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 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 , 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 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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1973That'll Be The DayJeanette
1973The Lovers!Veronica
1973The Lovers!Veronica
1974From Beyond the GraveProstitute – Edward's first victimsegment 1 "The Gate Crasher"
1974Little MalcolmAnn Gedge
1974StardustJeanette
1974Coronation Street
Public Eye		Judy Cookson / Alison Wright / JasmineTV series
1976Laurence Olivier Presents: Hindle Wakesdirected by Laurence Olivier
1976The Slipper and the RoseIsobella
1980Cry WolfMaria Moore
1980AgonyWard Sister
1985Juliet BravoLinda Markham
1992Emily's GhostMama
1994Black BeautyMistress Gordon
1996'Australian Group #1
1997TitanicLady Duff Gordon
1998Gods and MonstersElsa Lanchester
1998HeartbeatAnn Marsden
1999Beautiful PeopleNora Thornton
2001Christmas in the CloudsMabel
2003Trevor's World of SportTheresaTV series
2004SteamboyEdward Steam, voiceEnglish version
2005Age of Empires IIIQueen Elizabeth,voiceVideo game
2010OutnumberedGranSemi-improvised Sitcom
2011'Katherine Marlowe, voiceVideo game
2017HampsteadSusan
2020Kate and KojiIris