Rachel Roberts

• Born: Sep 20, 1927 in Llanelly, Carmarthen, Wales
• Died: Nov 27, 1980 in Beverly Hills, California
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '50s-'70s
• Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Career Highlights: Picnic at Hanging Rock, This Sporting Life, O Lucky Man!
• First Major Screen Credit: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1961)

Biography

She studied theater at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, then began her professional career in 1951. Roberts focused primarily on the stage, but appeared in about two dozen movies from 1953-80; she was often cast as a blowsy, sensual housewife. For her work in This Sporting Life (1963) she received a Best Actress Oscar nomination and won the British Film Academy Best Actress award. She also won British Film Academy awards for her work in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) and Yanks (1979). In the mid '70s, Roberts moved to Los Angeles, going on to costar as the housekeeper Mrs. McClellan on the TV sitcom "The Tony Randall Show." From 1955-61 she was married to actor Alan Dobie; from 1962-71 she was married to actor Rex Harrison, with whom she appeared in A Flea in Her Ear (1968). She died at 53 from barbiturate poisoning; her death was ruled a suicide. ~ All Movie Guide

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