Rita Davies
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
- Acting
- Born
- 1933-02-24 · Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Died
- 2016-01-19
Known for
- Beauty and the Beast (2017) — Old Woman
- The Da Vinci Code (2006) — Elegant Woman at Rosslyn
- Children of Men (2006) — Café Customer
- Sherlock (2010) — Blind Lady
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) — Historian's Wife
- The Best Offer (2013) — Mrs. Derain
- Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969) — Distraught Wife
- The Inbetweeners (2008) — Old Lady
- Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013) — Old Woman on Pier
- The Trip (2011) — Dove Cottage Worker
- House of Anubis (2011) — Sarah Frobisher-Smythe
- Call the Midwife (2012) — Pegeen
- The Broken (2008) — Old Lady in Underground
- Unforgotten (2015) — Mary White
- Keeping Up Appearances (1990) — Mrs. Lomax
- Vera (2011) — Sister Benedict