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Rachel Roberts was a Welsh actress. She is best remembered for her forthright screen performances as the older mistress of the central male character in two key films of the 1960s, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) and This Sporting Life (1963). For both films, she won the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for This Sporting Life. Her other notable film appearances included Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) and Yanks (1979).
Born
Tuesday, 20 September 1927
Died
Wednesday, 26 November 1980
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Discovering Film | Self | 2014 |
| Never Apologize | Self | 2008 |
| Burn Hollywood Burn | Self | 2007 |
| Ugly Betty | Marla | 2006 |
| Still Life | Nona | 2003 |
| Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen | Mrs. Dangers | 1981 |
| The Hostage Tower | Sonya | 1980 |
| The Sorrows of Gin | Mrs. Henlein | 1979 |
| 3 by Cheever | Mrs. Henlein | 1979 |
| Yanks | Mrs. Clarrie Moreton / Mrs Clarrie Moreton | 1979 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Discovering Film | Self | 2014 |
| Never Apologize | Self | 2008 |
| Burn Hollywood Burn | Self | 2007 |
| Ugly Betty | Marla | 2006 |
| Still Life | Nona | 2003 |
| Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen | Mrs. Dangers | 1981 |
| The Hostage Tower | Sonya | 1980 |
| The Sorrows of Gin | Mrs. Henlein | 1979 |
| 3 by Cheever | Mrs. Henlein | 1979 |
| Yanks | Mrs. Clarrie Moreton / Mrs Clarrie Moreton | 1979 |
| When a Stranger Calls | Dr. Monk | 1979 |
| The Old Crowd | Pauline | 1979 |
| Foul Play | Delia Darrow / Gerda Casswell | 1978 |
| The Paul Ryan Show | Self | 1977 |
| The Tony Randall Show | Mrs. Bonnie McClellen / Mrs. McClellan | 1976 |
| Family | Angela Brown | 1976 |
| Picnic at Hanging Rock | Mrs. Appleyard | 1975 |
| Murder on the Orient Express | Hildegarde Schmidt | 1974 |
| Great Expectations | Mrs. Gargery / Mrs. Joe | 1974 |
| O Lucky Man! | Gloria Rowe / Madame Paillard / Mrs. Richards | 1973 |
| The Belstone Fox | Cathie Smith | 1973 |
| Baffled | Mrs. Farraday | 1972 |
| Wild Rovers | Maybell | 1971 |
| Doctors' Wives | Della Randolph | 1971 |
| Play for Today | Olwen | 1970 |
| The Reckoning | Joyce Eglington | 1970 |
| Night Gallery | Rebecca Brigham (segment "Certain Shadows on the Wall") | 1969 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Dr. Victoria Thorson | 1969 |
| A Flea in Her Ear | Suzanne de Castilian | 1968 |
| Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Gladys Taylor | 1965 |
| Out of the Unknown | Anna Preston | 1965 |
| Gypsy | Self - actress | 1965 |
| This Sporting Life | Mrs. Margaret Hammond / Mrs. Hammond | 1963 |
| The Eleventh Hour | Mary Newell | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself | 1962 |
| Girl on Approval | Anne Howland | 1961 |
| Saturday Night and Sunday Morning | Brenda | 1960 |
| On Trial | Mrs. Rogerson | 1960 |
| Our Man in Havana | Prostitute | 1960 |
| Our Mutual Friend | Lizzie Hexam | 1958 |
| The Good Companions | Elsie and Effie Longstaff / Elsie & Effie Longstaff | 1957 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Lady Emma Hamilton | 1955 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | Lizzie | 1955 |
| Shop Spoiled | Maggie | 1954 |
| Valley of Song | Bessie Lewis | 1954 |
| Young and Willing | Pat, pregnant inmate / Pat | 1954 |
| The Limping Man | Barmaid | 1953 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1964 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1964 | Golden Globe | Best Actress - Drama | Nominated |
