Rachel Gurney

Born Mar 5, 1920 in Eton, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Rachel Gurney is best remembered as the moneyed Belgravian matriarch, Lady Marjorie Bellamy in Upstairs, Downstairs, Celia Randall in Compact, Madame Merle in The Portrait of a Lady and Lady Tremaine in Little Sir Nicholas. Her stage career spanned nearly half a century.