# Rachel Davies

Rachel Davies is an English actress. 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" |
| 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 | |