Rosalind Knight

Rosalind Knight

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, she accompanied her father to the Old Vic Theatre and became enthralled by a production of "The Snow Queen", primarily performed by drama school novices. The following year she won an audition and spent two years at the Old Vic Theatre School. This was succeeded by a lengthy apprenticeship in repertory which led to her gaining further experience as assistant stage manager for the West of England Theatre Company, the Midland Theatre Company in Coventry and the Piccolo Theatre Company in Manchester. In 1955, she made her first impact on screen as a lady-in-waiting in Laurence Olivier's Richard III (1955), which also featured her father in the cast. A year later, having come to the attention of a movie producer, she played Annabel, one of the schoolgirls, in Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957) (decades later, she would return as a teacher in the sequel The Wildcats of St. Trinian's (1980)). This set the tone for a number of subsequent comedic roles which included a couple of early Carry On's and the Tony Richardson-directed Tom Jones (1963), in which she played the giddy Mrs. Harriet Fitzpatrick. While doing the Carry On films she was not under any form of contract and was paid a mere $50 a week. In 1957, Rosalind joined her father in an early BBC adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby (1957) as the spiteful Fanny Squeers. In a later miniseries based on Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit (1964), she was a splendidly shrewish Charity Pecksniff. During her prolific career, Rosalind relished every opportunity to portray a diverse range of characters, good and bad, from servants to princesses (Alice of Battenberg in The Crown (2016)) to old maids (Aspasia Fitzgibbon in The Pallisers (1974)) to wealthy socialites (Margot Asquith in Nancy Astor (1982)) and unpleasant aristocratic dowagers (Daphne Winkworth in Jeeves and Wooster (1990)). She even essayed a retired prostitute turned landlady in the sitcom Gimme Gimme Gimme (1999). In addition to a staple of period dramas she guested in numerous episodic TV dramas, including Poirot (1989), Dalziel and Pascoe (1996), Heartbeat (1992), Marple (2004), Midsomer Murders (1997) and Sherlock (2010). All the while, she remained heavily engaged in theatrical work with the Old Vic, The Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Court Theatre, her last appearance being the strict, incorruptible governess Mrs. Prism in Shaw's "The Importance of Being Earnest". Rosalind was married to director/producer Michael Elliott from 1959. In 1976, she helped rebuild and re-open the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, of which her husband was involved as one of five artistic directors. She was also a patron of the Actor's Centre in London and the Ladies' Theatrical Guild (a charity founded in 1891). Rosalind Knight continued to perform as an actress right up to her death on December 19 2020, at the age of 87.

  • Популярност : 5.234
  • Известен за : Acting
  • Рожден ден : 1933-12-03
  • Място на раждане : Marylebone, London, England, UK
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Rosalind Knight Филми

  • 2002
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    Маркъс

    Маркъс

    6.7 2002 HD

    Уил Фрийман е ерген, а Маркъс - хлапе с проблеми. Когато стават приятели, те...

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  • 1979
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    The Lady Vanishes

    The Lady Vanishes

    6 1979 HD

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  • 1959
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    Carry On Teacher

    Carry On Teacher

    6.1 1959 HD

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  • 1993
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    Royal Celebration

    Royal Celebration

    6 1993 HD

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  • 1977
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    That's Carry On!

    That's Carry On!

    5.762 1977 HD

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  • 1970
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    Start the Revolution Without Me

    Start the Revolution Without Me

    5.8 1970 HD

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  • 1960
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    There Was a Crooked Man

    There Was a Crooked Man

    6.1 1960 HD

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  • 1975
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    Eskimo Nell

    Eskimo Nell

    3.9 1975 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Old Curiosity Shop

    The Old Curiosity Shop

    4.5 1975 HD

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  • 1959
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    Carry On Nurse

    Carry On Nurse

    6.3 1959 HD

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  • 2021
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    Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel

    Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel

    7.8 2021 HD

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  • 1992
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    Swords at Teatime

    Swords at Teatime

    1 1992 HD

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  • 2015
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    Дамата, която живее в своя ван

    Дамата, която живее в своя ван

    6.415 2015 HD

    В края на 60-те години писателят Алън Бенет тъкмо се е преместил в зеления квартал...

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  • 2009
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    The Alchemistic Suitcase

    The Alchemistic Suitcase

    4.2 2009 HD

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  • 1960
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    Doctor in Love

    Doctor in Love

    5.5 1960 HD

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  • 1963
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    As You Like It

    As You Like It

    1 1963 HD

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  • 1980
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    The Wildcats of St. Trinian's

    The Wildcats of St. Trinian's

    4.4 1980 HD

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  • 2007
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    The Shell Seekers

    The Shell Seekers

    7 2007 HD

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  • 1976
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    It Could Happen to You

    It Could Happen to You

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1987
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    Claws

    Claws

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1991
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    Страх от тъмнината

    Страх от тъмнината

    5.3 1991 HD

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  • 1987
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    Prick Up Your Ears

    Prick Up Your Ears

    6.624 1987 HD

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  • 1998
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    Il mio West

    Il mio West

    4.5 1998 HD

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  • 1994
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    Pleasure

    Pleasure

    8 1994 HD

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  • 1973
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    Baby Blues

    Baby Blues

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1995
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    Solitaire for 2

    Solitaire for 2

    4 1995 HD

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  • 1957
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    Fortune Is a Woman

    Fortune Is a Woman

    6.7 1957 HD

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  • 1961
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    The Kitchen

    The Kitchen

    7 1961 HD

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  • 1957
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    Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

    Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

    6.4 1957 HD

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  • 2011
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    Il mundial dimenticato

    Il mundial dimenticato

    7.2 2011 HD

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  • 1968
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    On the Eve of Publication

    On the Eve of Publication

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1963
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    Том Джоунс

    Том Джоунс

    5.915 1963 HD

    Живял някога в западна Англия скуайър на име Олуърди. Една вечер той открил в...

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  • 1982
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    The Disappearance of Harry

    The Disappearance of Harry

    7 1982 HD

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  • 1981
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    The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe

    The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1958
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    The Horse's Mouth

    The Horse's Mouth

    6.75 1958 HD

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  • 1997
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    Убийства в Мидсъмър

    Убийства в Мидсъмър

    7.6 1997 HD

    Неспокойното селце Мидсъмър отново е изпаднало в беда. Главният инспектор...

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  • 1994
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    Wycliffe

    Wycliffe

    6 1994 HD

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  • 1990
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    Джийвс и Устър

    Джийвс и Устър

    8 1990 HD

    Перфектно улавяйки остроумието на разказите на Удхаус, този безпогрешен сериал...

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  • 1962
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    The Beverly Hillbillies

    The Beverly Hillbillies

    6.9 1962 HD

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  • 1999
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    Gimme Gimme Gimme

    Gimme Gimme Gimme

    7 1999 HD

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  • 1992
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    Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

    7 1992 HD

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  • 1996
    imgS12 E6

    Dalziel & Pascoe

    Dalziel & Pascoe

    6.3 1996 HD

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  • 1983
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    Up the Elephant and Round the Castle

    Up the Elephant and Round the Castle

    5.333 1983 HD

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  • 1968
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    Nicholas Nickleby

    Nicholas Nickleby

    1 1968 HD

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  • 1974
    imgS5 E13

    Within These Walls

    Within These Walls

    5.3 1974 HD

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  • 1989
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    Случаите на Поаро

    Случаите на Поаро

    8.135 1989 HD

    Една колекция, посветена на световно известния литературен герой - детектив...

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  • 1957
    imgS1 E10

    Nicholas Nickleby

    Nicholas Nickleby

    1 1957 HD

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  • 1984
    imgS1 E7

    I Thought You'd Gone

    I Thought You'd Gone

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1964
    imgS1 E13

    Martin Chuzzlewit

    Martin Chuzzlewit

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1985
    imgS2 E5

    Mapp & Lucia

    Mapp & Lucia

    4.7 1985 HD

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  • 2011
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    Вечеря в петък вечерта

    Вечеря в петък вечерта

    7.821 2011 HD

    Историята разказва за еврейско семейство в Англия и специалните вечери които то...

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  • 2001
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    Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story

    Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story

    6.81 2001 HD

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  • 1964
    imgS6 E34

    The Wednesday Play

    The Wednesday Play

    4.5 1964 HD

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  • 1984
    imgS7 E6

    Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

    8.1 1984 HD

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  • 1998
    imgS1 E10

    Berkeley Square

    Berkeley Square

    7.8 1998 HD

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  • 2010
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    Шерлок

    Шерлок

    8.5 2010 HD

    Детектив Шерлок Холмс, който помага на полицията и основно на инспектор Грег...

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  • 2016
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    Короната

    Короната

    8.215 2016 HD

    Историята разказва за двата най-известни адреса в света - Бъкингамският дворец и...

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  • 1997
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    Убийства в Мидсъмър

    Убийства в Мидсъмър

    7.6 1997 HD

    Неспокойното селце Мидсъмър отново е изпаднало в беда. Главният инспектор...

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  • 1974
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    Playhouse

    Playhouse

    7 1974 HD

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