Rita Davies
28 movies · 38 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 24, 1933
- Died
- Jan 19, 2016 (age 82)
- Place of birth
- Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Ann Rita Davies · Rita Whicker Davies
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Rita Davies: movies and TV shows
Acting (66)
- 2017 Beauty and the Beast
as Old Woman
- 2015
- 2015
- 2013
- 2013 Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
as Old Woman on Pier
- 2013 The List
as Martha Rove
- 2013 The Best Offer
as Mrs. Derain
- 2012 Private Peaceful
as Old Lady
- 2012
- 2012
- 2012 Lad: A Yorkshire Story
as Bookshop Owner
- 2012 Acts of Godfrey
as Saga Lady 1
- 2012
- 2011
- 2011 Reuniting the Rubins
as Old Lady
- 2011
- 2011 The Trip
as Dove Cottage Worker
- 2011
- 2010
- 2010
- 2008 The Broken
as Old Lady in Underground
- 2008 Brideshead Revisited
as Nanny Hawkins
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008
- 2007
- 2006 Children of Men
as Café Customer
- 2006 Driving Lessons
as Mrs. Robottom (uncredited)
- 2006 The Da Vinci Code
as Elegant Woman at Rosslyn
- 2005 Footprints in the Snow
as Old Lady in Bar
- 2004
- 2004
- 2004 The Last Horror Movie
as Grandma
- 2004
- 2003 Tempo
as Juliana
- 1998 The Wolves of Kromer
as Fanny
- 1996
- 1995
- 1994
- 1994 O Mary This London
as Picket at clinic
- 1992 Deadly Obsession
as Beth
- 1992
- 1991
- 1990
- 1987 Claws
as Mrs Morris
- 1986
- 1985 What Mad Pursuit
as Lady at Literary Luncheon
- 1985
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
- 1975 Monty Python and the Holy Grail
as Historian's Wife
- 1974 Baby Love
as 1st Policewoman
- 1972 Doomwatch
as Mrs. Murray
- 1970
- 1969 Monty Python's Flying Circus · TV
as Distraught Wife / Hostess / Black Spot Storyteller / Third Juror / Argument Secretary · 4 episodes
- 1969 Liar!
as Receptionist
- 1968
- 1965
- 1965
- 1961
- 1961
- 1960
- 1960
- 1959
- 1956