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Rachel Bell
Rachel Bell

Rachel Bell

ActingBorn January 1, 1950 (age 76)Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK

Biography

Rachel Bell (born 1950) is an English actress. Bell has many television credits to her name and has been associated as a long-running character with three series: Margaret Holmes in Grange Hill (1997–2002); Edith Pilchester in The Darling Buds of May (1991–1993); and Louise, the overbearing chair of the divorcee support group in Dear John (1986–1987). She also appeared in the Doctor Who story The Happiness Patrol (1988) and the Only Fools and Horses episode "To Hull and Back" (1985). Her films include Sweet William (1980), Red Mercury (2005) and the 2008 Keira Knightley film, The Edge Of Love. In 2010 she played Hyacinth Bucket in a theatrical adaptation of the BBC situation comedy Keeping Up Appearances that toured the UK. In 2017 she took on the recurring role of Eve Haskey, mother of doctor Al Haskey, in the BBC daily drama series Doctors. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography

2022TV
2012
Mrs Biggs

as Mary

TV
2009Movie
2005
Red Mercury

as Mrs Iqbal

Movie
2001
Superstition

as Forewoman of the Jury

Movie
2001
Murder in Mind

as Eleanor Bailey

TV
1997
Midsomer Murders

as Mrs. Hunnicutt

TV
1991
The Darling Buds of May

as Edith Pilchester

TV
1990
Night Voice

as Annie Jonas

Movie
1990
The Upper Hand

as Carol Greenaway, Interior Decorator

TV
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Mrs Nicoletis

TV
1988Movie
1986
Dear John

as Louise

TV
1986
Song of Experience

as Mrs. Lumb

Movie
1985
Home to Roost

as Violet Blackett

TV
1985
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye

as Jennifer Fortescue

TV
1980
Chance of a Lifetime

as School secretary

Movie
1979
Shoestring

as Ruth

TV
1978
Disraeli

as Clara Bolton

TV
1978
Grange Hill

as Mrs. Holmes

TV
1973TV
1963
Doctor Who

as Priscilla P.

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJanuary 1, 1950
Place of BirthNewcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
Popularity0.3