlie Chalk. In 1999, Leigh starred as Lady Cumnor in BBC's four part series adaptation of the novel Wives and Daughters (4 episodes, 1999). She has also appeared in such films as Paper Mask (1990), Billy Elliot (2000), Vanity Fair (2004), and much work on television, mainly in guest character parts.
References
- ↑ Noble 1982, p. 492
- Noble, Peter, ed. (1982). 1982–1983 Screen International Film And TV Year Book. London: King Publications.
External links
- Barbara Leigh-Hunt at the Internet Movie Database
- Barbara Leigh-Hunt at the Internet Broadway Database
- Barbara Leigh-Hunt at AllRovi
- Selected performances in Theatre Archive University of Bristol
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