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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

Known For

6.3

Perkins

From Time to Time

2009

4.0

Mrs Iqbal

Red Mercury

2005

5.2

Forewoman of the Jury

Superstition

2001

8.4

Eleanor Bailey

Murder in Mind

2001

7.5

Mrs. Hunnicutt

Midsomer Murders

1997

9.0

Lorna

The Wisdom Of The Witch

1995

7.8

Edith Pilchester

The Darling Buds of May

1991

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0.0

Annie Jonas

Night Voice

1990

7.0

Carol Greenaway, Interior Decorator

The Upper Hand

1990

8.2

Mrs Nicoletis

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

Credits

From Time to Time

as Perkins

2009

6.3

Red Mercury

as Mrs Iqbal

2005

4.0

Superstition

as Forewoman of the Jury

2001

5.2

Murder in Mind

as Eleanor Bailey

2001

8.4

Midsomer Murders

as Mrs. Hunnicutt

1997

7.5

The Wisdom Of The Witch

as Lorna

1995

9.0

The Darling Buds of May

as Edith Pilchester

1991

7.8

🎬

Night Voice

as Annie Jonas

1990

0.0

The Upper Hand

as Carol Greenaway, Interior Decorator

1990

7.0

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Mrs Nicoletis

1989

8.2

Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol

as Priscilla P

1988

8.0

Dear John

as Louise

1986

7.4

Song of Experience

as Mrs. Lumb

1986

6.0

Home to Roost

as Violet Blackett

1985

6.3

Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye

as Jennifer Fortescue

1985

7.1

The Magnificent Evans

1984

6.0

Chance of a Lifetime

as School secretary

1980

0.0

Shoestring

1979

6.8

Disraeli

as Clara Bolton

1978

7.5

Grange Hill

as Mrs. Holmes

1978

6.5

Doctor Who

as Priscilla P.

1963

7.9