Rachel Roberts

Sep 20, 1927 - Nov 26, 1980 (53 years old) in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK

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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.

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Known For

Play for Today

Olwen

Night Gallery

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

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Ruth

The Tony Randall Show

Bonnie McClellan

Murder on the Orient Express

Hildegarde Schmidt

Our Mutual Friend

Lizzie Hexam

O Lucky Man!

Gloria Rowe / Madame Paillard / Mrs. Richards

Yanks

Mrs. Clarrie Moreton

When a Stranger Calls

Dr. Monk

Picnic at Hanging Rock

Mrs. Appleyard

Credits

Under Milk Wood 1992

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

★ 4
The Wall 1982

Regina Kowalska

★ 6
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen 1981

Mrs. Dangers

★ 5.3
The Hostage Tower 1980

Sonya

★ 4.8
The Sorrows of Gin 1979

Mrs. Henlein

★ 10
When a Stranger Calls 1979

Dr. Monk

★ 6.2
Yanks 1979

Mrs. Clarrie Moreton

★ 6
The Old Crowd 1979

Pauline

★ 5.2
Foul Play 1978

Delia Darrow / Gerda Casswell

★ 6.3
The Wilds of Ten Thousand Islands 1978

Clara Mooney

★ NR
A Circle Street of Children 1977

Helga

★ 8
The Tony Randall Show 1976

Bonnie McClellan

★ 6.3
Alpha Beta 1976

Nora Elliot

★ 4.5
Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975

Mrs. Appleyard

★ 7.2
A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900 1975

Self

★ 6
Murder on the Orient Express 1974

Hildegarde Schmidt

★ 7.1
Back of Beyond 1974

Olwen

★ NR
Great Expectations 1974

Mrs. Gargery

★ 6.2
Baffled! 1973

Mrs. Farraday

★ 5
O Lucky Man! 1973

Gloria Rowe / Madame Paillard / Mrs. Richards

★ 6.9
The Belstone Fox 1973

Cathie Smith

★ 7.2
Wild Rovers 1971

Maybell

★ 6.3
Doctors' Wives 1971

Della Randolph

★ 5
Night Gallery 1970

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

★ 7.8
Play for Today 1970

Olwen

★ 6.3
The Reckoning 1970

Joyce Eglington

★ 7.3
Destiny of a Spy 1969

Megan Thomas

★ NR
A Flea in Her Ear 1968

Suzanne de Castilian

★ 6.2
Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter 1966

Ruth Condomine

★ NR
This Sporting Life 1963

Mrs. Margaret Hammond

★ 7
Girl on Approval 1961

Anne Howland

★ 6.3
A Subject of Scandal and Concern 1960

Mrs. Holyoake

★ NR
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning 1960

Brenda

★ 7
Our Man in Havana 1960

Prostitute (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Our Mutual Friend 1958

Lizzie Hexam

★ 5
The Good Companions 1957

Elsie and Effie Longstaff

★ NR
The Crowded Day 1954

Maggie

★ 5.4
The Weak and the Wicked 1954

Pat

★ 6
The Limping Man 1953

Barmaid

★ 5.2
Valley of Song 1953

Bessie Lewis

★ NR
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951

Ruth

★ 8.6