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name: "Rosalind Ayres"
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born: "7 December 1946"
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# Rosalind Ayres

Actor. Born 7 December 1946 in Birmingham, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 December 1946, Birmingham, England, UK
- **Active:** 1997–2007

## Biography

Rosalind Ayres is an English actress, director and producer. She was born on 7 December 1946 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, and has been active since 1970.

Ayres is known for playing Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon in the 1997 film *Titanic* and Elsa Lanchester in *Gods and Monsters* (1998). Her other credits include *From Beyond the Grave* (1974), episodes of *Midsomer Murders* (1997) and *Father Brown* (2013), and *Hampstead* (2017). She has also appeared in television series such as *Coronation Street* and *Outnumbered*.

With her husband, actor Martin Jarvis (whom she married in 1974 and with whom she has frequently co-starred), Ayres runs the radio production company Jarvis & Ayres Productions and has directed and produced audio plays for BBC Radio 4 and other companies.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Outnumbered* (2007), Fi1m 78, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/outnumbered.md)
- *Gods and Monsters* (1998), Fi1m 82, as Elsa Lanchester — [page](https://film.one/film/gods-and-monsters.md)
- *Titanic* (1997), Fi1m 84, as Lady Duff Gordon — [page](https://film.one/film/titanic.md)

## Also known for

- *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch* (1996), Aunt Dorma (voice)
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), Mrs. Warburton
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), Doreen Anderson
- *Hampstead* (2017), Susan
- *Just Shoot Me!* (1997), Audrey Leeds
- *From Beyond the Grave* (1974), Prostitute - Edward's First Victim
- *Father Brown* (2013), Elizabeth Warmley
- *Childrens Hospital* (2008), The Duchess

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