Actor
Rachel Bell
January 1, 1950 · 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 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).
Notable work
Often works with
William Russell
3 titles together
Doctor Who, Shoestring, Disraeli
Peter Davison
2 titles together
Doctor Who, Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
David Suchet
2 titles together
Agatha Christie's Poirot, Murder in Mind
Nicholas Farrell
2 titles together
Agatha Christie's Poirot, Red Mercury
Frances Barber
2 titles together
Agatha Christie's Poirot, Superstition
Jason Hughes
2 titles together
Midsomer Murders, Red Mercury
Full filmography · 24
Sister Boniface Mysteries
as Sister Helena
20226.5
Mrs Biggs
as Mary
2012
Monarchy
Director
2004
Murder in Mind
as Eleanor Bailey
2001
Midsomer Murders
as Mrs. Hunnicutt
19977.5
The Darling Buds of May
as Edith Pilchester
19917.9
The Upper Hand
as Carol Greenaway, Interior Decorator
1990
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Mrs Nicoletis
19898.2
Dear John
as Louise
1986
Home to Roost
as Violet Blackett
1985
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye
as Jennifer Fortescue
19857.4
The Magnificent Evans
cast
1984