Name
Angharad Rees
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1944-07-16
Deathday
2012-07-21 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Edgware, Middlesex, England, UK
Biography
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.
On 18 September 1973, Rees married the actor Christopher Cazenove. They had two sons: Linford James and Rhys William. Linford was killed in a car accident on the M11 motorway in Essex while driving to pick up books from Cambridge University, where he had been awarded the degree of Master of Philosophy. Cazenove and Rees divorced in 1994 but remained close. Cazenove died from the effects of septicaemia in 2010. Rees later married David McAlpine, a member of the McAlpine construction company, at The Royal Hospital Chelsea, London. She remained married to McAlpine until her death.
Rees founded a jewellery design company, Angharad, based in Knightsbridge, London, England.
Known For
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- 1981 Dear Brutus as Lady Caroline
- 1972 Under Milk Wood as Gossamer Beynon
- 1971 Hands of the Ripper as Anna
- 2002 Dylan on Dylan as Caitlin Thomas
- 1974 Moments as Chrissy Hunter
- 1988 The Temptation of Eileen Hughes as Mona McAuley
- 1998 The Wolves of Kromer as Mary
- 1978 Little Girl in Blue Velvet as Macha
- 1974 Once the Killing Starts as Stella Mason
- 1948 Pygmalion as Parlourmaid
- 1973 The Love Ban as Jackie
- 1974 Joe's Ark as Lucy
- 1971 Catch Me a Spy as Victoria
- 1980 The Curse of King Tut's Tomb as Lady Evelyn Herbert
- 1975 Awkward Customers as Brenda
- 1975 More Awkward Customers as Brenda
- 1973 Baffled! as Peggy Tracewell
- 1978 As You Like It as Celia
- 1971 Hell's Angel as April Cotton
- 1970 Jane Eyre as Louise
- 1971 Office Party as Julia
- 1971 The Bristol Entertainment as Sarah Ann
- 1984 Royal Variety Performance 1984
- 1974 Graceless Go I as Jean
- 1982 Remington Steele ( 2 episodes ) as Katherine Galt
- 1972 The Protectors ( 1 episode ) as Linda
- 1972 Crown Court ( 1 episode )
- 1984 Robin of Sherwood ( 1 episode ) as Jennet of Elsdon
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Sarah Churchill
- 1973 Thriller ( 1 episode ) as Stella Mason
- 1972 Crown Court ( 2 episodes ) as Pauline Ellis
- 1984 Master of the Game ( 9 episodes ) as Marianne Hoffman
- 1970 Play for Today ( 1 episode ) as April Cotton
- 1970 Play for Today ( 1 episode ) as Lady Caroline
- 1969 Doctor in the House ( 26 episodes )
- 1961 The Avengers ( 1 episode ) as Redhead
- 1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Parlourmaid
- 1975 Poldark ( 3 episodes ) as Demelza Carne
- 1975 Poldark ( 25 episodes ) as Demelza Poldark
- 1989 Close to Home ( 18 episodes ) as Helen De Angelo
- 1976 The Duchess of Duke Street ( 1 episode ) as Lady Adam
- 1956 Armchair Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Julia
- 1974 Bedtime Stories ( 1 episode ) as Miss Goldie
- 1967 ITV Playhouse ( 1 episode )
- 1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre ( 1 episode ) as The Girl
- 1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Mona McAuley
- 1978 The BBC Television Shakespeare ( 1 episode ) as Celia
- 1969 The Way We Live Now ( 5 episodes ) as Marie Melmotte
- 1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Cissie
- 1991 Trainer ( 10 episodes ) as Caroline Farrell
- 1975 Ten from the Twenties ( 1 episode ) as Alice Smith
