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Rosalind Knight

Acting · Born December 3, 1933 · Marylebone, London, England, UK

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.

Movies with Rosalind Knight

• About a Boy (2002) — Lindsey's Mum
• The Lady in the Van (2015) — Old Nun
• Tom Jones (1963) — Mrs. Fitzpatrick
• Carry On Nurse (1959) — Student Nurse Nightingale
• Prick Up Your Ears (1987) — RADA Judge
• Start the Revolution Without Me (1970) — Helene de Sisi
• The Lady Vanishes (1979) — Evelyn Barnes
• That's Carry On! (1977) — Miss Felicity Wheeler (archive footage)
• Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel (2021) — Horrible Grandma (archive footage)
• Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1998) — Mrs. D'Urberville
• The Old Curiosity Shop (1975) — Mrs. George
• Afraid of the Dark (1992) — Edith

TV shows with Rosalind Knight

• Gimme Gimme Gimme (1999) — Beryl Merit
• Berkeley Square (1998) — Great Aunt Effie