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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
Midsomer MurdersSeries • 1997
Doctor WhoSeries • 1963
Agatha Christie's PoirotSeries • 1989
Grange HillSeries • 1978
Sister Boniface MysteriesSeries • 2022
The Upper HandSeries • 1990
Murder in MindSeries • 2001
ShoestringSeries • 1979
The Darling Buds of MaySeries • 1991
Miss Marple: A Pocketful of RyeSeries • 1985
MaryMovie • 2005
From Time to TimeMovie • 2009