Angharad Mary Rees, Lady McAlpine CBE (16 July 1944 – 21 July 2012) was a Welsh actress, 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.

Biography

On 18 September 1973, Rees married the actor Christopher Cazenove, who had made his name at around the same time in The Regiment. They had two sons: Linford James (20 July 1974 – 10 September 1999) and Rhys William (born 1976). 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.

Several years after the death of her first husband Rees had a relationship with British actor Alan Bates On 29 April 2005 Rees married David McAlpine, a member of the McAlpine construction empire, at The Royal Hospital Chelsea, London. She remained married to McAlpine until her death.