Background
Fleetwood was born in Street Andrews, Scotland, the daughter of Bridget Maureen (née Brereton) and John Joseph Kells Fleetwood, an Royal Air Force officer
Fleetwood was born in Street Andrews, Scotland, the daughter of Bridget Maureen (née Brereton) and John Joseph Kells Fleetwood, an Royal Air Force officer
When Hands moved to the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1967, she followed. In 1968 at Stratford she gave two commanding performances: in the relatively unpromising part of Cassandra in Troilus and Cressida and as Regan in Lear. In 1969, under the direction of Hands, she movingly doubled the parts Thaisa and Marina in Pericles.
In 1974, she played Imogen in John Barton"s production of Cymbeline.
Many principal roles followed, until in 1977 the former Royal Society of Chemistry director Peter Hall persuaded her to join him in the National Theatre company where, in addition to playing Ophelia to Albert Finney"s Hamlet, she was offered parts from a wider repertory of plays. In the early 1980s she appeared in seasons with both companies, including a memorable Rosalind in As You Like lieutenant
Her last season with the Royal Society of Chemistry was 1990-1991. She died in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, aged 51, after a ten-year battle with breast cancer.