Rita Davies
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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.
Known for
Credits
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
as Old Woman
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
as Elegant Woman at Rosslyn
Children of Men (2006)
as Café Customer
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
as Historian's Wife
The Best Offer (2013)
as Mrs. Derain
Brideshead Revisited (2008)
as Nanny Hawkins
The Broken (2008)
as Old Lady in Underground
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013)
as Old Woman on Pier
Driving Lessons (2006)
as Mrs. Robottom (uncredited)
Private Peaceful (2012)
as Old Lady
The Trip (2011)
as Dove Cottage Worker
O Mary This London (1994)
as Picket at clinic
Footprints in the Snow (2005)
as Old Lady in Bar
W.S.H.: The Myth of the Urban Myth (1994)
Actor
The List (2013)
as Martha Rove
The Wolves of Kromer (1998)
as Fanny
Doomwatch (1972)
as Mrs. Murray
Lad: A Yorkshire Story (2012)
as Bookshop Owner
The Last Horror Movie (2004)
as Grandma
Liar! (1969)
as Receptionist
Acts of Godfrey (2012)
as Saga Lady 1
Tempo (2003)
as Juliana
What Mad Pursuit (1985)
as Lady at Literary Luncheon
Reuniting the Rubins (2011)
as Old Lady
Baby Love (1974)
as 1st Policewoman
Claws (1987)
as Mrs Morris
Of Best Intentions (2008)
Actor
Deadly Obsession (1992)
as Beth