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Rachel Bell
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
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…
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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
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2022
Sister Boniface Mysteries
TV show Sister Helena
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2012
Mrs Biggs
TV show Mary
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2009
From Time to Time
Movie Perkins
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2005
Mary
Movie (uncredited)
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2005
Red Mercury
Movie Mrs Iqbal
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2004
Monarchy
TV show Director
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2001
Superstition
Movie Forewoman of the Jury
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2001
Murder in Mind
TV show Eleanor Bailey
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1997
Midsomer Murders
TV show Mrs. Hunnicutt
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1995
One Foot in the Grave: The Wisdom Of The Witch
Movie Lorna
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1991
The Darling Buds of May
TV show Edith Pilchester
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1990
Night Voice
Movie Annie Jonas
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1990
The Upper Hand
TV show Carol Greenaway, Interior Decorator
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1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV show Mrs Nicoletis
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1988
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
Movie Priscilla P
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1986
Dear John
TV show Louise
More credits
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1986
Song of Experience
Movie Mrs. Lumb
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1985
Home to Roost
TV show Violet Blackett
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1985
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
TV show Jennifer Fortescue
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1984
The Magnificent Evans
TV show
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1980
Chance of a Lifetime
Movie School secretary
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1979
Shoestring
TV show Ruth
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1978
Disraeli
TV show Clara Bolton
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1978
Grange Hill
TV show Mrs. Holmes
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1973
Second City Firsts
TV show Rosie
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1963
Doctor Who
TV show Priscilla P.
