Angharad Rees
Acting

Angharad Rees

Born 16 July 1944 · Edgware, Middlesex, England, UK · Died 21 July 2012

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.

Known for

Remington Steele
Hands of the Ripper
Baffled!
Under Milk Wood
Jane Eyre
The Wolves of Kromer
Catch Me a Spy
Poldark
Master of the Game
Moments
The Love Ban
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Dylan on Dylan
The Wolves of Kromer
The Temptation of Eileen Hughes
Royal Variety Performance 1984
Dear Brutus
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
Little Girl in Blue Velvet
As You Like It
Awkward Customers
More Awkward Customers
Moments
Once the Killing Starts
Joe's Ark
The Love Ban
Baffled!
Under Milk Wood
Hands of the Ripper
Catch Me a Spy
Hell's Angel
Office Party
Jane Eyre
Pygmalion
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