Rosalind Ayres


Rosalind Ayres 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 Coronation Street, 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 for the episodes "The Family Outing" and "The Internet". She returned as Gran in the first episode of series four 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.
Ayres also played the character of Iris in the comedy sitcom Kate & Koji, 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.

TV and filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1972Home and AwayGrace
1973That'll Be The DayJeanette
1973The Lovers!Veronica
1974From Beyond the GraveProstitute – Edward's first victimSegment 1 "The Gate Crasher"
1974Little MalcolmAnn Gedge
1974StardustJeanette
1974Shoulder to ShoulderMaisie Dunn1 episode: "Outrage"
1974Father BrownChristabel"The Head of Caesar"
1974Coronation StreetJudy Cookson / Alison Wright / JasmineSoap opera
1974Public EyeMrs GrantTV series
1974Within These WallsRowena PattersonSeries 1, Episode 10 - "Guessing
1975Affairs of the HeartMillieEpisode 9
1976Laurence Olivier Presents: Hindle WakesFanny HawthornDirected by Laurence Olivier
1976The Slipper and the RoseIsobella
1980Cry WolfMaria Moore
1980The Gentle TouchFrances West
1980AgonyWard Sister
1981Only When I LaughAmy GlossopTV sitcom
1982The BounderMary MountjoyTV sitcom
1984The Weather in the StreetsEttyTV film
1985Juliet BravoLinda Markham
1992Emily's GhostMama
1994Black BeautyMistress Gordon
1996Police Story 4: First StrikeAustralian Group #1
1997TitanicLady Duff Gordon
1998Gods and MonstersElsa Lanchester
1998HeartbeatAnn MarsdenEpisode: “For Better or Worse”
1998Midsomer MurdersDoreen AndersonEpisode: “Faithful unto Death”
1999Beautiful PeopleNora Thornton1999 “ Sabrina The Teenage Witch - Aunt Dorma
2001Christmas in the CloudsMabel
2003Trevor's World of SportTheresaTV sitcom
2004SteamboyEdward Steam, voiceEnglish version
2005Age of Empires IIIQueen Elizabeth, voiceVideo game
2010–12OutnumberedGranSemi-improvised sitcom; Series 3 ; Series 4 ; Christmas Special 2012
2011Uncharted 3: Drake's DeceptionKatherine Marlowe, voiceVideo game
2017HampsteadSusan
2020Kate & KojiIris
2022DoctorsEllie ChiltonEpisode: "Mustn't Grumble"