Rosalind Knight, stalwart of TV comedy and drama who made her name in Carry On films – obituary
Getting her start as a hapless student nurse, she went on to St Trinian’s and found later fame in Gimme Gimme Gimme and Friday Night Dinner
Rosalind Knight in Crown Court in 1982
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Rosalind Knight, who has died aged 87, was born into a show business family and quickly made her own impression on screen in the early Carry On films.
She first played the hapless, short-sighted Student Nurse Nightingale in Carry On Nurse (1959), the second in the series, seen keeping vigil over an unconscious patient and watching his drip feed with great intensity – before losing her glasses in a hospital sluice.
âFriday Night Dinnerâ actor Rosalind Knight has died
The 87-year-old was also known for her appearances in the Carry On films and Gimme Gimme Gimme
Rosalind Knight in 2009 CREDIT: Alamy Stock Photo
Friday Night Dinner actor Rosalind Knight has died, it has been confirmed in a statement by her family.
The actor, who was also known for her roles in two
Carry On movies, was 87 years old. No cause of death has been shared at the time of writing.
The statement from Knightâs family read: âIt is with huge sadness that the family of Rosalind Knight announce her death following a glorious career as a well-loved actress in theatre, TV and film.
Carry On and Friday Night Dinner star Rosalind Knight dies aged 87
Her death was confirmed by her family
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After landing a position with the Midland Theatre Company in Coventry, she was spotted by a producer.
Her big break came thanks to them, after they cast her as a schoolgirl in Blue Murder at St Trinian s in 1957.
She performed alongside her father in the BBC production of Nicholas Nickleby, and the Carry On parts came soon after.
Rosalind Knight in Only Fools with David Jason (Image: GETTY)
Rosalind Knight most recently starred in Friday Night Dinner (Image: CHANNEL 4)
She played Nurse Nightingale in her first role in the franchise, followed by Felicity Wheeler, a prim school inspector.
Rosalind made countless appearances on television, in shows such as Coronation Street (1981) and Only Fools and Horses (1989).
Carry On and Friday Night Dinner actress Rosalind Knight dies aged 87
PA
20 December 2020, 1:39 pm
Rosalind Knight – whose credits spanned from early Carry On films to Channel 4 comedy Friday Night Dinner – has died at the age of 87, her family have said.
The TV, film and theatre 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 in The Wildcats Of St Trinian’s in 1980.
More recently she appeared in Friday Night Dinner as the character known as “Horrible Grandma”.