Barbara Leigh-Hunt Biography (1935-)

Born December 14, 1935, in Bath, Somerset, England; daughter of Chandos Austin and Elizabeth (maiden name, Jones) Leigh-Hunt; married Richard Pasco (an actor), November 18, 1967; stepchildren: William. Addresses: Contact: P.O. Box 246, Los Angeles, CA 90078-0246.

Nationality: British
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress
Birth Details: December 14, 1935; Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
The Merry Gentleman, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, London, 1953
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Old Vic Company, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1954, then Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, 1954
Portia, The Merchant of Venice, Old Vic Company, 1959-60
Helena, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Old Vic Company, 1959-60
Maria, Twelfth Night, Old Vic Company, 1959-60
Bet Bouncer, She Stoops to Conquer, 1960
Viola, Twelfth Night, Nottingham Playhouse, London, 1962
Beatrice, Much Ado about Nothing, Bristol Old Vic Repertory Company, 1963
Rosemary, A Severed Head, Bristol Old Vic Repertory Company, Theatre Royal, then Criterion Theatre, London, 1963
Kate Hardcastle, She Stoops to Conquer, Bath Festival, Bath, England, 1965
Hedda, Hedda Gabler, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, 1966
Isabella, Measure for Measure, Bristol Old Vic Repertory Company,Theatre Royal, then City Center Theatre, New York City, 1967
Ophelia, Hamlet, Bristol Old Vic Repertory Company, Theatre Royal,then City Center Theatre, 1967
Anita Hill, Mrs. Mouse, Are You Within?, Bristol Old Vic RepertoryCompany, Duke of York's Theatre, London, 1968
Belvidera, Venice Preserv'd, 1970
Maggie, The Formation Dancers, Hampstead Theatre Club, London, 1971
Don Juan in Love, Edinburgh Festival, 1973
Amanda, Private Lives, Bristol Theatre, 1973
Madge Larrabee, Sherlock Holmes, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1974, then Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1974-75
Krupskaya (Lenin's Wife), Travesties, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1974
The Grand Tour, Brighton Festival, Brighton, England, 1975
Mistress Ford, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Stratford Theatre, London, 1975, then Aldwych Theatre, 1976
Queen Elizabeth, Richard III, The Other Place Theatre, 1975
Helen, Troilus and Cressida, Stratford Theatre, 1976
Paulina, The Winter's Tale, Stratford Theatre, 1976
Teacher, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Royal Festival Hall, 1977
Orbison, That Good between Us, Warehouse Theatre, London, 1977
Goneril, King Lear, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1977
Arkadina, The Seagull, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, 1978
Gertrude, Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford Theatre, then Aldwych Theatre, 1980
Queen Margaret, Richard III, Stratford Theatre, 1980
The Hollow Crown, Royal Shakespeare Company, Fortune Theatre, London, 1981
Pleasure and Repentance, Fortune Theatre, 1981
Raissa Pavlovna Goormizhaskaya, The Forest, Royal Shakespeare Company, Warehouse Theatre, then Aldwych Theatre, 1981
Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1981
Queen Margaret, Richard III, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1981-82
The actress, La Ronde, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre,1982
The Forest, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1982
Helen Kroger, Pack of Lies, Lyric Theatre, London, 1983

Big Mama, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Lyttleton Theatre, London, 1988
Mrs. Voysey, The Voysey Inheritance, Cottesloe Theatre, London, 1989
Heather Espy, Racing Demon, National Theatre Company, Cottesloe Theatre, 1990, and Doolittle Theatre, Los Angeles, 1994
Lady Hunstanton, A Woman of No Importance, Barbican Theatre, 1991
An Inspector Calls, Royal National Theatre, 1992
Also appeared with Bristol Old Vic Repertory Company as Lady Macbeth, Macbeth; and as the woman, Don Juan in Love. Also appeared in Bartholemew Fair, Olivier Theatre.
Major Tours
Alice, Henry V, Bristol Old Vic Repertory Company, European cities, 1964
Rosaline, Love's Labour's Lost, Bristol Old Vic Repertory Company,Israeli and European cities, 1964
Title role, Saint Joan, Bristol Old Vic Repertory Company, Britishcities, 1965
Victoria, Portrait of a Queen, British cities, 1966
Ann, Canaries Sometimes Sing, Duncan Weldon Productions, 1979
Lady Hunstanton, A Woman of No Importance, British cities, 1992
Also appeared in major North American tours with Old Vic Company in AMidsummer Night's Dream and with Bristol Old Vic Company as Isabella in Measure for Measure and Ophelia in Hamlet; as the Mayoress, Getting Married, British cities.
Film Appearances
Helena, A Midsummer Night's Dream (also known as Sen noci svatojanske), Showcorporation, 1961
Brenda Blaney, Frenzy, Universal, 1972
Catherine Parr, Henry VIII and His Six Wives, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/EMI, 1972
Catherine "Catty" Matcham, The Nelson Affair (also known as Bequest to the Nation), Universal, 1973
Margaret, Oh, Heavenly Dog!, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980
Voice of farmer's wife, The Plague Dogs (animated), United International, 1984
Celia Mumford, Paper Mask, 1990
(As Barbara Leigh Hunt) Mrs. Wisbeach, the landlady, Keep the Aspidistra Flying (also known as Comstock and Rosemary and A Merry War), First Look Pictures Releasing, 1997
Vice principal, Billy Elliot, USA Films, 2000
Mrs. Heath, The Martins, 2001
Iris: A Memoir of Iris Murdoch, 2002
Television Appearances
Series
Beryl Doyle, Anna Lee, Arts and Entertainment, 1993-94
Edna, Sunburn, 1999
Miniseries
Queen Mother, Wagner, 1983
Herself, Playing Shakespeare, 1984
Iris Fleming, A Perfect Hero, PBS, 1992
Lady Catherine DeBourgh, Pride and Prejudice (also known as Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice"), Arts and Entertainment, 1996
Lady Cumnor, Wives and Daughters, PBS and BBC, 1999
Movies
Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, HBO, 1988
Jean Lawrence, Tumbledown, BBC, 1989, then Arts and Entertainment,1990
Mrs. Deacon, The Echo, ABC, 1998
(As Barbara Leigh Hunt) Dodo Gould, Longitude, Arts and Entertainment, 2000
Episodic
"One Fine Day," Six Plays by Alan Bennett, 1979
Blanche Copley-Barnes, The Infernal Serpent (also known as Inspector Morse, Series IV and Mystery!), PBS, 1991
Registrar, "Wedding Day Nerves," As Time Goes By, 1995
Lady Justice Pinnock, "The End of Law," Kavanagh QC, 2001
Specials
Rosaline, Love's Labour's Lost, 1965
Isabel Arundell Burton, Search for the Nile (documentary), NBC, 1972
Who Killed Lamb?, 1974
Other
The Waiting Room, BBC, 1971
Emergency Channel, BBC, 1973
Also appeared in The Brontes; Cold Feet; Every Good BoyDeserves Favour; Mary's Wife; Mrs. Mouse, Are You Within?; One Chance in Four.
Radio Appearances
Has performed extensively on radio since the age of twelve.
RECORDINGS
Taped Readings
Georgette Heyer's Black Sheep, Chivers Audio Books, 1995
Other
Performed on numerous albums and audiocassettes.

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