Rachel Davies


Rachel Davies is an English actress. Her credits include The Cuckoo Waltz, Coronation Street, The Sweeney, All Creatures Great and Small, Doctor Who, The Professionals, Tales Of The Unexpected, Minder, Grange Hill, Juliet Bravo ''Boon, C.A.T.S. Eyes, Making Out, Brookside, ScreenPlay : A Little Bit of Lippy, Emmerdale, Cracker, Band of Gold, Hillsborough, Dangerfield, Nice Guy Eddie, Linda Green, Bodies, The Chase, Waterloo Road, Doctors, and Peterloo''.

Career

Born in Manchester, Lancashire, she has played leading roles in the following series: Boon, The Cuckoo Waltz, Making Out, Band of Gold, Telltale, she played Shirly Foster/Turner for 75 episodes of 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, alongside Tom Baker in Doctor Who in the serial State of Decay, The Professionals, Tales Of The Unexpected, Grange Hill, Juliet Bravo, Minder, C.A.T.S. Eyes, Brookside, 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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1971The TroubleshootersAnn DowlingEpisode: "Monopoly with Real Money"
1973Harriet's Back in TownBuzz
1974Seven Faces of WomanChristineEpisode: "A Woman's Estate"
1975ThrillerNancyEpisode: "The Next Voice You See"
1975The Wild West ShowJeanEpisode: "Oh! Oh! Antonio"
1975Within These WallsAnne LittonEpisode: "Windows"
1975Play for TodayOutpatients SisterEpisode: "Through the Night"
1975'Carol RumseyEpisodes: "Paying Your Way" and "House for Sale"
1975–1976Coronation StreetList of former [Coronation Street characters#Last appeared in 1976|Donna Parker]
1975Second City FirstsYvonneEpisode: "The Permissive Society"
1976'Mary BainesEpisode: "Month of the Albatross"
1976Second City FirstsMichelle GrantEpisode: "Summer Season"
1977'Sheila WattsEpisode: "Whisper Who Dares"
1977'June BurleighEpisode: "The New Girl"
1978All Creatures Great and SmallMary MetcalfeEpisode: "All Creatures Great and Small episodes #Bulldog Breed|Bulldog Breed]"
1978ParablesTina FullerEpisode: "Britannia Mansions"
1978Z-CarsWDC HowettEpisodes: "First Offender" and "Deserter"
1978'Tina AdamsEpisode: "One of Your Own"
1979YanksGirl in Club
1979'Doria GravesEpisode: "Odds Against"
1979Crown CourtDiana GrahamEpisode: "A Friend of the Family"
1980Tales Of The UnexpectedDianeEpisode: "List of [Tales of the Unexpected episodes#ep25|The Man at the Top]"
1980Hammer House of HorrorEmmaEpisode: "The House That Bled to Death"
1980MinderBettinaEpisode: "Minder episodes#A Nice Little Wine|A Nice Little Wine]"
1980'DeborahEpisode: "The Professionals episodes#Hijack|Hijack]"
1980Doctor WhoCamilla4 episodes: "State of Decay"
1980StrangersJean RutterEpisodes: "Armed and Dangerous" and "A Racing Certainty"
1980Juliet BravoJudy GraingerEpisode: "Coming Back"
1981Crown CourtMartine RoseEpisode: "Foul Play"
1981'JeanEpisode: "Something for the Boys"
1982Five-Minute FilmsThe HostessEpisode: "Afternoon"
1982StrangersSgt. Jill TenderEpisode: "The Tender Trap"
1983'GirlEpisodes: 2.4 2.5
1983Juliet BravoPat WalshEpisode: "Guilt"
1983–1984Grange HillMrs. JonesEpisodes: "On Trial", "Love Triangle", and "Episode Six"
1984LeavingJanEpisodes: 1.2, 1.5, and 1.6
1984'Mrs Forbes
1985Crossroads: Kings OakElaine Winters
1986BoonDoreen Evans
1986Knights & EmeraldsMrs. Fontain
1987C.A.T.S. EyesGloria McCrewerEpisode: "The Big Burn"
1987Last of the Summer WineMavisEpisode: "Big Day at Dream Acres"
1989–1991Making OutPaulineSeries regular
1990'Blane HennesseyEpisodes: "Steal Your Heart Away", "A Hundred and Ten Percent", and "A Match for Anyone"
1992ScreenPlay: ScreenPlay#A [Little Bit of Lippy|A Little Bit of Lippy]Alma TitheringtonScreenPlay Episode Nr. 87
1993HeartbeatNell RobinsonEpisode: "Heartbeat episodes#ep13|Manhunt]"
1993TelltaleDoreen Hodge
1994CrackerMrs MalcolmEpisode: "Cracker episodes#ep14|Men Should Weep]"
1993–1994EmmerdaleShirley Turner
1995–1996Band of GoldJoyce WebsterSeries 1–2
1996HillsboroughTeresa Glover
1997DangerfieldBarbara TaylorEpisode: "Happy Families"
1997Born to RunElayne QuigleyEpisodes: 1.1, 1.2, 1.6
1997Hetty Wainthropp InvestigatesMyraEpisode: "Woman of the Year"
1997Police 2020DCI Marsha Beagley
1997CasualtyMaureenEpisode: "Love's Labour"
1998Silent WitnessEileen BennettEpisode: "List of [Silent Witness episodes#ep19|Fallen Idol]"
1999Butterfly CollectorsRachel Garratt
1999'Lisa UptonEpisode: "True Lies"
2001Nice Guy EddieVeronica 'Ronnie' McMullen
2001Hidden Treasure / Buried TreasureEstelleTelevision film featuring John Thaw
2001–2002Linda GreenIris Green
2003Holby CityMartha PalmerEpisode: "A Friend in Need"
2004HeartbeatJean GodwinEpisode: "In the Bleak Midwinter"
2004BodiesAngela StrawberryEpisodes: 1.1, 1.3, 1.6
2004DoctorsEileen ReesEpisode: "Passing By"
2004Fat FriendsMrs. ChadwickEpisodes: "Leggs Over Easy", "Food of Love"
2004Best FriendsBiscuits' Gran
2005Cutting ItElayne Quigley
2006Dalziel and PascoeSandra McNallyEpisode: "Dalziel and Pascoe episodes#ep43|Fallen Angel]"
2006–2007'Margaret Wright
2007CasualtyMaureen BunceEpisode: "Meltdown"
2007Midsomer MurdersJeannie HardingEpisode: "List of [Midsomer Murders episodes#ep55|The Axeman Cometh]"
2009DoctorsMarion CosgroveEpisode: "Turkish Delight"
2009'Eileen WalmsleyEpisode: "Down South"
2011Waterloo RoadGrannyEpisode: 7.6
2011DoctorsMaureen O'DowdEpisode: "Relax and Rejuvenate"
2012BrandedThe Cow
2013DoctorsViolet ConnanEpisode: "The Hider in the House"
2017Holby CityBedelia OosterhauseEpisode: "Things Left Unsaid"
2018PeterlooPie buyer