Angharad Rees
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Angharad Mary Rees is a Welsh
actress, best-known for her British television roles during the 1970s, garnering notice for her leading role as Demelza in the 1970s BBC
drama series Poldark
.
in 1969. She appeared in several films, most notably playing the fictional murderous daughter of Jack The Ripper
in the Hammer
horror film Hands of the Ripper
(1971).
(1943–2010), who had made his name at around the same time in The Regiment
, married. They had two sons: Linford James (20 July 1974 – 10 September 1999), who was killed in a car accident on the M11 in Essex
while driving to pick up books from Cambridge University, where he had just been awarded his Master's in Philosophy. and Rhys William (born 1976). Cazenove and Rees divorced in 1994; Cazenove died in 2010.
In 2005 Rees remarried, to David McAlpine, a member of the McAlpine construction empire, in Kensington and Chelsea, London
.
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
actress, best-known for her British television roles during the 1970s, garnering notice for her leading role as Demelza in the 1970s BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
drama series Poldark
Poldark
Poldark is a BBC television series based on the novels written by Winston Graham which was first transmitted in the UK between 1975 and 1977.-Outline:...
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Career
She made her screen debut in 1968, appearing in The Way We Live NowThe Way We Live Now (1969 TV serial)
The Way We Live Now is an adaptation of the novel The Way We Live Now as a serial for television, first broadcast in 1969.-Partial cast:*Colin Blakely - Augustus Melmotte*Rachel Gurney - Lady Carbury*Sharon Gurney - Henrietta Carbury...
in 1969. She appeared in several films, most notably playing the fictional murderous daughter of Jack The Ripper
Jack the Ripper
"Jack the Ripper" is the best-known name given to an unidentified serial killer who was active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. The name originated in a letter, written by someone claiming to be the murderer, that was disseminated in the...
in the Hammer
Hammer Film Productions
Hammer Film Productions is a film production company based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for a series of Gothic "Hammer Horror" films made from the mid-1950s until the 1970s. Hammer also produced science fiction, thrillers, film noir and comedies and in later...
horror film Hands of the Ripper
Hands of the Ripper
Hands of the Ripper is a 1971 British horror film directed by Peter Sasdy for Hammer Film Productions.-Plot:It is set in London in Edwardian times, and stars Angharad Rees as Anna, a vulnerable young woman who is exploited by her guardian , a medium, and haunted by the subconscious memory of her...
(1971).
Personal life
On September 18, 1973, she and actor Christopher CazenoveChristopher Cazenove
Christopher Cazenove was an English cinema, television and stage actor.-Early life and career:He was born Christopher de Lerisson Cazenove, the son of Arnold de Lerisson Cazenove and Elizabeth Laura in Winchester, Hampshire, but was brought up in Bowlish, Somerset...
(1943–2010), who had made his name at around the same time in The Regiment
The Regiment (TV series)
The Regiment was a British television drama series produced by the BBC. First broadcast on BBC One in 1972 it starred Christopher Cazenove and followed the story of a British Army regiment from the view of two families....
, married. They had two sons: Linford James (20 July 1974 – 10 September 1999), who was killed in a car accident on the M11 in Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
while driving to pick up books from Cambridge University, where he had just been awarded his Master's in Philosophy. and Rhys William (born 1976). Cazenove and Rees divorced in 1994; Cazenove died in 2010.
In 2005 Rees remarried, to David McAlpine, a member of the McAlpine construction empire, in Kensington and Chelsea, London
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is a central London borough of Royal borough status. After the City of Westminster, it is the wealthiest borough in England....
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Other
- Rees founded a jewellery design company, Angharad, based in KnightsbridgeKnightsbridgeKnightsbridge is a road which gives its name to an exclusive district lying to the west of central London. The road runs along the south side of Hyde Park, west from Hyde Park Corner, spanning the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea...
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- Has a pub named after her in PontypriddPontypriddPontypridd is both a community and a principal town of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales and is situated 12 miles/19 km north of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff...
, South WalesSouth WalesSouth Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. The most densely populated region in the south-west of the United Kingdom, it is home to around 2.1 million people and includes the capital city of...
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