Rachel Roberts

Actor
Rachel Roberts

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Birth Place
United Kingdom
Born
September 20, 1927
Died
November 26, 1980
Cause of Death
Suicide

Biography

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Distinguished stage actress who made intermittent film appearances, beginning in 1953. Roberts made the most of a number of fine roles during the 1960s and 70s, typically as distraught middle-aged women, beginning with her success opposite Albert Finney in the landmark "angry young man" film "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" (1960). Married to actor Rex Harrison from 1962 to 1971....

Filmography

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How to Seduce Difficult Women (2009)
The Wall (1982)
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
The Hostage Tower (1980)
Sonya Kolchinski
Yanks (1979)
When a Stranger Calls (1979)
Dr Monk

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Saturday Night And Sunday Morning (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Every Minute God Sends
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Picnic At Hanging Rock (1975) -- (Movie Clip) This We Do For Pleasure

Family & Companions

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Rex Harrison
Husband
Actor. Married March 8,1962; divorced.

Biography

Distinguished stage actress who made intermittent film appearances, beginning in 1953. Roberts made the most of a number of fine roles during the 1960s and 70s, typically as distraught middle-aged women, beginning with her success opposite Albert Finney in the landmark "angry young man" film "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" (1960). Married to actor Rex Harrison from 1962 to 1971.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

How to Seduce Difficult Women (2009)
The Wall (1982)
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
The Hostage Tower (1980)
Sonya Kolchinski
Yanks (1979)
When a Stranger Calls (1979)
Dr Monk
Foul Play (1978)
A Circle of Children (1977)
Alpha Beta (1976)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Mrs. Appleyard
Great Expectations (1974)
Mrs Gargery
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
The Belstone Fox (1973)
Baffled (1973)
Mrs Farraday
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Doctors' Wives (1971)
Della Randolph
The Reckoning (1971)
Joyce Eglington
Wild Rovers (1971)
Maybell [Tucker]
A Flea in Her Ear (1968)
Suzanne
This Sporting Life (1963)
Mrs. Hammond
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1961)
Brenda
The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
Pat
The Limping Man (1953)
Barmaid

Cast (Special)

The Wilds of Ten Thousand Islands (1978)
Clara Mooney

Life Events

Videos

Movie Clip

Saturday Night And Sunday Morning (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Every Minute God Sends The de-facto debut of Albert Finney, at work in the Raleigh Bicycle Works in Nottingham, a landmark in the British "Angry Young Man" movement, opening Saturday Night And Sunday Morning, 1961, directed by Karel Reisz from Alan Sillitoe's novel and screenplay.
Picnic At Hanging Rock (1975) -- (Movie Clip) This We Do For Pleasure In Victoria, Australia, on Valentine's Day, 1900, Mrs. Appleyard (Rachel Roberts) dispatches students in the care of driver Hussey (Martin Vaughan), Miss McCraw (Vivean Gray) and Mlle. De Portiers (Helen Morse) for the fateful event, in Peter Weir's Picnic At Hanging Rock, 1975.
Saturday Night And Sunday Morning -- (Movie Clip) Eight Pints Already At the pub Arthur (Albert Finney), with his not-yet introduced married girlfriend Brenda (Rachel Roberts), handily winning a "boozing match," early in director Karel Reisz's Saturday Night And Sunday Morning, 1961, from Alan Sillitoe's novel and screenplay.
O Lucky Man! (1973) -- Original Trailer Original trailer, featuring two songs from Alan Price's much-praised original soundtrack, from O Lucky Man!, 1973, directed by Lindsay Anderson, co-written by star Malcolm McDowell, featuring Helen Mirren.
This Sporting Life (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Just A Bit Dazed Director Lindsay Anderson’s opening, Richard Harris, himself a formidable player in his college years, in an English rugby match, getting thumped, initiating flashbacks to his days as a miner, and his emotional involvement with his landlady Rachel Roberts, in This Sporting Life, 1963.
This Sporting Life (1963) -- (Movie Clip) It's A Rough Game Frank (Richard Harris) has won a spot on the local rugby team (director Lindsay Anderson shooting at Belle Vue, Wakefield, West Yorkshire), thinking of his landlady (Rachel Roberts) and impressing the owner (Alan Badel), William Hartnell a scout who recruited him, in This Sporting Life, 1963.

Trailer

Foul Play (1978) -- (Original Trailer) Original trailer for the San Francisco action-comedy and the movie debut for Saturday Night Live sensation Chevy Chase, also starring Goldie Hawn and featuring Dudley Moore, from writer-director Colin Higgins, Foul Play, 1978,
Murder on the Orient Express - (Original Trailer) Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of a mysterious businessman on a train ride in Murder on the Orient Express (1974)starring Albert Finney.
Wild Rovers - (Original Trailer) An aging cowboy joins up with a beginner to rob banks in Wild Rovers (1971) starring William Holden and Ryan O'Neal.
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning - (U.S. trailer) Albert Finney is a factory worker living for the weekend in the "kitchen sink" classic Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1961).

Companions

Rex Harrison
Husband
Actor. Married March 8,1962; divorced.

Bibliography

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