Rita Davies
Born: 1933-02-24 in Hertfordshire, England, UK
Died: 2016-01-19
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2017
- Beauty and the Beast as Old Woman
2015
- Unforgotten as Mary White
- Cuffs as Valerie Dukes
2013
- The Best Offer as Mrs. Derain
- Southcliffe as Queenie
- Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa as Old Woman on Pier
- The List as Martha Rove
2012
- Call the Midwife as Pegeen
- Cuckoo as Mary
- Starlings as Mrs. Wisley
- Private Peaceful as Old Lady
- Lad: A Yorkshire Story as Bookshop Owner
- Acts of Godfrey as Saga Lady 1
2011
- Vera as Sister Benedict
- House of Anubis as Sarah Frobisher-Smythe
- Without You as Mrs Sutton
- The Trip as Dove Cottage Worker
- Reuniting the Rubins as Old Lady
2008
- The Inbetweeners as Old Lady
- Ashes to Ashes as Elsie Staines
- Brideshead Revisited as Nanny Hawkins
- The Broken as Old Lady in Underground
- Of Best Intentions
2007
- Lewis as Edna O'Brien
2006
- The Da Vinci Code as Elegant Woman at Rosslyn
- Children of Men as Café Customer
- Driving Lessons as Mrs. Robottom (uncredited)
2005
- Footprints in the Snow as Old Lady in Bar
2004
- Murder in Suburbia as Minnie
- 55 Degrees North as Harriet Graham
- My Life in Film as Mary
- The Last Horror Movie as Grandma
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
- O Mary This London as Picket at clinic
1992
- Heartbeat as Flo Chorley
- Deadly Obsession as Beth
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
- Screen Two as Picket at clinic
- The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ as Dr. Gray's Receptionist
- What Mad Pursuit as Lady at Literary Luncheon
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
1969
- Monty Python's Flying Circus as Distraught Wife
- Liar! as Receptionist
1968
- Nicholas Nickleby as Mrs. Lenville
1965
- BBC Play of the Month
- Out of the Unknown as Receptionist
1961
- Drama 61-67 as Woman in Station
- Ghost Squad as W.P.C
1960
- Maigret as Germaine
- Sunday-Night Play as Penny
1959
- The Men From Room 13 as Joyce
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Nurse