Rita Davies
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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Movies (28)
La Bella y La Bestia
2017 · Old Woman
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
2013 · Old Woman on Pier
The List
2013 · Martha Rove
The Best Offer
2013 · Mrs. Derain
Private Peaceful
2012 · Old Lady
Lad: A Yorkshire Story
2012 · Bookshop Owner
Acts of Godfrey
2012 · Saga Lady 1
Reuniting the Rubins
2011 · Old Lady
El Viaje
2011 · Dove Cottage Worker
The Broken
2008 · Old Lady in Underground
Brideshead Revisited
2008 · Nanny Hawkins
Of Best Intentions
2008
Niños del hombre
2006 · Café Customer
Driving Lessons
2006 · Mrs. Robottom (uncredited)
El Código Da Vinci
2006 · Elegant Woman at Rosslyn
Footprints in the Snow
2005 · Old Lady in Bar
The Last Horror Movie
2004 · Grandma
Tempo
2003 · Juliana
The Wolves of Kromer
1998 · Fanny
W.S.H.: The Myth of the Urban Myth
1994
O Mary This London
1994 · Picket at clinic
Deadly Obsession
1992 · Beth
Claws
1987 · Mrs Morris
What Mad Pursuit
1985 · Lady at Literary Luncheon
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975 · Historian's Wife
Baby Love
1974 · 1st Policewoman
Doomwatch
1972 · Mrs. Murray
Liar!
1969 · Receptionist
TV shows (38)
Cuffs
2015 · Valerie Dukes
Unforgotten
2015 · Mary White
Southcliffe
2013 · Queenie
Cuckoo
2012 · Mary
Starlings
2012 · Mrs. Wisley
Llamen a la partera
2012 · Pegeen
Without You
2011 · Mrs Sutton
Vera
2011 · Sister Benedict
El misterio de Anubis
2011 · Sarah Frobisher-Smythe
Sherlock
2010 · Blind Lady
Mongrels
2010 · Margaret
The Inbetweeners
2008 · Old Lady
Ashes to Ashes
2008 · Elsie Staines
Lewis
2007 · Edna O'Brien
My Life in Film
2004 · Mary
55 Degrees North
2004 · Harriet Graham
Murder in Suburbia
2004 · Minnie
Silent Witness
1996 · Mears' Mother
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995 · Mrs. Harmer
Heartbeat
1992 · Flo Chorley
Teenage Health Freak
1991 · Auntie Pam
Keeping Up Appearances
1990 · Mrs. Lomax
Ladies in Charge
1986 · Mrs Blessed
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾
1985 · Dr Gray's Receptionist
Screen Two
1985 · Picket at clinic
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
1984 · Miss Hewlett
Number 10
1983 · Mrs Hampton
Play for Today
1970 · Matron, 1st Policewoman
Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969 · Distraught Wife, Hostess / Black Spot Storyteller, Third Juror, Argument Secretary
Nicholas Nickleby
1968 · Mrs. Lenville
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Out of the Unknown
1965 · Receptionist
Ghost Squad
1961 · W.P.C
Drama 61-67
1961 · Woman in Station
Maigret
1960 · Germaine
Sunday-Night Play
1960 · Penny
The Men From Room 13
1959 · Joyce
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Nurse