Rachel Roberts
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
- Acting
- Born
- 1927-09-20 · Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
- Died
- 1980-11-26
Known for
- Murder on the Orient Express (1974) — Hildegarde Schmidt
- Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) — Mrs. Appleyard
- When a Stranger Calls (1979) — Dr. Monk
- Foul Play (1978) — Delia Darrow / Gerda Casswell
- Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) — Brenda
- This Sporting Life (1963) — Mrs. Margaret Hammond
- Our Man in Havana (1960) — Prostitute (uncredited)
- O Lucky Man! (1973) — Gloria Rowe / Madame Paillard / Mrs. Richards
- Night Gallery (1970) — Rebecca Brigham (segment "Certain Shadows on the Wall")
- Yanks (1979) — Mrs. Clarrie Moreton
- Wild Rovers (1971) — Maybell
- Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981) — Mrs. Dangers
- Baffled! (1973) — Mrs. Farraday
- The Limping Man (1953) — Barmaid
- Doctors' Wives (1971) — Della Randolph
- The Reckoning (1970) — Joyce Eglington