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name: "Rita Davies"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rita-davies"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 February 1933"
died: "19 January 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 85
updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:04.627859+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Rita Davies

Actor. Born 24 February 1933 in Hertfordshire, England, UK. Died 19 January 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 February 1933, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 19 January 2016
- **Active:** 1969–2006
- **Also known as:** Ann Rita Davies, Rita Whicker Davies

## Biography

Rita Davies was a British actress. She was born on 24 February 1933 in Hertfordshire, England, and died on 19 January 2016 in Esher, Surrey.

She appeared as the Historian's Wife in *Monty Python and the Holy Grail* (1975) and had roles in several episodes of *Monty Python's Flying Circus*. Later credits include *Children of Men* (2006), *The Da Vinci Code* (2006), *The Best Offer* (2013) as Mrs Derain, and *Beauty and the Beast* (2017). She also appeared in television series such as *Sherlock*, *The Inbetweeners* and *Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa*. Davies was married to director Ian MacNaughton.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Monty Python and the Holy Grail* (1975), Fi1m 87, as Historian's Wife — [page](https://film.one/film/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail.md)
- *Monty Python's Flying Circus* (1969), Fi1m 83, as Hostess / Black Spot Storyteller — [page](https://film.one/tv/monty-pythons-flying-circus.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Children of Men* (2006), Actor

## Also known for

- *Beauty and the Beast* (2017), Old Woman
- *The Da Vinci Code* (2006), Elegant Woman at Rosslyn
- *The Best Offer* (2013), Mrs. Derain
- *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

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