What is Lesley Saweard?
{{Infobox person | name = Lesley Saweard | birth_name = Lesley J Saweard | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1934}} | birth_place = [[Grimsby]], [[Humberside]], England | nationality = [[English people|English]] | occupation = Actress, former schoolteacher | years_active = 1953–2019 | known_for = ''[[The Archers]]'' (1953–62, 1968–2019) | notable_works = [[Christine Barford]] | spouse = {{marriage|[[Geoffrey Lewis (actor, born 1913)|Geoffrey Lewis]]|1956|end=died|22 July 1997}} | children = 2 }} '''Lesley J Saweard''' (born 1934) is an English retired actress and former schoolteacher. She is best known as the [[Voice acting|voice]] of [[Christine Barford]] in the [[BBC Radio 4]] [[soap opera]] ''[[The Archers]]''. == Early life == Lesley J Saweard was born in [[Grimsby]], [[Humberside]], England in 1934,<ref>England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007: JUL 1934 7a 887 GRIMSBY – Lesley J Saweard</ref> as the younger of two<ref>{{Cite web|title=Saweard|url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/categories/34/?name=_Saweard&location=3257.3250&mother=_Kiddle&mother_x=_1&name_x=_1&priority=united-kingdom|access-date=28 May 2024|website=Ancestry|language=en-GB}}</ref> children to William Montague Saweard (1889–1977)<ref>England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915: OCT 1889 7a 645 CAISTOR – William Montague Saweard</ref><ref>England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007: JUL 1977 (aged 87) 7 1694 LOUTH – William Montague Saweard</ref> and Hilda Louisa Saweard ([[Birth name|née]] Kiddle;<ref>England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005: APR 1926 7a 1647 GRIMSBY – William M Saweard = Hilda L Kiddle</ref> 1897–1997).<ref>England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007: FEB 1997 (aged 99) 21C 199 LOUTH </ref> She has a elder sister, Barbara (born 1927).<ref>England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007: JUL 1927 7a 990 GRIMSBY – Barbara Saweard</ref> S