Deceased

How Did Rachel Roberts Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 53

Also known asРэйчел РобертсGenderFemaleNationalityUnited KingdomBorn20/09/1927Born inLlanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UKDied26/11/1980 (aged 53)Died inHollywoodCausedrug overdoseWikidataQ254828 ↗Buried atChapel of the Pines CrematoryTMDb#82495 ↗

Rachel Roberts was a Welsh actress. She is best remembered for her screen performances as the older mistress of the central male characters in both Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) and This Sporting Life (1963). For each, 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).

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Filmography36 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
1992	Under Milk WoodMovie	Mrs. Dai Bread Two (voice) (archive sound)	65
1982	The WallMovie	Regina Kowalska	55
1981	Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon QueenMovie	Mrs. Dangers	54
1980	The Hostage TowerMovie	Sonya	53
1979	YanksMovie	Mrs. Clarrie Moreton	52
1979	When a Stranger CallsMovie	Dr. Monk	52
1979	The Sorrows of GinMovie	Mrs. Henlein	52
1978	Foul PlayMovie	Delia Darrow / Gerda Casswell	51
1978	The Wilds of Ten Thousand IslandsMovie	Clara Mooney	51
1976	The Tony Randall ShowSeries	Bonnie McClellan	49
1975	Picnic at Hanging RockMovie	Mrs. Appleyard	48
1975	A Recollection... Hanging Rock 1900Movie	Self	48
1974	Murder on the Orient ExpressMovie	Hildegarde Schmidt	47
1974	Alpha BetaMovie	Nora Elliot	47
1974	Great ExpectationsMovie	Mrs. Gargery	47
1974	Graceless Go IMovie	Dorothy	47
1973	Baffled!Movie	Mrs. Farraday	46
1973	O Lucky Man!Movie	Gloria Rowe / Madame Paillard / Mrs. Richards	46
1973	The Belstone FoxMovie	Cathie Smith	46
1971	Doctors' WivesMovie	Della Randolph	44
1971	Wild RoversMovie	Maybell	44
1970	Play for TodaySeries	Olwen	43
1970	Night GallerySeries	Rebecca Brigham (segment "Certain Shadows on the Wall")	43
1969	Destiny of a SpyMovie	Megan Thomas	42
1968	A Flea in Her EarMovie	Suzanne de Castilian	41
1967	ITV PlayhouseSeries	Dorothy	40
1966	Frankenstein Mark 2Movie	Anna Preston	39
1966	Blithe SpiritMovie	Ruth Condomine	39
1965	Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries	Gladys Taylor	38
1960	Saturday Night and Sunday MorningMovie	Brenda	33
1960	A Subject of Scandal and ConcernMovie	Mrs. Holyoake	33
1958	Our Mutual FriendSeries	Lizzie Hexam	31
1957	The Good CompanionsMovie	Elsie and Effie Longstaff	30
1954	The Weak and the WickedMovie	Pat	27
1953	Valley of SongMovie	Bessie Lewis	26
1951	Hallmark Hall of FameSeries	Ruth	24