Portrait of Rachel Roberts

Acting

Rachel Roberts

Career

Active from 1954 to 1992, busiest in 1973 and 1974 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
17
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for This Sporting Life
This Sporting Life
GoodWatch score86/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • BAFTA Awards · Best Supporting Actress

    1980 · Won

    Yanks

    Source: Wikidata

  • BAFTA Awards · Best Leading Actress

    1964 · Won

    This Sporting Life

    Source: Wikidata

  • BAFTA Awards · Best Leading Actress

    1961 · Won

    Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role

    1964 · Nominated · 36th Academy Awards

    This Sporting Life

    Source: Wikidata

Characters

1

The characters Rachel Roberts played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 21 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Rachel Roberts Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Wholesome
    2.3, average 3.4
  • Showbiz
    0.3, average 1.2
  • Pop Culture
    1.4, average 2.2
  • Family Dynamics
    4.3, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Critique 2
  • British New Wave 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

46
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

1 title
Under Milk Wood
Under Milk Wood (1992)

as Mrs. Dai Bread Two (voice) (archive sound)

1980s

3 titles · average score 51
The Wall
The Wall (1982)
GoodWatch score 67

as Regina Kowalska

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
GoodWatch score 36

as Mrs. Dangers

The Hostage Tower
The Hostage Tower (1980)
GoodWatch score 49

as Sonya

1970s

23 titles · average score 64
Yanks
Yanks (1979)
GoodWatch score 52

as Mrs. Clarrie Moreton

A Circle of Children
A Circle of Children (1977)

as Helga

Picnic at Hanging Rock
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
GoodWatch score 81

as Mrs. Appleyard

Alpha Beta
Alpha Beta (1974)

as Nora Elliot

Back of Beyond
Back of Beyond (1974)

as Olwen

Graceless Go I
Graceless Go I (1974)

as Dorothy

Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
GoodWatch score 74

as Hildegarde Schmidt

O Lucky Man!
O Lucky Man! (1973)
GoodWatch score 79

as Gloria Rowe / Madame Paillard / Mrs. Richards

Baffled!
Baffled! (1973)
GoodWatch score 46

as Mrs. Farraday

The Reckoning
The Reckoning (1970)
GoodWatch score 71

as Joyce Eglington

Night Gallery
Night Gallery (1970)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Rebecca Brigham (segment "Certain Shadows on the Wall")

Play for Today
Play for Today (1970)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Olwen

1960s

12 titles · average score 75
Destiny of a Spy
Destiny of a Spy (1969)

as Megan Thomas

Happy Ever After
Happy Ever After (1969)

TV show · as Joanna Bulstrode

A Flea in Her Ear
A Flea in Her Ear (1968)
GoodWatch score 48

as Suzanne de Castilian

ITV Playhouse
ITV Playhouse (1967)

TV show · as Dorothy

Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit (1966)

as Ruth Condomine

Frankenstein Mark 2
Frankenstein Mark 2 (1966)

as Anna Preston

Thirty-Minute Theatre
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)

TV show · as Gladys Taylor

This Sporting Life
This Sporting Life (1963)
GoodWatch score 86

as Mrs. Margaret Hammond

Girl on Approval
Girl on Approval (1961)

as Anne Howland

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
GoodWatch score 81

as Brenda

A Subject of Scandal and Concern
A Subject of Scandal and Concern (1960)

as Mrs. Holyoake

Our Man in Havana
Our Man in Havana (1960)
GoodWatch score 83

as Prostitute (uncredited)

1950s

7 titles · average score 63
Our Mutual Friend
Our Mutual Friend (1958)

TV show · as Lizzie Hexam

The Good Companions
The Good Companions (1957)

as Elsie and Effie Longstaff

The Weak and the Wicked
The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
GoodWatch score 64

as Pat

The Crowded Day
The Crowded Day (1954)
GoodWatch score 61

as Maggie

The Limping Man
The Limping Man (1953)
GoodWatch score 44

as Barmaid

Valley of Song
Valley of Song (1953)

as Bessie Lewis

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Ruth