Rita Davies
Actor
February 24, 1933 — January 19, 2016 (82 years)
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
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast · as Old Woman |
| 2016 | For Grace · as Sister Ruth |
| 2015 | Cuffs · as Valerie Dukes |
| 2015 | Unforgotten · as Mary White |
| 2014 | Stitched · as Evie |
| 2013 | Alan Partridge · as Old Woman On Pier |
| 2013 | Southcliffe · as Queenie |
| 2013 | The List · as Martha RoveOn Plex |
| 2013 | Lad: A Yorkshire Story · as Bookshop Owner |
| 2013 | The Best Offer · as Mrs. Derain |
| 2012 | Private Peaceful · as Old LadyOn Plex |
| 2012 | Cuckoo · as Mary |
| 2012 | A Touch of Cloth · as German Woman |
| 2012 | Starlings · as Mrs. Wisley |
| 2012 | Call the Midwife · as Pegeen |
| 2012 | The Making of Without You · as Mrs. Sutton |
| 2011 | Acts of Godfrey · as Saga Lady 1 |
| 2011 | Without You · as Mrs Sutton |
| 2011 | Vera · as Sister Benedict |
| 2011 | House of Anubis · as Sarah Frobisher-Smythe |
| 2010 | Come Fly With Me · as Jackie's Mother |
| 2010 | The Trip · as Dove Cottage Worker |
| 2010 | The Trip · as Dove Cottage WorkerOn Plex |
| 2010 | Pete Versus Life · as Bridget |
| 2010 | Sherlock · as Blind Lady |
| 2010 | Reuniting the Rubins · as Old LadyOn Plex |
| 2010 | Mongrels · as Margaret |
| 2009 | The Day of the Triffids (2009) · as Wheelchair Lady |
| 2009 | The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret · as Dorothy Mountford |
| 2008 | The Broken · as Old Lady In Underground |
| 2008 | Brideshead Revisited · as Nanny Hawkins |
| 2008 | The Inbetweeners · as Old Lady |
| 2008 | Ashes to Ashes · as Elsie Staines |
| 2007 | The Omid Djalili Show · as Grandma Thompson |
| 2006 | Children of Men · as Café Customer |
| 2006 | Driving Lessons · as Mrs. Robottom (uncredited) |
| 2006 | The Da Vinci Code · as Elegant Woman At Rosslyn |
| 2006 | Lewis · as Edna O'brien |
| 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 | Murder in Suburbia · as MinnieOn Plex |
| 2003 | The Last Horror Movie · as Grandma |
| 2003 | Tempo · as Juliana |
| 2003 | The Murder Game · as Felicity Wilmington |
| 2001 | Micawber · as Old Hag |
| 2001 | Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps · as Old Lady |
| 2000 | Doctors · as Eleanor Waite |
| 2000 | Nature Boy · as Old Lady |
| 1999 | Holby City · as Madge |
| 1998 | Big Train · as Cast |
| 1998 | The Wolves of Kromer · as Fanny |
| 1996 | Silent Witness · as Mears' Mother |
| 1995 | The Peter Principle · as Mrs. Norman |
| 1995 | Kavanagh Q.C. · as Mrs. HarmerOn Plex |
| 1992 | Crime Story · as Beth |
| 1992 | Heartbeat · as Flo ChorleyOn Plex |
| 1991 | Teenage Health Freak · as Auntie Pam |
| 1990 | Keeping Up Appearances · as Mrs. Lomax |
| 1986 | Casualty · as Dr. Wilson |
| 1986 | Sunday Premiere · as Mrs. Morris |
| 1986 | Ladies in Charge · as Mrs Blessed |
| 1985 | What Mad Pursuit? · as Lady At Literary Luncheon |
| 1985 | The Complete Adrian Mole · as Dr. Gray's Receptionist |
| 1985 | Oscar · as Woman In Café |
| 1985 | EastEnders · as DoctorOn Plex |
| 1984 | Screen Two · as Picket At Clinic |
| 1984 | The Bill · as Jan Cooper |
| 1984 | Mr Palfrey of Westminster · as Miss Hewlett |
| 1983 | Dear Ladies · as Ladies' Golf Captain |
| 1983 | Number 10 · as Mrs Hampton |
| 1981 | Maybury · as Mrs. Chambers |
| 1978 | Grange Hill · as Joan Hamilton |
| 1975 | Monty Python and the Holy Grail · as Historian's WifeOn Plex |
| 1974 | Rooms · as Policewoman |
| 1974 | Within These Walls · as Mary Rowe |
| 1972 | Doomwatch · as Mrs. Murray |
| 1970 | Play for Today · as 1st Policewoman |
| 1969 | Monty Python's Flying Circus · as Argument SecretaryOn Plex |
| 1969 | Liar! · as Receptionist |
| 1965 | |
| 1965 | Out of the Unknown · as Receptionist |
| 1962 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook · as Valerie |
| 1961 | Ghost Squad · as W.p.c |
| 1961 | Drama 61-67 · as Woman In Station |
| 1960 | Maigret (1960) · as Germaine |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play · as Helena Mitchell |
| 1959 | Probation Officer · as Miss Clifford |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre · as Nurse |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse · as Theatre Nurse |