Cast & creator
Rachel Thomas
Best known for The Wednesday Play, BBC Play of the Month, Theatre 625
Rachel Thomas was a Welsh character actress, who almost always played the stereotypical Welsh mother or grandmother, and appeared regularly on both Welsh and English language television. She appeared in such classic films as "The Proud Valley "(1940) with Paul Robeson, "Blue Scar" (1949) and "Tiger Bay" (1959). In 1954 she was part of the original BBC Radio cast of Dylan Thomas' radio play "Under Milk Wood", playing the roles of Rosie Probert, Mary Ann Sailors and Mrs. Willy Nilly and went on to play Mary Ann Sailors again in the 1972 film version.
14
film credits
15
television credits
29
1940–1992 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (29)
Showing 29 of 29 credits
The Wednesday Play
Mrs. Ulyatt
1964
BBC Play of the Month
Berthe
1965
Theatre 625
Mrs Treharne
1964
Churchill's People
Edda
1974
Dad's Army
Mother Superior
1968Festival
Miss Thomas
1963
Suspense
1962
Shadows
Myfanwy
1975Menace
Mrs. Griffiths
1970
How Green Was My Valley
Mrs Nicholas
1975
The District Nurse
1984Sanctuary
1967
The Boy Merlin
Myfanwy
1979
Undercover
Maria Petrovitch
1943
Tiger Bay
Mrs. Parry
1959
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
Mrs Richard Owen
1981Hawkmoor
Agnes
1978
The Captive Heart
Mrs. Evans
1946
The Halfway House
Miss Morgan - Landlady
1944
Under Milk Wood
Rosie Probert / Mary Anne Sailors / Mrs Willy Nilly (voices) (archive sound)
1992
Valley of Song
Mrs. Lloyd
1953
Ennal's Point
Nance Grail
1982
The Proud Valley
Mrs. Parry
1940
Blue Scar
Gwyneth Williams
1949
Catacombs
Christine
1965
David
Mrs. Morgan
1951After the Funeral
Aunty Blodwen
1960
Sea Song
Lil Carter
1974
The Clock
Mari
1986