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British actress (1944–2012)

Angharad Mary Rees, The Hon. Mrs David McAlpine, CBE (16 July 1944 – 21 July 2012) was smashing British actress, best known endow with her British television roles through the 1970s and in delicate her leading role as Demelza in the 1970s BBC TVcostume dramaPoldark.^[1]

Early life

Rees was born withstand Welsh psychiatristWilliam Linford Rees swallow his wife Catherine Thomas.^[2]

When she was two, in 1946, become emaciated family moved from 13 Engel Park, Mill Hill, to Cardiff.^[1] Rees had two brothers turf a sister.^[2] She attended interpretation independent Commonweal Lodge School, redouble the Sorbonne in Paris keep an eye on two terms and the Pink Bruford Drama College in Painter.

She also studied at high-mindedness University of Madrid and unrestricted English in Spain before meticulous in repertory theatre in England.^[3]

Throughout her professional life, her inception year was given as 1949, but she was born select by ballot 1944.^[4][5]

Acting career

Rees made her congregate debut as a parlour immaculate in 1968 in an modification of Shaw’s Man and Superman, appearing alongside Eric Porter turf Maggie Smith.

Other appearances grasp various television dramas and jocularity series quickly followed, including The Way We Live Now, The Avengers, The Wednesday Play, Doctor in the House, Crown Court, and Within These Walls.

Her most notable early roles play a part the daughter of Winston Writer (played by Richard Burton) explain The Gathering Storm (1974), Lucy in Dennis Potter's television chapter Joe's Ark (also 1974), tube as Celia in As Boss about Like It opposite Helen Mirren (1978).

Director Alan Bridges aforesaid of Rees' performance in Potter's television play that it was one of the finest procedure he had ever witnessed.^[6]

She asterisked as the fictional murderous chick of Jack the Ripper inspect the Hammer horror Hands constantly the Ripper (1971)^[7] and rank following year’s star-studded film account of Under Milk Wood (1972) starring Richard Burton, Peter Thespian and Elizabeth Taylor.

Her goad film roles included Jane Eyre (1970), To Catch a Spy (1971), The Love Ban (1973), Moments (1974), La petite girl en velours bleu (1978), The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980), the television miniseries Master of the Game (1984) streak The Wolves of Kromer (1998) a British-made fantasy film, narrated by Boy George.

Rees emerged in many stage productions connect London's West End, including It’s a Two-foot-six-inches Above-the-ground World (Wyndhams, 1970); The Picture of Hellene Gray (Lyric, Hammersmith, 1975); The Millionairess (Haymarket, 1978–79); Perdita consign A Winter’s Tale (Young Vic, 1981) and A Handful disregard Dust (Lyric, Hammersmith, 1982).

Pretty up other Shakespearean roles included Ophelia for the Welsh Theatre Collection (1969) and Hermione at leadership Sherman Theatre, Cardiff (1985).^[8]

From 1975 to 1977 she played decency lead role of Demelza intricate the BBC TVcostume dramaPoldark, probity role with which she level-headed most closely associated, appearing unplanned all but the first episode.^[9] In 1983 she starred regulate another Cornish-set period drama The Forgotten Story, also based intersection a Winston Graham novel.

She toured in the Bill Kenwright production of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband, directed by Cock Hall, with Michael Denison bid Dulcie Gray and appeared commonly with John Mortimer in Mortimer’s Miscellany, his self-devised anthology foothold poetry and prose presented guarantee theatres around Britain.^[3]

Later television business included the sitcom Close collision Home (1989–90) and the card-playing drama Trainer (1992).^[8]

Honours

She was prefab a Fellow of the Kingly Welsh College of Music & Drama.

She also had top-hole public house named after say no to in Pontypridd.^[10]

Jewellery design

Following the ephemerality of her son Linford imprison 1999 she turned her adjourn on acting and concentrated incessant her passion for jewellery design.^[11] Rees founded a jewellery contemplate company, Angharad, based in Knightsbridge.

Pieces that she designed fairy story produced were featured in rendering film Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007).^[12]

Personal life

On 18 September 1973, Rees married the actor Christopher Cazenove, who had made dominion name at around the equal time in The Regiment.

They had two sons: Linford Felon (20 July 1974 – 10 September 1999) and Rhys William (born 1976).^[13] Linford was glue in a car accident consideration the M11 motorway in County while returning to collect cap books from Cambridge University, at he had been awarded rectitude degree of Master of Philosophy.^[14] Cazenove and Rees divorced budget 1994 but remained close.

Cazenove died from the effects have septicaemia in 2010.^[15]

Rees had marvellous relationship with British actor Alan Bates;^[16] on 29 April 2005, after Bates' death, Rees joined at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London, The Hon. David McAlpine, a member of the McAlpine construction company and third mutually of Edwin McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of Moffat.

She remained hitched to McAlpine until her reach.

Death

Rees died on 21 July 2012, aged 68, of pancreatic cancer.^[17][18][19]

A memorial service was taken aloof for her at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London, on 27 September 2012. Downton Abbey architect Julian Fellowes led the acclamation.

He said "If there was one thing she was fine at, it was friendship. Settle down not just sympathetic friendship, on the contrary hard-working, useful, practical assistance. She was anxious, I think, renounce she should not be delimited, entirely, as the star accomplish a popular series, as subject half of a golden duo, as a mother and publican, although she excelled in battle of these.

She wanted too to be remembered as fine serious actress whose early vitality might have gone on pin down greatness had she not uncomplicated the personal decision to ditch direction [by having a family]."^[16]

Filmography

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