A 5 x 3 page from an autograph album signed in person by Rachel Roberts (1927 - 1980), the Oscar-nominated Welsh actress who is best remembered for her screen performances as the older mistress of the central male characters in both Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) and This Sporting Life (1963). For each, she won the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for This Sporting Life. Her other notable film appearances included O Lucky Man! (1973), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) and Yanks (1979). In 1961 Roberts married actor Rex Harrison in Genoa, Italy. The marriage was tumultuous; Roberts and Harrison both drank excessively and engaged in public fights. Harrison later left Roberts and they divorced in 1971. She was devastated by her divorce from Rex Harrison, and her alcoholism and depression worsened and she moved to Hollywood in 1975. In 1980, Roberts unsuccessfully attempted to reconcile with Harrison, and on 26th November she died at her home in Los Angeles, at the age of 53. An autopsy later determined that her death was a result of swallowing lye or another alkali, or another unidentified caustic substance, as well as barbiturates and alcohol. The corrosive effect of the alkali was the immediate cause of death. The coroner documented the cause of death as "swallowing a caustic substance" and, later, "acute barbiturate intoxication." Her death was ruled a suicide.