Angharad Rees
Actor
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.
Filmography
Under Milk Wood
as Gossamer Beynon 1972
The Wolves of Kromer
as Mary 1998
Baffled!
as Peggy Tracewell 1973
Jane Eyre
as Louise 1970
Catch Me a Spy
as Victoria 1971
Moments
as Chrissy Hunter 1974
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb
as Lady Evelyn Herbert 1980
The Love Ban
as Jackie 1973
As You Like It
as Celia 1978
Little Girl in Blue Velvet
as Macha 1978
Once the Killing Starts
as Stella Mason 1974
Dear Brutus
as Lady Caroline 1981
Dylan on Dylan
as Caitlin Thomas 2002
The Temptation of Eileen Hughes
as Mona McAuley 1988
Pygmalion
as Parlourmaid 1948
Joe's Ark
as Lucy 1974