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.

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Known For

Grange Hill

Mrs. Holmes

Doctor Who

Priscilla P.

Midsomer Murders

Mrs. Hunnicutt

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Mrs Nicoletis

The Upper Hand

Carol Greenaway, Interior Decorator

The Darling Buds of May

Edith Pilchester

Murder in Mind

Eleanor Bailey

Disraeli

Clara Bolton

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2009	From Time to Time	Perkins
2005	Red Mercury	Mrs Iqbal
2001	Superstition	Forewoman of the Jury
1995	The Wisdom Of The Witch	Lorna
1990	Night Voice	Annie Jonas
1988	Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol	Priscilla P
1986	Song of Experience	Mrs. Lumb
1980	Chance of a Lifetime	School secretary

Year	TV Show	Role
2001	Murder in Mind	Eleanor Bailey
1997	Midsomer Murders	Mrs. Hunnicutt
1991	The Darling Buds of May	Edith Pilchester
1990	The Upper Hand	Carol Greenaway, Interior Decorator
1989	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Mrs Nicoletis
1986	Dear John	Louise
1985	Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye	Jennifer Fortescue
1985	Home to Roost	Violet Blackett
1984	The Magnificent Evans
1979	Shoestring
1978	Disraeli	Clara Bolton
1978	Grange Hill	Mrs. Holmes
1963	Doctor Who	Priscilla P.