Portrait of Rachel Roberts

Rachel Roberts

Acting

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.​

Born: September 20, 1927

Place of Birth: Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK

Filmography

1992
Under Milk Wood

as Mrs. Dai Bread Two (voice) (archive sound)

1982
The Wall

as Regina Kowalska

1980
1979
The Sorrows of Gin

as Mrs. Henlein

1979
Yanks

as Mrs. Clarrie Moreton

1979
1979
The Old Crowd

as Pauline

1978
Foul Play

as Delia Darrow / Gerda Casswell

1976
The Tony Randall Show

as Bonnie McClellan

1975
Picnic at Hanging Rock

as Mrs. Appleyard

1974
Murder on the Orient Express

as Hildegarde Schmidt

1974
1974
Great Expectations

as Mrs. Gargery

1973
Baffled!

as Mrs. Farraday

1973
O Lucky Man!

as Gloria Rowe / Madame Paillard / Mrs. Richards

1973
The Belstone Fox

as Cathie Smith

1971
Wild Rovers

as Maybell

1971
Doctors' Wives

as Della Randolph

1970
Night Gallery

as Rebecca Brigham (segment "Certain Shadows on the Wall")

1970
1970
The Reckoning

as Joyce Eglington

1969
Destiny of a Spy

as Megan Thomas

1968
A Flea in Her Ear

as Suzanne de Castilian

1966
Blithe Spirit

as Ruth Condomine

1963
This Sporting Life

as Mrs. Margaret Hammond

1961
Girl on Approval

as Anne Howland

1960
Our Man in Havana

as Prostitute (uncredited)

1958
Our Mutual Friend

as Lizzie Hexam

1957
The Good Companions

as Elsie and Effie Longstaff

1954
1953
The Limping Man

as Barmaid

1953
Valley of Song

as Bessie Lewis