Angharad Rees

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.

Most Known For

The Avengers

as Redhead

Play for Today

as April Cotton

Play for Today

as Lady Caroline

BBC Play of the Month

as Parlourmaid

Remington Steele

as Katherine Galt

Crown Court

Crown Court

as Pauline Ellis

Thriller

as Stella Mason

Robin of Sherwood

as Jennet of Elsdon

The Protectors

as Linda

Poldark

as Demelza Carne

Poldark

as Demelza Poldark

Master of the Game

as Marianne Hoffman

Doctor in the House

The Duchess of Duke Street

as Lady Adam

Dear Brutus

as Lady Caroline

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Sarah Churchill

Close to Home

as Helen De Angelo

Little Girl in Blue Velvet

as Macha

Jane Eyre

as Louise