Rachael Stirling Rachael Stirling Rachael Atlanta Stirling (born 30 May 1977) is an English stage, film and television actress. She has been nominated twice for the Laurence Olivier Award for her stage work. She played Nancy Astley in the BBC drama "Tipping the Velvet", and Millie in the ITV series "The Bletchley Circle". She has also appeared in programmes such as "Lewis", and the long-running BBC One science fiction drama "Doctor Who". Stirling is the daughter of actress Diana Rigg and theatre producer Archibald Stirling. Her parents married in 1982 and divorced in 1990. Through her father, she has a long line
Rachel Thomas Mary Ann Sailors and Mrs. Willy Nilly. She played Mary Ann Sailors in the 1972 film version. She almost always played the stereotypical Welsh mother (or grandmother in her later years) and appeared on both Welsh and English language television. In 1968 she was awarded the OBE for her services to Wales. She died two days before her 90th birthday following a fall in her home in Cardiff. Rachel Thomas Rachel Thomas OBE (10 February 1905 - 8 February 1995), was a Welsh character actress. Born in the village of Alltwen, near Pontardawe, Glamorgan, Wales, she appeared in such classic