Rita Davies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 24, 1933
- Died
- January 19, 2016 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Hertfordshire, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
Beauty and the Beast
Movie · as Old Woman
Unforgotten
TV · as Mary White · 1 ep
Cuffs
TV · as Valerie Dukes · 1 ep
The Best Offer
Movie · as Mrs. Derain
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Movie · as Old Woman on Pier
The List
Movie · as Martha Rove
Southcliffe
TV · as Queenie · 2 eps
Private Peaceful
Movie · as Old Lady
Lad: A Yorkshire Story
Movie · as Bookshop Owner
Acts of Godfrey
Movie · as Saga Lady 1
Cuckoo
TV · as Mary · 1 ep
Call the Midwife
TV · as Pegeen · 1 ep
Starlings
TV · as Mrs. Wisley · 1 ep
The Trip
Movie · as Dove Cottage Worker
Reuniting the Rubins
Movie · as Old Lady
Vera
TV · as Sister Benedict · 1 ep
House of Anubis
TV · as Sarah Frobisher-Smythe · 60 eps
Without You
TV · as Mrs Sutton · 2 eps
Sherlock
TV · as Blind Lady · 1 ep
Mongrels
TV · as Margaret · 1 ep
The Broken
Movie · as Old Lady in Underground
Brideshead Revisited
Movie · as Nanny Hawkins
Of Best Intentions
Movie
Ashes to Ashes
TV · as Elsie Staines · 1 ep
The Inbetweeners
TV · as Old Lady · 1 ep
Lewis
TV · as Edna O'Brien · 1 ep
Driving Lessons
Movie · as Mrs. Robottom (uncredited)
Children of Men
Movie · as Café Customer
The Da Vinci Code
Movie · as Elegant Woman at Rosslyn
Footprints in the Snow
Movie · as Old Lady in Bar
The Last Horror Movie
Movie · as Grandma
My Life in Film
TV · as Mary · 3 eps
55 Degrees North
TV · as Harriet Graham · 1 ep
Murder in Suburbia
TV · as Minnie · 1 ep
Tempo
Movie · as Juliana
The Wolves of Kromer
Movie · as Fanny
Silent Witness
TV · as Mears' Mother · 1 ep
Kavanagh Q.C.
TV · as Mrs. Harmer · 1 ep
W.S.H.: The Myth of the Urban Myth
Movie
O Mary This London
Movie · as Picket at clinic
Deadly Obsession
Movie · as Beth
Heartbeat
TV · as Flo Chorley · 1 ep
Teenage Health Freak
TV · as Auntie Pam · 1 ep
Keeping Up Appearances
TV · as Mrs. Lomax · 1 ep
Claws
Movie · as Mrs Morris
Ladies in Charge
TV · as Mrs Blessed · 1 ep
What Mad Pursuit
Movie · as Lady at Literary Luncheon
Screen Two
TV · as Picket at clinic · 1 ep
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾
TV · as Dr Gray's Receptionist · 1 ep
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
TV · as Miss Hewlett · 1 ep
Number 10
TV · as Mrs Hampton · 1 ep
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Movie · as Historian's Wife
Baby Love
Movie · as 1st Policewoman
Doomwatch
Movie · as Mrs. Murray
Play for Today
TV · as Matron, 1st Policewoman · 1 ep
Liar!
Movie · as Receptionist
Monty Python's Flying Circus
TV · as Distraught Wife, Hostess / Black Spot Storyteller, Third Juror, Argument Secretary · 1 ep
Nicholas Nickleby
TV · as Mrs. Lenville · 2 eps
BBC Play of the Month
TV · 1 ep
Out of the Unknown
TV · as Receptionist · 1 ep
Ghost Squad
TV · as W.P.C · 1 ep
Drama 61-67
TV · as Woman in Station · 1 ep
Maigret
TV · as Germaine · 1 ep
Sunday-Night Play
TV · as Penny · 1 ep
The Men From Room 13
TV · as Joyce · 1 ep
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Nurse · 1 ep