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.
Filmography (66 titles)
7.0MovieBeauty and the Beast
Old Woman · 2017
6.7ShowCuffs
Valerie Dukes · 2015
7.6ShowUnforgotten
Mary White · 2015
6.7ShowSouthcliffe
Queenie · 2013
6.6MovieAlan Partridge: Alpha Papa
Old Woman on Pier · 2013
4.3MovieThe List
Martha Rove · 2013
7.8MovieThe Best Offer
Mrs. Derain · 2013
6.6MoviePrivate Peaceful
Old Lady · 2012
6.7ShowCuckoo
Mary · 2012
7.0ShowStarlings
Mrs. Wisley · 2012
6.9MovieLad: A Yorkshire Story
Bookshop Owner · 2012
MovieActs of Godfrey
Saga Lady 1 · 2012
7.6ShowCall the Midwife
Pegeen · 2012
6.6ShowWithout You
Mrs Sutton · 2011
5.4MovieReuniting the Rubins
Old Lady · 2011
7.4ShowVera
Sister Benedict · 2011
6.6MovieThe Trip
Dove Cottage Worker · 2011
8.2ShowHouse of Anubis
Sarah Frobisher-Smythe · 2011
8.5ShowSherlock
Blind Lady · 2010
7.8ShowMongrels
Margaret · 2010
5.5MovieThe Broken
Old Lady in Underground · 2008
6.3MovieBrideshead Revisited
Nanny Hawkins · 2008
Of Best Intentions
2008
7.7ShowThe Inbetweeners
Old Lady · 2008