Rosalind Knight, (3 December 1933 – 19 December 2020), was a British character actress of stage, screen, and television.
In 1953, she joined the West of England Theatre Company for eight months. A producer spotted her, and she was thusly cast as a schoolgirl in Blue Murder at St. Trinian's. In 1959, she appeared in two of the Carry On films; In her second, Carry On Teacher, she had a starring role as frosty school inspector Felicity Wheeler, who was courted by Kenneth Connor's science master.
In The '60s, she appeared in more films (notably another St. Trinian's film and Tom Jones) but her career seemed to slow down until The '80s, when she became a regular face on British TV. In that decade alone, she racked up appearances in Coronation Street, Nancy Astor, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Mapp & Lucia, and Only Fools and Horses.
Her most notable role came in 1999 as Beryl Merit, a retired prostitute and the landlady to James Dreyfus and Kathy Burke in Gimme, Gimme, Gimme; Knight made frequent appearances in all three series. Near the end of her career, she had a small recurring role in Friday Night Dinner as "Horrible Grandma" Cynthia Goodman.
She died at the age of 87.
Works on TV Tropes she appeared in:
Film
- Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957) — Annabel
- Carry On Nurse (1959) — Student Nurse Nightingale
- Carry On Teacher (1959) — Miss Felicity Wheeler
- Doctor in Love (1960) — Doctor (Uncredited Role)
- The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's (1960) — Myrtle the Dressmaker (Uncredited Role)
- Tom Jones (1963) — Mrs. Fitzpatrick
- Start the Revolution Without Me (1970) — Helene de Sisi
- The Lady Vanishes (1979) — Evelyn Barnes
- The Wildcats of St. Trinian's (1980) — Miss Walsh
- Prick Up Your Ears (1987) — RADA Judge
- About a Boy (2002) — Lindsey's Mum
- Demons Never Die (2011) — Frieda
Series
- Jackanory, 10 episodes (1966-67) — Storyteller
- The Beverly Hillbillies, episode "War of the Roses" (1968) — Vanessa
- Dixon of Dock Green, episode "The Undercover Man" (1970) — Dorothy Lang
- Play for Today, episode "Baby Blues" (1973) — Sister Maidenhead
- Jackanory Playhouse, episode "Armitage, Armitage, Fly Away Home" (1979) — Miss Hooting
- Coronation Street, 1 episode (1981) — Mrs. Ramsden
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, episode "The Blue Carbuncle" (1984) — Countess of Morcar
- Only Fools and Horses, episode "The Jolly Boys' Outing" (1989) — Mrs. Creswell
- Watching, episode "Petting" (1990) — Mrs. Lloyd Roberts
- Jeeves and Wooster, 2 episodes:
- "Will Anatole Return to Brinkley Court? (or, the Matchmaker)" (1990) — Hotel Proprietress (Uncredited Role)
- "Bertie Takes Gussie's Place at Deverill Hall (or, Right Ho! Jeeves)" (1992) — Dame Daphne
- Poirot, episode "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" (1992) — Georgina Morley
- Screen One, episode "Royal Celebration" (1993) — Mrs. Maynard
- KYTV, episode "Get Away with You" (1993) — Joan Patterson
- May to December, episode "Take Good Care of My Baby" (1994) — Georgina Sinclair
- Harry Enfield and Chums, 1 episode (1994) — Lady Fotherington Carstairs
- Ivanhoe, 1 episode (1997) — Edith
- Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, 13 episodes (1999-2001) — Beryl Merit
- Dalziel and Pascoe, episode "The British Grenadier" (1999) — Brigid Stewart
- Heartbeat, episode "Dog Collar" (2000) — Edith Benton
- Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story, 2 episodes (2001) — Hag Woman
- CASUAL+Y, 2 episodesshow list (2002) — Kate Duffin
- Midsomer Murders, 2 episodes:
- "Birds of Prey" (2003) — Eleanor Macpherson
- "A Sacred Trust" (2011) — Mother Jerome
- Doctors, 3 episodes:
- "Old Habits" (2005) — Mary Longworth
- 2 episodesshow list (2009) — Cybil Lambert
- Marple, episode "The Moving Finger" (2006) — Partridge
- Holby City, 2 episodes:
- "This Be the Verse" (2008) — Joan Dempsey
- "The Sticky Mess of Being" (2015) — Dora Greenwood
- Sherlock, episode "The Hounds of Baskerville" (2012) — Grace
- Friday Night Dinner, 4 episodesshow list (2012-20) — Cynthia "Horrible Grandma" Goodman
- The Crown, 2 episodesshow list (2016) — Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark
