Rachel Bell
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
Movie Appearances
Night Voice
as Annie Jonas
1990
From Time to Time
as Perkins
2009
Superstition
as Forewoman of the Jury
2001
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
as Priscilla P
1988
Red Mercury
as Mrs Iqbal
2005
Song of Experience
as Mrs. Lumb
1986
Chance of a Lifetime
as School secretary
1980
One Foot in the Grave: The Wisdom Of The Witch
as Lorna
1995
TV Appearances
Midsomer Murders
as Mrs. Hunnicutt
1997
Doctor Who
as Priscilla P.
1963
The Magnificent Evans
1984
Dear John
as Louise
1986
Disraeli
as Clara Bolton
1978
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Mrs Nicoletis
1989
Grange Hill
as Mrs. Holmes
1978
The Upper Hand
as Carol Greenaway, Interior Decorator
1990
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
as Jennifer Fortescue
1985
Home to Roost
as Violet Blackett
1985
Murder in Mind
as Eleanor Bailey
2001
The Darling Buds of May
as Edith Pilchester
1991