Rachel Davies is an English actress.[1] She has numerous television credits to her name, including Boon (1986), A Little Bit of Lippy (1989), Emmerdale (1993–94), Band of Gold (1995–96), Hillsborough (1996), and The Chase (2006–07).

Career

Born in Manchester, Lancashire, she has played leading roles in the following series: Boon, The Cuckoo Waltz, Making Out, Band of Gold, Telltale, Emmerdale, Nice Guy Eddie, Linda Green and The Chase. She appeared in the acclaimed single drama Hillsborough. In 2000 she played Estelle in the last film that had John Thaw in the lead role, Buried Treasure.

Guest roles on TV include: Z-Cars, Coronation Street, The Sweeney, All Creatures Great and Small, Last of the Summer Wine, Doctor Who (in the serial State of Decay), The Professionals, Tales Of The Unexpected, Grange Hill Juliet Bravo, Minder, C.A.T.S. Eyes, Cracker, Midsomer Murders, Dangerfield, Casualty, The Bill, Holby City, Heartbeat, Bodies, Doctors and Waterloo Road.

Davies starred in the 1984 British comedy, A Private Function as Mr Wormold's landlady, Mrs Forbes.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1971 The Troubleshooters Ann Dowling Episode: "Monopoly with Real Money"
1973 Harriet's Back in Town Buzz
1974 Seven Faces of Woman Christine Episode: "A Woman's Estate"
1975 Thriller Nancy Episode: "The Next Voice You See"
1975 The Wild West Show Jean Episode: "Oh! Oh! Antonio"
1975 Within These Walls Anne Litton Episode: "Windows"
1975 Play for Today Outpatients Sister Episode: "Through the Night"
1975 The Cuckoo Waltz Carol Rumsey Episodes: "Paying Your Way" and "House for Sale"
1975-1976 Coronation Street Donna Parker
1975 Second City Firsts Yvonne Episode: "The Permissive Society" [2]
1976 The Onedin Line Mary Baines Episode: "Month of the Albatross"
1976 Second City Firsts Michelle Grant Episode: "Summer Season"
1977 The XYY Man Sheila Watts Episode: "Whisper Who Dares"
1977 The Rag Trade June Burleigh Episode: "The New Girl"
1978 All Creatures Great and Small Mary Metcalfe Episode: "Bulldog Breed"
1978 Parables Tina Fuller Episode: "Britannia Mansions"
1978 Z-Cars WDC Howett Episodes: "First Offender" and "Deserter"
1978 The Sweeney Tina Adams Episode: "One of Your Own"
1979 Yanks Girl in Club
1979 The Dick Francis Thriller: The Racing Game Doria Graves Episode: "Odds Against"
1979 Crown Court Diana Graham Episode: "A Friend of the Family"
1980 Tales Of The Unexpected Diane Episode: "The Man at the Top"
1980 Hammer House of Horror Emma Episode: "The House That Bled to Death"
1980 Minder Bettina Episode: "A Nice Little Wine"
1980 The Professionals Deborah Episode: "Hijack"
1980 Doctor Who Camilla 4 episodes: "State of Decay"
1980 Strangers Jean Rutter Episodes: "Armed and Dangerous" and "A Racing Certainty"
1980 Juliet Bravo Judy Grainger Episode: "Coming Back"
1981 Crown Court Martine Rose Episode: "Foul Play"
1981 The House on the Hill Jean Episode: "Something for the Boys"
1982 Five-Minute Films The Hostess Episode: "Afternoon"
1982 Strangers Sgt. Jill Tender Episode: "The Tender Trap"
1983 The Last Song Girl Episodes: 2.4 2.5
1983 Juliet Bravo Pat Walsh Episode: "Guilt"
1983–84 Grange Hill Mrs. Jones Episodes: "On Trial", "Love Triangle", and "Episode Six"
1984 Leaving Jan Episodes: 1.2, 1.5, and 1.6
1984 A Private Function Mrs Forbes
1985 Crossroads: Kings Oak Elaine Winters
1986 Boon Doreen Evans
1986 Knights & Emeralds Mrs. Fontain
1987 C.A.T.S. Eyes Gloria McCrewer Episode: "The Big Burn"
1987 Last of the Summer Wine Mavis Episode: "Big Day at Dream Acres"
1989–91 Making Out Pauline Series regular
1990 The Manageress Blane Hennessey Episodes: "Steal Your Heart Away", "A Hundred and Ten Percent", and "A Match for Anyone"
1992 ScreenPlay: A Little Bit of Lippy Alma Titherington
1993 Heartbeat Nell Robinson Episode: "Manhunt"
1993 Telltale Doreen Hodge
1994 Cracker Mrs Malcolm Episode: "Men Should Weep"
1993–94 Emmerdale Shirley Turner
1995–96 Band of Gold Joyce Webster Series 1—2
1996 Hillsborough Teresa Glover
1997 Dangerfield Barbara Taylor Episode: "Happy Families"
1997 Born to Run Elayne Quigley Episodes: 1.1, 1.2, 1.6
1997 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Myra Episode: "Woman of the Year"
1997 Police 2020 DCI Marsha Beagley
1997 Casualty Maureen Episode: "Love's Labour"
1998 Silent Witness Eileen Bennett Episode: "Fallen Idol"
1999 Butterfly Collectors Rachel Garratt
1999 The Bill Lisa Upton Episode: "True Lies"
2001 Nice Guy Eddie Veronica 'Ronnie' McMullen
2001 Hidden Treasure / Buried Treasure Estelle Television film featuring John Thaw
2001-2002 Linda Green Iris Green
2003 Holby City Martha Palmer Episode: "A Friend in Need"
2004 Heartbeat Jean Godwin Episode: "In the Bleak Midwinter"
2004 Bodies Angela Strawberry Episodes: 1.1, 1.3, 1.6
2004 Doctors Eileen Rees Episode: "Passing By"
2004 Fat Friends Mrs. Chadwick Episodes: "Leggs Over Easy", "Food of Love"
2004 Best Friends Biscuits' Gran
2005 Cutting It Elayne Quigley
2006 Dalziel and Pascoe Sandra McNally Episode: "Fallen Angel"
2006–07 The Chase Margaret Wright
2007 Casualty Maureen Bunce Episode: "Meltdown"
2007 Midsomer Murders Jeannie Harding Episode: "The Axeman Cometh"
2009 Doctors Marion Cosgrove Episode: "Turkish Delight"
2009 The Bill Eileen Walmsley Episode: "Down South"
2011 Waterloo Road Granny Episode: 7.6
2011 Doctors Maureen O'Dowd Episode: "Relax and Rejuvenate"
2012 Branded The Cow
2013 Doctors Violet Connan Episode: "The Hider in the House"
2017 Holby City Bedelia Oosterhause Episode: "Things Left Unsaid"
2018 Peterloo Pie buyer

References

  1. ↑ Koch, John (16 July 1995). "'Band of Gold' is unsparing, adult drama with British accent". Boston Globe. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "BFI Screen Online - The Permissive Society". 29 September 2017.


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