Rachel Gurney

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Rachel Gurney (5 March 1920 – 24 November 2001) was an English actress who was best known for playing Lady Marjorie Bellamy in the ITV period drama Upstairs, Downstairs.

Personal

Gurney married Denys Rhodes in 1946 but this ended in 1950 in divorce.

She died in Norfolk, England in 2001 from Alzheimer's disease.

Career

Stage

Gurney performed in three broadway shows: Major Barbara in 1980; The Dresser in 1981-1982; and Breaking the Code in 1988.

Television

Besides her work on Upstairs, Downstairs, Gurney also starred in TV shows such as The Portrait of a Lady (1968), Fall of Eagles (1974), Lost Empires (1986) and Little Sir Nicholas (1990).

Film

Gurney starred in films such as Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951) and Funeral in Berlin (1966).

Links

• Rachel Gurney's credits at the Internet Broadway Database

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