Rachel Roberts
- Acting
- September 20, 1927 · Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
- November 26, 1980
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Rachel Roberts (20 September 1927 – 26 November 1980) was a Welsh actress noted for her fervour and passion; Roberts is best remembered for her forthright screen performances in two key films of the 1960s, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and This Sporting Life, in both of which she played the older mistress of the central male character. In Australia, she is remembered for her performance as Mrs Appleyard in Peter Weir's Picnic at Hanging Rock. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rachel Roberts (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Under Milk Wood · Mrs. Dai Bread Two (voice) (archive sound)
- The Wall · Regina Kowalska
- Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen · Mrs. Dangers
- The Hostage Tower · Sonya
- The Sorrows of Gin · Mrs. Henlein
- Yanks · Mrs. Clarrie Moreton
- When a Stranger Calls · Dr. Monk
- The Old Crowd · Pauline
- Foul Play · Delia Darrow / Gerda Casswell
- The Wilds of Ten Thousand Islands · Clara Mooney
- A Circle of Children · Helga
- The Tony Randall Show · Bonnie McClellan
- Picnic at Hanging Rock · Mrs. Appleyard
- A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900 · Self
- Murder on the Orient Express · Hildegarde Schmidt
- Back of Beyond · Olwen
- Graceless Go I · Dorothy
- Great Expectations · Mrs. Gargery
- Alpha Beta · Nora Elliot
- Baffled! · Mrs. Farraday
- O Lucky Man! · Gloria Rowe / Madame Paillard / Mrs. Richards
- The Belstone Fox · Cathie Smith
- You're Free · Gladys Taylor
- Wild Rovers · Maybell
- Doctors' Wives · Della Randolph
- Night Gallery · Rebecca Brigham (segment "Certain Shadows on the Wall")
- Play for Today · Olwen
- The Reckoning · Joyce Eglington
- Happy Ever After · Joanna Bulstrode
- Destiny of a Spy · Megan Thomas
- A Flea in Her Ear · Suzanne de Castilian
- ITV Playhouse · Dorothy
- Blithe Spirit · Ruth Condomine
- Frankenstein Mark 2 · Anna Preston
- Thirty-Minute Theatre · Gladys Taylor
- This Sporting Life · Mrs. Margaret Hammond
- Girl on Approval · Anne Howland
- A Subject of Scandal and Concern · Mrs. Holyoake
- Saturday Night and Sunday Morning · Brenda
- Our Man in Havana · Prostitute (uncredited)
- Our Mutual Friend · Lizzie Hexam
- The Good Companions · Elsie and Effie Longstaff
- The Crowded Day · Maggie
- The Weak and the Wicked · Pat
- The Limping Man · Barmaid
- Valley of Song · Bessie Lewis
- Hallmark Hall of Fame · Ruth