Career
After a Baptist upbringing (which she rebelled against), followed by the University of Wales and RADA, she began working with a repertory company in Swansea in 1950. She made her film debut in the Welsh-set comedy Valley of Song (1953; directed by Gilbert Gunn).
Her portrayal of Brenda in Karel Reisz's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) won her a BAFTA. Lindsay Anderson cast her 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, directed by Peter Weir) provided her with a different kind of role.
She appeared in supporting roles in several American films such as Foul Play (1978) after relocating to Los Angeles in the early 1970s
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Career
After a Baptist upbringing (which she rebelled against), followed by the University of Wales and RADA, she began working with a repertory company in Swansea in 1950. She made her read more...
Personal Life
She married firstly Alan Dobie (1955–1961), then Rex Harrison (1962–1971).
read more...Illness And Death
Her alcoholism and depression increased after her divorce from Harrison in 1971. Devastated over their divorce, she moved to Hollywood in 1975 and tried to forget the relationship. read more...
Rachel Roberts (September 20, 1927 – November 26, 1980) was a Welsh actress noted for her fervour and passion; Roberts gave forthright performances in two key films of the read more...