Rachel Roberts (20 September 1927 â€" 26 November 1980) was a Welsh
actress. She is best remembered for her screen performances as the
older mistress of the central male character in 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).Roberts' theatre credits included the original production of
the musical Maggie May in 1964. She was nominated for the 1974 Tony
Award for Best Actress in a Play for the plays, Chemin de Fer and The
Visit, and won a Drama Desk Award in 1976 for Habeas Corpus.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.
actress. She is best remembered for her screen performances as the
older mistress of the central male character in 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).Roberts' theatre credits included the original production of
the musical Maggie May in 1964. She was nominated for the 1974 Tony
Award for Best Actress in a Play for the plays, Chemin de Fer and The
Visit, and won a Drama Desk Award in 1976 for Habeas Corpus.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.
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