Rachel Kempson

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Tom Jones (1963)

Out of Africa (1985)

Georgy Girl (1966)

Jane Eyre (1970)

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1997 Déjà Vu
Skelly's Mother

1991 For the Greater Good (TV movie)
Dame Margaret Delysia

1991 Uncle Vanya (TV movie)
Mariya Vasilyevna

1990 Lorna Doone (TV movie)
Lady Dugal

1989 Boon (TV series)
Mrs. Barker

– In It for the Monet (1989) … Mrs. Barker

1989 Screen One (TV series)
Matilda

– She's Been Away (1989) … Matilda

1988 Worlds Beyond (TV series)

– Home (1988)

1988 Stealing Heaven
Prioress

1988 Small World (TV mini-series)
Miss Maiden

– Hurry Up, Please, It's Time (1988) … Miss Maiden

– Throbbing and Waiting (1988) … Miss Maiden

– What Shall We Do Tomorrow? (1988) … Miss Maiden

– Unreal Cities (1988) … Miss Maiden

– The Lady of Situations (1988) … Miss Maiden

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1986 The Understanding (TV movie)
Lydia

1985 Out of Africa
Lady Belfield

1985 The Black Tower (TV mini-series)
Grace Willison

– Episode #1.5 (1985) … Grace Willison

– Episode #1.4 (1985) … Grace Willison

– Episode #1.3 (1985) … Grace Willison

– Episode #1.2 (1985) … Grace Willison

– Episode #1.1 (1985) … Grace Willison

1984 Camille (TV movie)
Hortense

1984 The Jewel in the Crown (TV mini-series)
Lady Manners

– The Towers of Silence (1984) … Lady Manners

– The Day of the Scorpion (1984) … Lady Manners

– Ordeal by Fire (1984) … Lady Manners

– Regimental Silver (1984) … Lady Manners

– Questions of Loyalty (1984) … Lady Manners

1968-1982 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
Lady Bland / Miss Ives / Mrs. Angusthorpe / …

– The Boxwallah (1982) … Nancy Coote

– The Winter Ladies (1979) … Miss Ives

– The Grass Widows (1971) … Mrs. Angusthorpe

– Suspect (1969) … Phyllis Segal

– Bon Voyage (1968) … Lady Bland

1982 The Bell (TV series)
Abbess

– Episode #1.4 (1982) … Abbess

– Episode #1.3 (1982) … Abbess

1981 Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)
Mrs. Mason / Nell Bridges

– The Best of Everything (1981) … Mrs. Mason

– Bosom Friends (1981) … Nell Bridges

1981 Sunday Night Thriller (TV series)
Mrs. Miller

– Blunt Instrument: Part 1 (1981) … Mrs. Miller

1972-1980 Play for Today (TV series)
Kate Dawson / Louisa / Mrs. Anderson

– Jude (1980) … Louisa

– Kate the Good Neighbour (1980) … Kate Dawson

– The House on Highbury Hill (1972) … Mrs. Anderson

1980 Little Lord Fauntleroy
Lady Lorradaile

1980 Blunt Instrument (TV movie)

1979 BBC2 Playhouse (TV series)

– Sweet Wine of Youth (1979)

1977 Love for Lydia (TV series)
Aunt Juliana

– Episode #1.8 (1977) … Aunt Juliana

– Episode #1.7 (1977) … Aunt Juliana

– Episode #1.4 (1977) … Aunt Juliana

– Episode #1.3 (1977) … Aunt Juliana

– Episode #1.2 (1977) … Aunt Juliana

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1974 Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (TV mini-series)
Duchess of Marlborough

– Triumph and Tragedy (1974) … Duchess of Marlborough

– Recovery (1974) … Duchess of Marlborough

– Lady Randolph (1974) … Duchess of Marlborough

– Jennie Jerome (1974) … Duchess of Marlborough

1974 A Private Matter (TV movie)
Lady Anne Black-Mathieson

1973 Sutherland's Law (TV series)
Annie McCrann

– The Prodigal (1973) … Annie McCrann

1972 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
Caroline

– The Judge's Wife (1972) … Caroline

– The Penthouse Apartment (1972)

1972 Country Matters (TV mini-series)

– Breeze Anstey (1972)

1967-1972 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Fraulein von Kesten / Miss Trafalgar Gower / Mrs. Whitefield

– Trelawny of the Wells (1972) … Miss Trafalgar Gower

– Howards End (1970)

– Man and Superman (1968) … Mrs. Whitefield

– Girls in Uniform (1967) … Fraulein von Kesten

1971-1972 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)
Lady Sankey / Celia Lavender

– Major Lavender (1972) … Celia Lavender

– Fly on the Wall: The Reformer (1971) … Lady Sankey

– Fly on the Wall: The General (1971) … Lady Sankey

1972 The Shadow of the Tower (TV mini-series)
Margaret of Burgundy

– The Schooling of Apes (1972) … Margaret of Burgundy

– Power in the Land (1972) … Margaret of Burgundy

1971 Elizabeth R (TV mini-series)
Kat Ashley

– The Marriage Game (1971) … Kat Ashley

– The Lion's Cub (1971) … Kat Ashley

1970 Jane Eyre (TV movie)
Mrs. Fairfax

1970 W. Somerset Maugham (TV series)
Jane Fowler

– Jane (1970) … Jane Fowler

1970 Paul Temple (TV series)
Rose Martin

– Letters from Robert (1970) … Rose Martin

1969 The Virgin Soldiers
Mrs. Raskin

1969 Detective (TV series)
Anthea Vine

– Put Out the Light (1969) … Anthea Vine

1969 Two Gentlemen Sharing
Mrs. Ashby-Kydd

1969 Thank You All Very Much
Sister Henry

1967-1968 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
Eve / Lady Caroline / Phyllis Brendon

– Anyone for Tennis? (1968) … Phyllis Brendon

– Sleeping Dogs (1967) … Lady Caroline

– Death of a Teddy Bear (1967) … Eve

1968 The Expert (TV series)
Miss Daley

– Miss Daley (1968) … Miss Daley

1968 The Charge of the Light Brigade
Mrs. Codrington

1965-1967 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Kate Murdoch / Mrs. Thompson

– The New Assistant (1967) … Mrs. Thompson

– Finders Keepers (1965) … Kate Murdoch

1967/I The Jokers
Mrs. Tremayne

1967 Mr. Aitch (TV series)

– The Gambling Habit (1967)

1966 Grand Prix
Mrs. Stoddard

1964-1966 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Lady Byass / Mary Racey

– The Wager (1966) … Lady Byass

– Old Soldiers (1964) … Mary Racey

1966 Georgy Girl
Ellen Leamington

1965 Curse of the Fly
Madame Fournier

1964 The Third Secret
Mildred Hoving

1963 Tom Jones
Bridget Allworthy

1956 Colonel March of Scotland Yard (TV series)
Helen Rune

– The Strange Event at Roman Fall (1956) … Helen Rune

1955 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
Mrs. Dolly Makepeace

– The Makepeace Story #3: Family Business (1955) … Mrs. Dolly Makepeace

1954 The Sea Shall Not Have Them
Mrs. Waltby

1948 A Woman's Vengeance
Emily Maurier

1946 The Captive Heart
Celia Mitchell

1941 Jeannie
Maggie, Jeannie's sister

1938 The Shoemaker's Holiday (TV movie)

1938 The Case of the Frightened Lady (TV movie)

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(1956) She acted in Arthur Miller's play, "The Crucible," at the Royal Court Theatre in London, England with Mary Ure, Kenneth Haigh, Nigel Davenport, Joan Plowright, Michael Gwynn, Kenneth Haigh, Rosalie Crutchley, Alan Bates, George Devine, and Robert Stephens in the cast. George Devine... See more »

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Lady Redgrave

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Was a great friend of actress Vivien Leigh. See more »

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Gemini

Rachel Kempson (1910–2003)

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