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Rita Davies

Actor • Born 1933

Rita Davies

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About

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

Silent Witness posterSilent WitnessSeries • 1996Call the Midwife posterCall the MidwifeSeries • 2012Vera posterVeraSeries • 2011Play for Today posterPlay for TodaySeries • 1970Sherlock posterSherlockSeries • 2010Heartbeat posterHeartbeatSeries • 1992BBC Play of the Month posterBBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965Screen Two posterScreen TwoSeries • 1985Unforgotten posterUnforgottenSeries • 2015Lewis posterLewisSeries • 2007House of Anubis posterHouse of AnubisSeries • 2011Beauty and the Beast posterBeauty and the BeastMovie • 2017Kavanagh Q.C. posterKavanagh Q.C.Series • 1995The Inbetweeners posterThe InbetweenersSeries • 2008Keeping Up Appearances posterKeeping Up AppearancesSeries • 1990Maigret posterMaigretSeries • 1960Cuckoo posterCuckooSeries • 2012The Da Vinci Code posterThe Da Vinci CodeMovie • 2006Monty Python's Flying Circus posterMonty Python's Flying CircusSeries • 1969Ashes to Ashes posterAshes to AshesSeries • 2008Out of the Unknown posterOut of the UnknownSeries • 1965Children of Men posterChildren of MenMovie • 2006Monty Python and the Holy Grail posterMonty Python and the Holy GrailMovie • 1975Mongrels posterMongrelsSeries • 2010