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name: "Rachel Roberts"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 September 1927"
died: "26 November 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
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updated: "2026-09-17T20:12:01.762070+00:00"
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# Rachel Roberts

Actor. Born 20 September 1927 in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK. Died 26 November 1980.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 September 1927, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
- **Died:** 26 November 1980
- **Also known as:** Рэйчел Робертс
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q254828, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0731499/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82495

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Picnic at Hanging Rock*](https://film.one/film/picnic-at-hanging-rock.md) (88)

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## Biography

Rachel Roberts (20 September 1927 – 26 November 1980) was a Welsh actress. She studied at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and made her film debut in *Valley of Song* (1953).

She is known for her performances in *Saturday Night and Sunday Morning* (1960) as Brenda, *This Sporting Life* (1963) as Mrs. Margaret Hammond, *Murder on the Orient Express* (1974) as Hildegarde Schmidt, *Picnic at Hanging Rock* (1975) as Mrs. Appleyard, *Foul Play* (1978), *Yanks* (1979) as Mrs. Clarrie Moreton and *When a Stranger Calls* (1979) as Dr. Monk. She won BAFTA Awards for Best British Actress for the first two of these films and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for *This Sporting Life*.

Roberts was married to actor Rex Harrison from 1962 to 1971.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Picnic at Hanging Rock* (1975), Fi1m 88, as Mrs. Appleyard — [page](https://film.one/film/picnic-at-hanging-rock.md)

## Also known for

- *Murder on the Orient Express* (1974), Hildegarde Schmidt
- *When a Stranger Calls* (1979), Dr. Monk
- *Foul Play* (1978), Delia Darrow / Gerda Casswell
- *Saturday Night and Sunday Morning* (1960), Brenda
- *Our Man in Havana* (1960), Prostitute (uncredited)
- *This Sporting Life* (1963), Mrs. Margaret Hammond
- *O Lucky Man!* (1973), Gloria Rowe / Madame Paillard / Mrs. Richards
- *Night Gallery* (1970), Rebecca Brigham (segment "Certain Shadows on the Wall")

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