About
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...
Known for
Remington SteeleSeries • 1982
Play for TodaySeries • 1970
The AvengersSeries • 1961
Crown CourtSeries • 1972
BBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965
ITV PlayhouseSeries • 1967
Screen TwoSeries • 1985
Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries • 1965
ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries • 1969
The BBC Television ShakespeareSeries • 1978
ThrillerSeries • 1973
The ProtectorsSeries • 1972
Robin of SherwoodSeries • 1984
PoldarkSeries • 1975
The Duchess of Duke StreetSeries • 1976
Jane EyreMovie • 1970
Hands of the RipperMovie • 1971
Baffled!Movie • 1973
Under Milk WoodMovie • 1972
The Wolves of KromerMovie • 1998