Rita Davies
Acting
- Born:
- 1933-02-24
- Died:
- 2016-01-19
- Place of birth:
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Beauty and the Beast
Cuffs
Unforgotten
Southcliffe
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
The List
The Best Offer
Private Peaceful
Cuckoo
Starlings
Lad: A Yorkshire Story
Acts of Godfrey
Call the Midwife
Without You
Reuniting the Rubins
Vera
The Trip
House of Anubis
Sherlock
Mongrels
The Broken
Brideshead Revisited
Of Best Intentions
The Inbetweeners
Ashes to Ashes
Lewis
Children of Men
Driving Lessons
The Da Vinci Code
Footprints in the Snow
My Life in Film
55 Degrees North
The Last Horror Movie
Murder in Suburbia
Tempo
The Wolves of Kromer
Silent Witness
Kavanagh Q.C.
W.S.H.: The Myth of the Urban Myth
O Mary This London
Deadly Obsession
Heartbeat
Teenage Health Freak
Keeping Up Appearances
Claws
Ladies in Charge
What Mad Pursuit
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
Screen Two
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
Number 10
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Baby Love
Doomwatch
Play for Today
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Liar!
Nicholas Nickleby
BBC Play of the Month
Out of the Unknown
Ghost Squad
Drama 61-67
Maigret
Sunday-Night Play
The Men From Room 13
Armchair Theatre