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Rachel Roberts (September 20, 1927 - November 26, 1980) was a British actress.

Born in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, she debuted in movies in 1953 in The Limping Man
, but she became well-known by her 1960 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
, in which she appeared opposite Albert Finney.

She was twice married:

1) The actor Alan Dobie
2) The actor Rex Harrison
(1962-1971)

She committed suicide by barbituate poisoning in Los Angeles, California, aged 52.

Film Appearances

The Limping Man
(1953)
Our Man in Havana (1959)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
(1960)
This Sporting Life
(1963), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress
.
A Flea in Her Ear (1968)
Doctors' Wives (1971)
Wild Rovers (1972)
O Lucky Man!
(1973)
Murder on the Orient Express
(1974)
Picnic at Hanging Rock
(1975)
Yanks (1979) (British Film Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress)
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1980)

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