Rachel Roberts (actress)
| Rachel Roberts | |
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Roberts in 1976
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| Born |
20 September 1927 Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Died | 26 November 1980 (aged 53) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Suicide |
| Years active | 1953–1980 |
| Spouse(s) |
Alan Dobie (1955–1961) Rex Harrison (1962–1971) |
Rachel Roberts (20 September 1927 – 26 November 1980) was a British actress noted for her fervour and passion. Roberts is best remembered for her forthright screen performances as the older mistress of the central male character in two key films of the 1960s, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) and This Sporting Life (1963). For both films, 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). In 1974, she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in two plays, Chemin de Fer and The Visit.
Roberts was born in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. After a Baptist upbringing (against which she rebelled), followed by study at the University of Wales and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, 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 British Academy Film Award.Lindsay Anderson cast her as the suffering Mrs Hammond in This Sporting Life (1963), earning another BAFTA and an Oscar nomination. Both films were significant examples of the British New Wave of film-making.
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