Rosalind Knight
Birthday
1933/12/03
Day of death
2020/12/19 (87 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Marylebone, London, England, UK
Also know as
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Biography
Born in Marylebone, London, versatile character actress Rosalind Marie Knight was born to theatrical parentage. Her father was the accomplished thespian Esmond Knight. Her mother, the comedienne Frances Clare, often featured in Ivor Novello operettas. Rosalind's interest in theatre was first kindled at the age of six when she and her mother attended a staging of Novello's "The Dancing Years" at Drury Lane. Rosalind was evacuated to the countryside with her nanny during the war years. In 1949, sh...Read more
Acting
(2002) About a Boy
as Lindsey's Mum
(1979) The Lady Vanishes
as Evelyn Barnes
(1959) Carry On Teacher
as Felicity Wheeler
(1993) Royal Celebration
as Mrs. Maynard
(1977) That's Carry On!
as Felicity Wheeler
(1970) Start the Revolution Without Me
as Helene de Sisi
(1960) There Was a Crooked Man
as Nurse
(1975) Eskimo Nell
as Lady Longhorn
(1975) The Old Curiosity Shop
as Mrs. George
(1959) Carry On Nurse
as Student Nurse Nightingale
(2021) Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
as Horrible Grandma (archive footage)
(1992) Swords at Teatime
as Shirley
(2015) The Lady in the Van
as Old Nun
(2009) The Alchemistic Suitcase
as Lady
(1960) Doctor in Love
as Doctor
(1963) As You Like It
as Celia
(1980) The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
as Miss Walsh
(2007) The Shell Seekers
as Mrs. Croftway
(1976) It Could Happen to You
as Mrs Ramlin
(1987) Claws
as Mrs Hargreaves
(1991) Afraid of the Dark
as Edith
(1987) Prick Up Your Ears
as RADA Judge
(1998) Gunslinger's Revenge
as Miss Willow
(1994) Pleasure
as Madame Desneuves
(1973) Baby Blues
as Sister Maidenhead
(1995) Solitaire for 2
as Receptionist
(1957) Fortune Is a Woman
as (uncredited)
(1961) The Kitchen
as Daphne
(1957) Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
as Annabel
(2011) The Lost World Cup
as ---
(1968) On the Eve of Publication
as Barbara
(1963) Tom Jones
as Mrs. Fitzpatrick
(1982) The Disappearance of Harry
as Dr Abbeydale
(1981) The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
as Matron
(1958) The Horse's Mouth
as Art Student (uncredited)
(1968) Diamonds for Breakfast
as Museum Visitor in Pink Dress (uncredited)
(1997) Midsomer Murders
as Eleanor Macpherson
(1994) Wycliffe
as Mrs. Prentice
(1990) Jeeves and Wooster
as Dame Daphne
(1962) The Beverly Hillbillies
as ---
(1999) Gimme Gimme Gimme
as ---
(1992) Heartbeat
as Edith Benton
(1996) Dalziel & Pascoe
as ---
(1983) Up the Elephant and Round the Castle
as ---
(1968) Nicholas Nickleby
as ---
(1974) Within These Walls
as ---
(1989) Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Georgina Morley
(1957) Nicholas Nickleby
as ---
(1984) I Thought You'd Gone
as ---
(1964) Martin Chuzzlewit
as ---
(1985) Mapp & Lucia
as ---
(2011) Friday Night Dinner
as Cynthia Goodman
(2001) Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
as Hag Woman
(1964) The Wednesday Play
as Barbara
(1984) Sherlock Holmes
as Countess of Morcar
(1998) Berkeley Square
as Great Aunt Effie
(2010) Sherlock
as Grace
(2016) The Crown
as Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark
(1997) Midsomer Murders
as Mother Jerome
(1974) Playhouse
as Mrs. Mattison