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.
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).