Rita Davies
Acting
Born: February 24, 1933 · Hertfordshire, England, UK
Died: January 19, 2016 (aged 82)
Highest Rated
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.
Photos (3)
Movies (27)
Beauty and the Beast
Old Woman
The Da Vinci Code
Elegant Woman at Rosslyn
Children of Men
Café Customer
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Historian's Wife
The Best Offer
Mrs. Derain
Brideshead Revisited
Nanny Hawkins
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Old Woman on Pier
Driving Lessons
Mrs. Robottom (uncredited)
The Broken
Old Lady in Underground
Private Peaceful
Old Lady
The Trip
Dove Cottage Worker
Doomwatch
Mrs. Murray
The Last Horror Movie
Grandma
The Wolves of Kromer
Fanny
Footprints in the Snow
Old Lady in Bar
Reuniting the Rubins
Old Lady
Tempo
Juliana
Acts of Godfrey
Saga Lady 1
Claws
Mrs Morris
What Mad Pursuit
Lady at Literary Luncheon
The List
Martha Rove
W.S.H.: The Myth of the Urban Myth
1994
O Mary This London
Picket at clinic
Liar!
Receptionist
Lad: A Yorkshire Story
Bookshop Owner
Baby Love
1st Policewoman
Deadly Obsession
Beth
TV Shows (39)
Silent Witness
Mears' Mother · 1 eps
Call the Midwife
Pegeen · 1 eps
Play for Today
Matron · 1 eps
Play for Today
1st Policewoman · 1 eps
Sherlock
Blind Lady · 1 eps
Vera
Sister Benedict · 1 eps
Heartbeat
Flo Chorley · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
1 eps
Screen Two
Picket at clinic · 1 eps
Lewis
Edna O'Brien · 1 eps
Keeping Up Appearances
Mrs. Lomax · 1 eps
Kavanagh Q.C.
Mrs. Harmer · 1 eps
House of Anubis
Sarah Frobisher-Smythe · 60 eps
Unforgotten
Mary White · 1 eps
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Distraught Wife · 1 eps
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Hostess / Black Spot Storyteller · 1 eps
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Third Juror · 1 eps
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Argument Secretary · 1 eps
Maigret
Germaine · 1 eps
The Inbetweeners
Old Lady · 1 eps
Out of the Unknown
Receptionist · 1 eps
Cuckoo
Mary · 1 eps
Ashes to Ashes
Elsie Staines · 1 eps
Mongrels
Margaret · 1 eps
Murder in Suburbia
Minnie · 1 eps
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
Miss Hewlett · 1 eps
Cuffs
Valerie Dukes · 1 eps
55 Degrees North
Harriet Graham · 1 eps
Teenage Health Freak
Auntie Pam · 1 eps
My Life in Film
Mary · 3 eps
Ghost Squad
W.P.C · 1 eps
Ladies in Charge
Mrs Blessed · 1 eps
Nicholas Nickleby
Mrs. Lenville · 2 eps
Starlings
Mrs. Wisley · 1 eps
Without You
Mrs Sutton · 2 eps
Southcliffe
Queenie · 2 eps
Number 10
Mrs Hampton · 1 eps
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
Dr. Gray's Receptionist · 1 eps
Armchair Theatre
Nurse · 1 eps