answers: Gwen Taylor
context: Lady in the Van" (2015). Taylor was born in Crich, Derbys. Her initial career was in banking, but when she was an assistant area manager for the National Provincial Bank in Derby she became increasingly interested in amateur dramatics. Her first professional acting role was as a Green Bean in 'Jack and the Beanstalk' at the Derby Playhouse. Gwen Taylor trained at East 15 Acting School, London. She played Pamela Dean, the sister of the murder victim Victor Dean, in "Murder Must Advertise" (1973). In 1975 she played the role of Jack Regan’s girlfriend, a probation officer named Anne Knightley </s> Love". In 2010 she played Hyacinth Bucket in a theatrical adaptation of the BBC situation comedy "Keeping Up Appearances" that toured the UK. In 2017 she took on the recurring role of Eve Haskey, mother of doctor Al Haskey, in the BBC daily drama series "Doctors". Rachel Bell Rachel Bell (born 1950) is an English actress. Bell has many television credits to her name and has been associated as a long-running character with three series: Margaret Holmes in "Grange Hill" (1997–2002); Edith Pilchester in "The Darling Buds of May" (1991–1993); and Louise, the overbearing chair of the divorcee support group </s> she hears a note; and her ragtag wardrobe that's been assembled from various dumpsters". In spite of the humour, Scheck praised Smith for "subtly convey[ing] the emotional pain and desperation of [an] addled old woman, especially in the scenes [where she is] taken away by social services and gently treated to a thorough washing, feeding and medical examination". Ian Nathan, of "Empire" magazine, awarded the film four out of five stars. Like many, he applauded Smith's "liberating" role, describing her as "shrill and hilarious, but not a joke". He also commended the directing, saying: "Unshowy to a fault, Hytner delivers
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