Rachel Gurney

Rachel Gurney
Born5 March 1920
Died24 November 2001(2001-11-24) (aged 81)
Norfolk, England
EducationChalloner School
Alma materWebber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
OccupationActress
Years active1949–1995
EmployerITV
TelevisionUpstairs, Downstairs
Spouse
(m. 1946; div. 1950)
Children1
Parents

Rachel Gurney (5 March 1920 – 24 November 2001) was an English actress. She began her career in the theatre towards the end of World War II and then expanded into television and film in the 1950s. She remained active, mostly in television and theatre work, into the early 1990s. She is best remembered for playing the elegant Lady Marjorie Bellamy in the ITV period drama Upstairs, Downstairs.