Lynn Farleigh, born Marilyn J. Farleigh, is an English stage and screen actress who trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1966. She played Helen Wycliffe, wife to Jack Shepherd’s title character, in Wycliffe (1993-1998) — notably reuniting with Shepherd, having previously played his wife in 1976’s Bill Brand as well. Her extensive credits span Watership Down, Miss Potter, Midsomer Murders, Heartbeat, Bergerac, Vera, Silent Witness, Sherlock, and The Flash.

Lynn Farleigh
Appears in 3 cozy crime TV shows on Cozy Crime Index.
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About Lynn Farleigh
Lynn Farleigh TV shows
Wycliffe
as Helen Wycliffe
Set in and around Truro in Cornwall, Wycliffe follows Detective Superintendent Charles Wycliffe, a quiet, thoughtful, and astute observer of human nature who solves murders across the picturesque Cornish coastline whilst navigating the internal politics of his own department.
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
as Doreen Periam
Murder Most English is a seven-part BBC detective series from 1977., based on Colin Watson's comic crime novels.
Sherlock
as Professor Cairns
A modern reimagining of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective for 21st-century London, following the brilliant, emotionally detached consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and army veteran Dr John Watson as they form an unlikely, unbreakable partnership solving baffling crimes for the Metropolitan Police.