Rosalind Ayres

Rosalind Ayres
Born	(1946-12-07) 7 December 1946 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1970–present
Spouse	Martin Jarvis ​ (m. 1974)​ (2 children)

Rosalind Ayres (born 7 December 1946) is an English actress, director and producer. 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.

Biography

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.

Rosalind also played the character of Iris in the comedy sitcom Kate and Koji as a customer in the cafe who regularly consulted the doctor on various ailments. It aired in April 2020 and Rosalind appeared in three episodes.

TV and filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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
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
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 and Koji	Iris

External links

• Rosalind Ayres at IMDb
• Actor's Compendium