Rosalind March is a British TV,

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and stage actress. Born in

Ebbw Vale Ebbw Vale (; cy, Glynebwy) is a town at the head of the valley formed by the Ebbw Fawr tributary of the Ebbw River in Wales. It is the largest town and the administrative centre of Blaenau Gwent county borough. The Ebbw Vale and Brynmawr con ...

Blaenau Gwent Blaenau Gwent (; ) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders the unitary authority areas of Monmouthshire and Torfaen to the east, Caerphilly to the west and Powys to the north. Its main towns are Abertillery, Brynmawr, Ebbw ...

, March began her career in 1979, when she played Madge in several episodes of the series ''The Dick Francis Thriller: The Racing Game''. Throughout the '80s she mainly did comedy. She appeared in episodes of ''

Victoria Wood As Seen On TV ''Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV'' is a British comedy sketch series written by and starring comedian Victoria Wood, with appearances from Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston, Susie Blake and Patricia Routledge. The show was televised on B ...

'' (1985–1986) and worked with Wood again in ''

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''. She was regular Amanda in ''

Life Without George ''Life Without George'' was a BBC comedy series created and written by Penny Croft (Val Hudson also wrote part of some episodes). Starring Carol Royle and Simon Cadell, it centred on a young woman's struggle to adapt to life after being left by ...

'' with Simon Cadell,

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and

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, also appeared in '' The Upper Hand'', '' Nelson's Column''. During the 1990s, March played a host of leading roles in numerous television dramas, ''Close Relations'', '' Goodbye Cruel World'', ''

Peak Practice ''Peak Practice'' is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale—a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District—and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most ...

'', ''

Seekers The Seekers, or Legatine-Arians as they were sometimes known, were an English dissenting group that emerged around the 1620s, probably inspired by the preaching of three brothers – Walter, Thomas, and Bartholomew Legate. Seekers considered all ...

'', ''

The Bill ''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, first broadcast on ITV from 16 August 1983 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, '' Woodentop'', broadcast in August 1983. The programme focused on ...

'', '' Inspector Morse'', '' A Touch of Frost'', ''

Oliver Twist ''Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress'', Charles Dickens's second novel, was published as a serial from 1837 to 1839, and as a three-volume book in 1838. Born in a workhouse, the orphan Oliver Twist is bound into apprenticeship with ...

'' (1996) and ''

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(1996).'' She also was a regular leading soap character, Liz Kemp, in the series ''

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'' for Carlton, spanning nearly two years. From 2000, onwards March featured in many more British television series and TV films like ''

Top Buzzer ''Top Buzzer'' is a British sitcom written by Johnny Vaughan and Ed Allen, styled as television's first ever "dope opera". It was shown on MTV in 2004 and later repeated on Five. It revolves around two small-time cannabis dealers, Lee ( Stephen ...

'', ''Men Only'', ''Swallow'', ''Agatha Christie’s'' ''

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: “Evil Under The Sun”'' as Mrs Castle, ''

The Second Coming The Second Coming (sometimes called the Second Advent or the Parousia) is a Christian (as well as Islamic and Baha'i) belief that Jesus will return again after his ascension to heaven about two thousand years ago. The idea is based on messian ...

'', ''

Holby City ''Holby City'' (stylised on-screen as HOLBY CIY) is a British medical drama television series that aired weekly on BBC One. It was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama ''Casualty'', and pr ...

'', ''

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'', '' Nicholas Nickleby'', ''

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'', ''

Rosemary and Thyme ''Rosemary & Thyme'' is a British television cosy mystery thriller series starring Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris as gardening detectives Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme. The show began on ITV in 2003. The third series ended in August 2007. ...

'', ''

Class of '76 ''Class of '76'' (also known as ''Monroe: Class of '76'') is a two-part British crime drama, first broadcast on ITV in October 2005. Written by John Ireland and directed by Ashley Pearce, the series starred Robert Carlyle as investigating police ...

'', ''

Ahead of the Class ''Ahead of the Class'' is a single British television drama film, based on the book of the same name by Marie Stubbs, that first broadcast on ITV1 on 30 January 2005. Adapted for television by Robert Jones and directed by Adrian Shergold, the fi ...

'', ''Zip and Hollow'', '' New Tricks'' and ''

Eternal Law Thomas Aquinas, OP (; it, Tommaso d'Aquino, lit=Thomas of Aquino; 1225 – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar and priest who was an influential philosopher, theologian and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism; he is known wit ...

''. She has also starred in several major films: '' East Is East'' in 1999, '' Calendar Girls'', 2003 and '' Flawless'' with

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and Michael Caine 2007. Stage work includes, ''

Dear Daddy ''Dear Daddy'' is a 1976 play written by English playwright Denis Cannan, first staged at the Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End. Plot summary Productions ; Opening night cast * Nigel Patrick as Bernard * Isabel Dean as Mary * Jennifer ...

'' the Ambassadors Theatre, Olivier award for best play, ''Ooh La La'', Hull Truck at the Bush, ''Mill Fire'' at the Bush, ''View From the Bridge'', York Theatre Royal, tours of ''Rebecca'' and ''The Real Thing'', ''Suspension'', at the Bristol Old Vic. In 2015, March appeared as Liz Grey in the ITV series ''

Midsomer Murders ''Midsomer Murders'' is a British crime drama television series, adapted by Anthony Horowitz and Douglas Watkinson from the novels in the '' Chief Inspector Barnaby'' book series (created by Caroline Graham), and broadcast on two channels of I ...

'' episode 17.3 "The Ballad of Midsomer County"

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