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

• 2002Dylan on Dylan — Caitlin Thomas
• 1998The Wolves of Kromer — Mary
• Trainer — Caroline Farrell
• Close to Home — Helen De Angelo
• 1988The Temptation of Eileen Hughes — Mona McAuley
• Screen Two — Mona McAuley
• Master of the Game — Marianne Hoffman
• Robin of Sherwood — Jennet of Elsdon
• 1984Royal Variety Performance 1984
• Remington Steele — Katherine Galt
• 1981Dear Brutus — Lady Caroline
• 1980The Curse of King Tut's Tomb — Lady Evelyn Herbert
• 1978As You Like It — Celia
• 1978Little Girl in Blue Velvet — Macha
• The BBC Television Shakespeare — Celia
• The Duchess of Duke Street — Lady Adam
• 1975Awkward Customers — Brenda
• 1975More Awkward Customers — Brenda
• Poldark — Demelza Carne, Demelza Poldark
• Ten from the Twenties — Alice Smith
• Bedtime Stories — Miss Goldie
• 1974Graceless Go I — Jean
• 1974Joe's Ark — Lucy
• 1974Moments — Chrissy Hunter
• 1974Once the Killing Starts — Stella Mason
• 1973Baffled! — Peggy Tracewell
• 1973The Love Ban — Jackie
• Thriller — Stella Mason
• Crown Court — Pauline Ellis
• The Protectors — Linda
• 1972Under Milk Wood — Gossamer Beynon
• 1971Catch Me a Spy — Victoria
• 1971Hands of the Ripper — Anna
• 1971Hell's Angel — April Cotton
• 1971Office Party — Julia
• 1971The Bristol Entertainment — Sarah Ann
• 1970Jane Eyre — Louise
• Play for Today — April Cotton, Lady Caroline
• Doctor in the House
• ITV Saturday Night Theatre — The Girl
• The Way We Live Now — Marie Melmotte
• ITV Playhouse
• BBC Play of the Month — Parlourmaid
• Thirty-Minute Theatre — Cissie
• The Avengers — Redhead
• Armchair Theatre — Julia
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Sarah Churchill
• 1948Pygmalion — Parlourmaid

Appearances as themselves (2)

• Noel's Telly Years — Self
• 1977The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show — Herself