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Rita Davies
Acting
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.
BODY OF WORK
Rita Davies's Filmography
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Beauty and the Beast
as Old Woman
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
as Old Woman on Pier
The List
as Martha Rove
The Best Offer
as Mrs. Derain
Private Peaceful
as Old Lady
Lad: A Yorkshire Story
as Bookshop Owner
Acts of Godfrey
as Saga Lady 1
Reuniting the Rubins
as Old Lady
The Trip
as Dove Cottage Worker
The Broken
as Old Lady in Underground
Brideshead Revisited
as Nanny Hawkins
No Poster
Of Best Intentions
Children of Men
as Café Customer
Driving Lessons
as Mrs. Robottom (uncredited)
The Da Vinci Code
as Elegant Woman at Rosslyn
Footprints in the Snow
as Old Lady in Bar
The Last Horror Movie
as Grandma
Tempo
as Juliana
The Wolves of Kromer
as Fanny
W.S.H.: The Myth of the Urban Myth
O Mary This London
as Picket at clinic
Deadly Obsession
as Beth
Claws
as Mrs Morris
What Mad Pursuit
as Lady at Literary Luncheon
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
as Historian's Wife
Baby Love
as 1st Policewoman
Doomwatch
as Mrs. Murray
Liar!
as Receptionist