7.0
Beauty and the Beast
2017
Rita Davies
Acting
Born February 24, 1933Died January 19, 2016Hertfordshire, England, UK
Biography
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.
Movies
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6.6
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
2013
4.3
The List
2013
7.8
The Best Offer
2013
6.6
Private Peaceful
2012
6.9
Lad: A Yorkshire Story
2012
0.0
Acts of Godfrey
2012
5.4
Reuniting the Rubins
2011
6.6
The Trip
2011
5.5
The Broken
2008
6.3
Brideshead Revisited
2008
Of Best Intentions
0.0
Of Best Intentions
2008
7.6
Children of Men
2006
6.1
Driving Lessons
2006
6.7
The Da Vinci Code
2006
4.0
Footprints in the Snow
2005
5.5
The Last Horror Movie
2004
4.0
Tempo
2003
4.9
The Wolves of Kromer
1998
9.0
W.S.H.: The Myth of the Urban Myth
1994
8.0
O Mary This London
1994
0.0
Deadly Obsession
1992
0.0
Claws
1987
10.0
What Mad Pursuit
1985
7.8
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975
0.0
Baby Love
1974
6.1
Doomwatch
1972
0.0
Liar!
1969
TV Shows
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6.7
Cuffs
7.6
Unforgotten
6.7
Southcliffe
6.7
Cuckoo
7.0
Starlings
7.6
Call the Midwife
6.6
Without You
7.4
Vera
8.2
House of Anubis
8.5
Sherlock
7.8
Mongrels
7.7
The Inbetweeners
7.7
Ashes to Ashes
7.6
Lewis
7.4
My Life in Film
7.1
55 Degrees North
7.5
Murder in Suburbia
7.6
Silent Witness
7.3
Kavanagh Q.C.
7.1
Heartbeat
7.0
Teenage Health Freak
7.7
Keeping Up Appearances
6.5
Ladies in Charge
6.9
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
7.1
Screen Two
5.7
Mr. Palfrey of Westminster
7.0
Number 10
6.6
Play for Today
6.6
Play for Today
8.3
Monty Python's Flying Circus
8.3
Monty Python's Flying Circus
8.3
Monty Python's Flying Circus
8.3
Monty Python's Flying Circus
7.0
Nicholas Nickleby
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
7.1
Out of the Unknown
6.0
Ghost Squad
Drama 61-67
0.0
Drama 61-67
7.1
Maigret
Sunday-Night Play
0.0
Sunday-Night Play
The Men From Room 13
0.0
The Men From Room 13
6.0