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Rosalind Ayres | |
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Born | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | 7 December 1946
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1970–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Rosalind Ayres (born 7 December 1946) is an English actress, director and producer. [1] Active since 1970, Ayres is well known for her role in the 1997 film Titanic , in which she played Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon. Her husband, Martin Jarvis, played Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon in the film.
Ayres has appeared in numerous films and television series, including regular performances in Armchair Thriller , Penmarric, Play for Today , The Bounder , Father's Day and Trevor's World of Sport . She has acted in and directed numerous audio plays for L.A. Theatre Works and Hollywood Theater of the Ear. Ayres appeared on the BBC One semi-improvised sitcom Outnumbered as Gran in series 3 (2010) for the episodes "The Family Outing" and "The Internet". She returned as Gran in the first episode of series four (2011) named "The Funeral". Ayres also appeared in the Christmas special in 2012.
In addition to her film and television work, in 2011, Ayres provided voice and motion capture work for Katherine Marlowe, the main antagonist of the video game Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception , opposite Nolan North, Richard McGonagle and Graham McTavish. Together with her husband, Ayres runs the radio production company "Jarvis & Ayres Productions", producing and directing plays and serials for BBC Radio 4. [1]
Ayres also played the character of Iris in the comedy sitcom Kate & Koji as a customer in the café who regularly consulted the doctor on various ailments. It aired in April 2020 and she appeared in three episodes. In September 2022, Ayres appeared alongside her husband in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Ellie Chilton. [2]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1972 | Home and Away | Grace | |
1973 | That'll Be The Day | Jeanette | |
The Lovers! | Veronica | ||
1974 | From Beyond the Grave | Prostitute – Edward's first victim | Segment 1 "The Gate Crasher" |
Little Malcolm | Ann Gedge | ||
Stardust | Jeanette | ||
Father Brown | Christabel | "The Head of Caesar" | |
Coronation Street | Judy Cookson / Alison Wright / Jasmine | Soap opera | |
Public Eye | Mrs Grant | TV series | |
Within These Walls | Rowena Patterson | Series 1, Episode 10 - "Guessing Game" | |
1976 | Laurence Olivier Presents : Hindle Wakes | Fanny Hawthorn | Directed by Laurence Olivier |
The Slipper and the Rose | Isobella | ||
1980 | Cry Wolf | Maria Moore | |
The Gentle Touch | Frances West | ||
Agony | Ward Sister | ||
1981 | Only When I Laugh | Amy Glossop | TV sitcom |
1982 | The Bounder | Mary Mountjoy | TV sitcom |
1984 | The Weather in the Streets | Etty | TV film |
1985 | Juliet Bravo | Linda Markham | |
1992 | Emily's Ghost | Mama | |
1994 | Black Beauty | Mistress Gordon | |
1996 | Police Story 4: First Strike | Australian Group #1 | |
1997 | Titanic | Lady Duff Gordon | |
1998 | Gods and Monsters | Elsa Lanchester | |
Heartbeat | Ann Marsden | Episode: “For Better or Worse” | |
Midsomer Murders | Doreen Anderson | Episode: “Faithful unto Death” | |
1999 | Beautiful People | Nora Thornton | 1999 “ Sabrina The Teenage Witch - Aunt Dorma |
2001 | Christmas in the Clouds | Mabel | |
2003 | Trevor's World of Sport | Theresa | TV sitcom |
2004 | Steamboy | Edward Steam, voice | English version |
2005 | Age of Empires III | Queen Elizabeth, voice | Video game |
2010 | Outnumbered | Gran | Semi-improvised sitcom |
2011 | Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception | Katherine Marlowe, voice | Video game |
2017 | Hampstead | Susan | |
2020 | Kate & Koji | Iris | |
2022 | Doctors | Ellie Chilton | Episode: "Mustn't Grumble" |
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