Rachel Bell born 1950 is an English actress Bell has many television credits to her name and has been associated as a longrunning character with three series Margaret Holmes in Grange Hill 19972002 Edith Pilchester in The Darling Buds of May 19911993 and Louise the overbearing chair of the divorcee support group in Dear John 19861987 She also appeared in the Doctor Who story The Happiness Patrol 1988 and the Only Fools and Horses episode To Hull and Back 1985 Her films include Sweet William 1980 Red Mercury 2005 and the 2008 Keira Knightley film The Edge Of 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 From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia