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The best directors always wanted Rosalind Knight in their casts. Photograph: Simon Annand/PA
In a career stretching over seven decades, the distinctive, cut-glass character actor Rosalind Knight, who has died aged 87, renewed her TV profile with younger audiences in two quirkily original comedy sitcoms: Jonathan Harvey’s Gimme Gimme Gimme (1999-2001) and Robert Popper’s Friday Night Dinner (in the second series, 2012).
She dressed down and mussed up her hair for Beryl Merit, a retired prostitute and landlady of the north London flat shared by Kathy Burke’s foul-mouthed Linda La Hughes and James Dreyfus’s acidulous actor; and reversed that process for Cynthia Goodman, aka “Horrible Grandma”, who aggressively stiffens the tone of the Friday night ritual hosted by her son (Paul Ritter) and his wife (Tamsin Greig).
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.