Elizabeth Bell (20 March 1941 – 21 October 2012) was an English stage and television actress.

[1][2] Her career was closely associated in particular with Alan Ayckbourn whom she knew from her early work in Scarborough to being her neighbour in London.

[1][2][5] Bell went on to become a mentor for Central School students as well as an external examiner for Trinity College London[1] 1961 The gold medal and Sybil Thorndike prize, Central School of Speech and Drama, London Alan Ayckbourn said of her:[1] To act with, she was a joy.

To direct, she was often challenging, forever questioning, not content to accept things purely on face value and, like any good actor, never settling for anything less than dramatic truth.

If that makes her sound a tough proposition, then once her questions were answered, doubts reassured, she was fiercely loyal to you and the production.