Rita Davies
February 24, 1933 (93 years old) in Hertfordshire, England, UK
Rita Davies (24 February 1933 – 19 January 2016) was a British character actress whose career spanned nearly six decades. She is best known for her cameo as the Historian's Wife in Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) and her sustained role as Sarah Frobisher-Smythe in House of Anubis (2011). Her other film credits include Children of Men (2006), The Da Vinci Code (2006), and Beauty and the Beast (2017, posthumous). On television she appeared in Brideshead Revisited (2008), Casualty, Doctors, Call the Midwife, Unforgotten, and Sherlock. She died of cancer at age 82 in Esher, Surrey. No major awards are on record.
Known For
Credits
- 2017 · Beauty and the Beast as Old Woman
- 2015 · Cuffs as Valerie Dukes
- 2015 · Unforgotten as Mary White
- 2013 · Southcliffe as Queenie
- 2013 · Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa as Old Woman on Pier
- 2013 · The List as Martha Rove
- 2013 · The Best Offer as Mrs. Derain
- 2012 · Private Peaceful as Old Lady
- 2012 · Cuckoo as Mary
- 2012 · Starlings as Mrs. Wisley
- 2012 · Lad: A Yorkshire Story as Bookshop Owner
- 2012 · Acts of Godfrey as Saga Lady 1
- 2012 · Call the Midwife as Pegeen
- 2011 · Without You as Mrs Sutton
- 2011 · Reuniting the Rubins as Old Lady
- 2011 · Vera as Sister Benedict
- 2011 · The Trip as Dove Cottage Worker
- 2011 · House of Anubis as Sarah Frobisher-Smythe
- 2010 · Sherlock as Blind Lady
- 2010 · Mongrels as Margaret
- 2008 · The Broken as Old Lady in Underground
- 2008 · Brideshead Revisited as Nanny Hawkins
- 2008 · Of Best Intentions as
- 2008 · The Inbetweeners as Old Lady
- 2008 · Ashes to Ashes as Elsie Staines
- 2007 · Lewis as Edna O'Brien
- 2006 · Children of Men as Café Customer
- 2006 · Driving Lessons as Mrs. Robottom (uncredited)
- 2006 · The Da Vinci Code as Elegant Woman at Rosslyn
- 2005 · Footprints in the Snow as Old Lady in Bar
- 2004 · My Life in Film as Mary
- 2004 · 55 Degrees North as Harriet Graham
- 2004 · The Last Horror Movie as Grandma
- 2004 · Murder in Suburbia as Minnie
- 2003 · Tempo as Juliana
- 1998 · The Wolves of Kromer as Fanny
- 1996 · Silent Witness as Mears' Mother
- 1995 · Kavanagh Q.C. as Mrs. Harmer
- 1994 · W.S.H.: The Myth of the Urban Myth as
- 1994 · O Mary This London as Picket at clinic
- 1992 · Deadly Obsession as Beth
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Flo Chorley
- 1991 · Teenage Health Freak as Auntie Pam
- 1990 · Keeping Up Appearances as Mrs. Lomax
- 1987 · Claws as Mrs Morris
- 1986 · Ladies in Charge as Mrs Blessed
- 1985 · What Mad Pursuit as Lady at Literary Luncheon
- 1985 · The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ as Dr. Gray's Receptionist
- 1985 · Screen Two as Picket at clinic
- 1984 · Mr. Palfrey of Westminster as Miss Hewlett
- 1983 · Number 10 as Mrs Hampton
- 1975 · Monty Python and the Holy Grail as Historian's Wife
- 1974 · Baby Love as 1st Policewoman
- 1972 · Doomwatch as Mrs. Murray
- 1970 · Play for Today as Matron
- 1970 · Play for Today as 1st Policewoman
- 1969 · Monty Python's Flying Circus as Distraught Wife
- 1969 · Monty Python's Flying Circus as Hostess / Black Spot Storyteller
- 1969 · Monty Python's Flying Circus as Third Juror
- 1969 · Monty Python's Flying Circus as Argument Secretary
- 1969 · Liar! as Receptionist
- 1968 · Nicholas Nickleby as Mrs. Lenville
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as
- 1965 · Out of the Unknown as Receptionist
- 1961 · Ghost Squad as W.P.C
- 1961 · Drama 61-67 as Woman in Station
- 1960 · Maigret as Germaine
- 1960 · Sunday-Night Play as Penny
- 1959 · The Men From Room 13 as Joyce
- 1956 · Armchair Theatre as Nurse