Rita Davies
Acting
1933-02-24 · Hertfordshire, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Beauty and the Beast
2017 · Movie
Cuffs
2015 · Series
Unforgotten
2015 · Series
Southcliffe
2013 · Series
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
2013 · Movie
The List
2013 · Movie
The Best Offer
2013 · Movie
Private Peaceful
2012 · Movie
Cuckoo
2012 · Series
Starlings
2012 · Series
Lad: A Yorkshire Story
2012 · Movie
Acts of Godfrey
2012 · Movie
Call the Midwife
2012 · Series
Without You
2011 · Series
Reuniting the Rubins
2011 · Movie
Vera
2011 · Series
The Trip
2011 · Movie
House of Anubis
2011 · Series
Sherlock
2010 · Series
Mongrels
2010 · Series
The Broken
2008 · Movie
Brideshead Revisited
2008 · Movie
Of Best Intentions
2008 · Movie
The Inbetweeners
2008 · Series
Ashes to Ashes
2008 · Series
Lewis
2007 · Series
Children of Men
2006 · Movie
Driving Lessons
2006 · Movie
The Da Vinci Code
2006 · Movie
Footprints in the Snow
2005 · Movie
My Life in Film
2004 · Series
55 Degrees North
2004 · Series
The Last Horror Movie
2004 · Movie
Murder in Suburbia
2004 · Series
Tempo
2003 · Movie
The Wolves of Kromer
1998 · Movie
Silent Witness
1996 · Series
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995 · Series
W.S.H.: The Myth of the Urban Myth
1994 · Movie
O Mary This London
1994 · Movie
Deadly Obsession
1992 · Movie
Heartbeat
1992 · Series
Teenage Health Freak
1991 · Series
Keeping Up Appearances
1990 · Series
Claws
1987 · Movie
Ladies in Charge
1986 · Series
What Mad Pursuit
1985 · Movie
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
1985 · Series
Screen Two
1985 · Series
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
1984 · Series
Number 10
1983 · Series
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975 · Movie
Baby Love
1974 · Movie
Doomwatch
1972 · Movie
Play for Today
1970 · Series
Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969 · Series
Liar!
1969 · Movie
Nicholas Nickleby
1968 · Series
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Series
Out of the Unknown
1965 · Series
Ghost Squad
1961 · Series
Drama 61-67
1961 · Series
Maigret
1960 · Series
Sunday-Night Play
1960 · Series
The Men From Room 13
1959 · Series
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Series