Rachel Roberts
British actress (1927-1980)
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).
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 7 films (1960–1978) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 1 other record (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▲ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Our man in Havana. | Kingsmead Productions Ltd. | 111 min | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1961 | Saturday Night and Sunday Morning | WREADE | 90 min. | 16mm | B&W | |
| 1963 | This Sporting Life | Lindsay Anderson | 1:34 | Color & B&W | ||
| 1968 | A FLEA IN HER EAR. | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp | 35mm | Color | sound | |
| 1972 | Baffled | Philip Leacock | 90 min. | 16mm | ||
| 1975 | Picnic at Hanging Rock | Peter Weir | ||||
| 1978 | Foul Play | Colin Higgins | 116 min | 16mm | Color |