Rachel Roberts (British actress)

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.

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September 20 - 1927 - November 26 - 1980 - British - Llanelli - Carmarthenshire - Wales - 1953 - The Limping Man - 1960 - Saturday Night and Sunday Morning - Albert Finney

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In 1962 she married Rex Harrison. They were divorced in 1971. She starred in 1963's This Sporting Life, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

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1962 - Rex Harrison - 1971 - 1963 - This Sporting Life - Academy Award for Best Actress

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Other movies include Our Man in Havana, A Flea in Her Ear, Doctors' Wives, Wild Rovers, O Lucky Man!, Murder on the Orient Express, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Yanks and Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen.

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Our Man in Havana - A Flea in Her Ear - Doctors' Wives - Wild Rovers - O Lucky Man! - Murder on the Orient Express - Picnic at Hanging Rock - Yanks - Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

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Roberts committed suicide by barbiturate poisoning in Los Angeles, California.

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Barbiturate - Los Angeles, California

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