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Rosalind Knight, whose credits range from the early Carry On movies to the Channel 4 comedy Friday Night Dinner, died at the age of 87, her family said.
The television, film and stage actress appeared in Carry On Teacher and Carry On Nurse in the 1950s.
Other screen classics include Blue Murder At St Trinian’s, where she played a schoolgirl in 1957, and decades later she was a teacher on The Wildcats Of St Trinian’s in 1980.
Most recently she appeared on Friday Night Dinner as the character known as “Horrible Grandma”.
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Her family said in a statement that the actress passed away on Saturday.
“It is with great sadness that Rosalind Knight’s family announces her death after a glorious career as a beloved actress in theater, television and film,” they said.
“She was known to so many generations, for so many different roles, and today’s kids who howl at the horrible grandmother at Friday night’s dinner will miss her as much as those of us old enough to remember her in the first movie. “.
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The actress also had the final say in the famous 1980 Cockburn special reserve port ad: “Did anyone bring the petits fours?”
She became famous alongside Vanessa Redgrave in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1961 production of As You Like It.
Film appearances include Tom Jones, Start The Revolution Without Me (alongside Gene Wilder), The Lady Vanishes, Prick Up Your Ears, About A Boy (with Hugh Grant), and The Lady In The Van.
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She also played retired prostitute Beryl on the television series Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, with Kathy Burke and James Dreyfus.
Her daughters, theater director Marianne Elliott and actress Susannah Elliott, said she would be remembered for her “immense spirit and sense of fun, and her utter individuality.”
They said: “Our mother had the most cunning and vibrant personality and made people laugh wherever she went.
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“She was a great reader, art lover and storyteller. She contributed voluntarily to the theater world through her participation in the construction of the Royal Exchange Theater, alongside her husband Michael Elliott, and her support of the Actors Center and the Ladies’ Theatrical Guild.
“She was an active member of her local history society and opera society, and was a fierce activist and fundraiser for the Hogarth Trust.
“Everyone who knew her will miss her very much.”
Rosalind’s death sadly follows her fellow Carry On star Barbara Windsor, who died on December 10 after losing her battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
He leaves behind his daughters Susannah Elliot-Knight and Marianne Elliott, both actors, and his granddaughter Eve.
Her director husband Michael Elliott died in 1984.
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