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