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