Welsh actress Rachel Roberts, Academy Award nominee for ‘This Sporting Life,’ killed herself on this day, November 26, 1980. She died from an overdose of barbiturates at her home in Studio City, California. She was 53 years old.

Welsh actress Rachel Roberts, Academy Award nominee for ‘This Sporting Life,’ killed herself on this day, November 26, 1980. She died from an overdose of barbiturates at her home in Studio City, California. She was 53 years old.