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