Rita Davies
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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
Children of Men (2006)
as Café Customer
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
as Elegant Woman at Rosslyn
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 Last Horror Movie (2004)
as Grandma
Liar! (1969)
as Receptionist
What Mad Pursuit (1985)
as Lady at Literary Luncheon
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013)
as Old Woman on Pier
The Trip (2011)
as Dove Cottage Worker
The Broken (2008)
as Old Lady in Underground
Driving Lessons (2006)
as Mrs. Robottom (uncredited)
The Wolves of Kromer (1998)
as Fanny
The List (2013)
as Martha Rove
Private Peaceful (2012)
as Old Lady
Reuniting the Rubins (2011)
as Old Lady
Tempo (2003)
as Juliana
Doomwatch (1972)
as Mrs. Murray
Of Best Intentions (2008)
Actor
Claws (1987)
as Mrs Morris
Lad: A Yorkshire Story (2012)
as Bookshop Owner
W.S.H.: The Myth of the Urban Myth (1994)
Actor
Acts of Godfrey (2012)
as Saga Lady 1
O Mary This London (1994)
as Picket at clinic
Footprints in the Snow (2005)
as Old Lady in Bar
Baby Love (1974)
as 1st Policewoman
Deadly Obsession (1992)
as Beth