Rachel Bell
Known For
Acting
Born
1950-01-01 in 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
Most Known For
Midsomer Murders
as Mrs. Hunnicutt
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Mrs Nicoletis
Doctor Who
as Priscilla P.
Grange Hill
as Mrs. Holmes
Sister Boniface Mysteries
as Sister Helena
Murder in Mind
as Eleanor Bailey
The Upper Hand
as Carol Greenaway, Interior Decorator
Shoestring
as Ruth
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
as Jennifer Fortescue
The Darling Buds of May
as Edith Pilchester
Dear John
as Louise
Superstition
as Forewoman of the Jury
Home to Roost
as Violet Blackett
The Magnificent Evans
Disraeli
as Clara Bolton
From Time to Time
as Perkins
Red Mercury
as Mrs Iqbal
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
as Priscilla P
Night Voice
as Annie Jonas
The Wisdom Of The Witch
as Lorna