Angharad Rees

Known for ActingBorn 1944-07-16Died 2012-07-21Edgware, Middlesex, England, UK

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.Read more

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Graceless Go I

The Temptation of Eileen Hughes

Awkward Customers

More Awkward Customers

Hallmark Hall of Fame

As You Like It

Joe's Ark

The Duchess of Duke Street

Robin of Sherwood

The Avengers

Once the Killing Starts

Screen Two

Remington Steele

Close to Home

Jane Eyre

Hell's Angel

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

ITV Playhouse

Thriller

Poldark

Pygmalion

Play for Today

Master of the Game

Hands of the Ripper

Under Milk Wood

The Protectors

The BBC Television Shakespeare

Armchair Theatre

Little Girl in Blue Velvet

Crown Court

Baffled!

Moments

BBC Play of the Month

The Wolves of Kromer

Doctor in the House

The Curse of King Tut's Tomb

Catch Me a Spy

The Love Ban

Dylan on Dylan

Royal Variety Performance 1984

Dear Brutus

Bedtime Stories

Office Party

The Bristol Entertainment