She played Brenda Blaney, who is brutally raped and killed by the notorious Necktie Murderer in London.
On my way home, I called my agent from the station.
I was astonished to hear theyd already been on the phone to say I had the part.
Barbara Leigh-Hunt in ‘Frenzy’ (1972)Everett Collection
She also starred as Ophelia inHamlet, opposite her husband Richard Pasco in the title role.
The family asks that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to theRoyal Theatrical FundorDenville Hall.
Information on survivors was not immediately available.
Barry Foster and Barbara Leigh-Hunt in ‘Frenzy’Everett Collection
Leigh-Hunt was predeceased by Pasco, to whom she was married from 1967 until his death in 2014.
