Rachel Roberts
- Birthday
- Sep 20, 1927
- Birthplace
- Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
Bio: Rachel Roberts was a Welsh actress. An actress of fervour and passion, Rachel Roberts gave forthright performances in two key films of the 1960s. After a Baptist upbringing (which she rebelled against), followed by the University of Wales and RADA, she was on stage from 1951. She made her film debut in the Welsh-set comedy Valley of Song, but was too direct and… More Bio: Rachel Roberts was a Welsh actress. An actress of fervour and passion, Rachel Roberts gave forthright performances in two key films of the 1960s. After a Baptist upbringing (which she rebelled against), followed by the University of Wales and RADA, she was on stage from 1951. She made her film debut in the Welsh-set comedy Valley of Song, but was too direct and intense to fit comfortably into leading roles in 1950s British films. However, these qualities led to her breakthrough BAFTA-winning portrayal of Brenda in Karel Reisz's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960). Lindsay Anderson saw that she would be perfect as the suffering Mrs Hammond in This Sporting Life (1963, another BAFTA and an Oscar nomination). In theatre, she played at the Royal Court and was the life-enhancing tart Maggie May in Lionel Bart's musical (1964). In films she continued to play women with lusty appetites (as in Lindsay Anderson's O Lucky Man! (1973), although the haunting Australian-made Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) provided her with a different kind of role. She appeared in supporting roles in several US films after relocating to Los Angeles in the early 1970s, her final British film being Yanks (1979, a supporting actress BAFTA). Impulsive, insecure, with self-destructive tendencies, she died from an overdose of barbiturates. She married firstly Alan Dobie, then Rex Harrison.
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Filmography
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In Time (2011)
- Carrera
- 36%
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How to Seduce Difficult Women (2010)
- Sabrina
- 14%
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Never Apologize: A Personal Visit with Lindsay Anderson (2007)
- Actor
- 67%
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Simone (2002)
- Simone
- 51%
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The Wall (1982)
- Regina Kowalska
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Rachel Roberts Videos
In Time
2 minutes 29 seconds
Murder On The Orient Express
3 minutes 31 seconds
When A Stranger Calls
1 minutes 5 seconds
Saturday Night And Sunday Morning
2 minutes 16 seconds
Foul Play
1 minutes 1 seconds
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