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RIP another iconic actress - Barbara Leigh-Hunt - the P&P Lady Catherine

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vintage1950 Tue 01-Oct-24 20:03:27

Barbara Leigh-Hunt's Lady Catherine de Burgh was wonderful, so horribly believable. She did a more good-humoured version of the same type in Wives and Daughters, as the lady of the manor (forget her name - Lady Cumnor?) - that's another of the wonderful BBC classic adaptations.

Witzend Mon 30-Sept-24 10:23:05

Also a renowned Shakespearean actress,

And talking of icons, yesterday we went to a ‘Conversation with Patricia Routledge’ at our local theatre. It concentrated largely on her astonishing career as a singer in musical theatre, where she enjoyed great success well before her Hyacinth Bucket fame.
She is 95!! And was very warm, witty and amusing. The audience was extremely appreciative 👏👏👏.