Rosalind Knight
Acting
Born: 1933-12-03 · Marylebone, London, England, UK
Died: 2020-12-19
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
🎬 Movies (20)
Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
2021
Horrible Grandma (archive footage)
The Lady in the Van
2015
Old Nun
The Lost World Cup
2011
The Alchemistic Suitcase
2009
Lady
The Shell Seekers
2007
Mrs. Croftway
Cheeky
2003
Pam
About a Boy
2002
Lindsey's Mum
What's a Carry On?
1998
Miss Felicity Wheeler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gunslinger's Revenge
1998
Miss Willow
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
1998
Mrs. D'Urberville
Solitaire for 2
1995
Receptionist
Pleasure
1994
Madame Desneuves
Royal Celebration
1993
Mrs. Maynard
Swords at Teatime
1992
Shirley
Afraid of the Dark
1991
Edith
Claws
1987
Mrs Hargreaves
Prick Up Your Ears
1987
RADA Judge
The Good Doctor Bodkin-Adams
1986
Nurse Stronach
The Disappearance of Harry
1982
Dr Abbeydale
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
1981
Matron
📺 TV Shows (20)
The Crown
2016
Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark
Friday Night Dinner
2011
Cynthia Goodman
Sherlock
2010
Grace
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
2001
Hag Woman
Gimme Gimme Gimme
1999
Beryl Merit
Berkeley Square
1998
Great Aunt Effie
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
1998
Mrs. D'Urberville
Midsomer Murders
1997
Eleanor Macpherson
Midsomer Murders
1997
Mother Jerome
Dalziel and Pascoe
1996
Brigid Stewart
Harry Enfield and Chums
1994
Lady Fotherington Carstairs
Wycliffe
1994
Mrs. Prentice
Heartbeat
1992
Edith Benton
In Suspicious Circumstances
1991
Agnes
Jeeves and Wooster
1990
Dame Daphne
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Georgina Morley
Watching
1987
Mrs. Lloyd Roberts
Mapp & Lucia
1985
La Contessa Amelia Faraglione
I Thought You'd Gone
1984
Sherlock Holmes
1984
Countess of Morcar