Rachel Roberts
Acting
Born September 20, 1927, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
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.
Filmography
- 1992Under Milk Wood — Mrs. Dai Bread Two (voice) (archive sound)
- 1982The Wall — Regina Kowalska
- 1981Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen — Mrs. Dangers
- 1980The Hostage Tower — Sonya
- 1979The Old Crowd — Pauline
- 1979The Sorrows of Gin — Mrs. Henlein
- 1979When a Stranger Calls — Dr. Monk
- 1979Yanks — Mrs. Clarrie Moreton
- 1978Foul Play — Delia Darrow / Gerda Casswell
- 1978The Wilds of Ten Thousand Islands — Clara Mooney
- 1977A Circle of Children — Helga
- The Tony Randall Show — Bonnie McClellan
- 1975Picnic at Hanging Rock — Mrs. Appleyard
- 1974Alpha Beta — Nora Elliot
- 1974Back of Beyond — Olwen
- 1974Graceless Go I — Dorothy
- 1974Great Expectations — Mrs. Gargery
- 1974Murder on the Orient Express — Hildegarde Schmidt
- 1973Baffled! — Mrs. Farraday
- 1973O Lucky Man! — Gloria Rowe / Madame Paillard / Mrs. Richards
- 1973The Belstone Fox — Cathie Smith
- 1972You're Free — Gladys Taylor
- 1971Doctors' Wives — Della Randolph
- 1971Wild Rovers — Maybell
- Night Gallery — Rebecca Brigham (segment "Certain Shadows on the Wall")
- Play for Today — Olwen
- 1970The Reckoning — Joyce Eglington
- 1969Destiny of a Spy — Megan Thomas
- Happy Ever After — Joanna Bulstrode
- 1968A Flea in Her Ear — Suzanne de Castilian
- ITV Playhouse — Dorothy
- 1966Blithe Spirit — Ruth Condomine
- 1966Frankenstein Mark 2 — Anna Preston
- Thirty-Minute Theatre — Gladys Taylor
- 1963This Sporting Life — Mrs. Margaret Hammond
- 1961Girl on Approval — Anne Howland
- 1960A Subject of Scandal and Concern — Mrs. Holyoake
- 1960Our Man in Havana — Prostitute (uncredited)
- 1960Saturday Night and Sunday Morning — Brenda
- Our Mutual Friend — Lizzie Hexam
- 1957The Good Companions — Elsie and Effie Longstaff
- 1954The Crowded Day — Maggie
- 1954The Weak and the Wicked — Pat
- 1953The Limping Man — Barmaid
- 1953Valley of Song — Bessie Lewis
- Hallmark Hall of Fame — Ruth
Appearances as themselves (1)
- 1975A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900 — Self