Rita Tushingham

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1942-03-14

Place of Birth

Garston, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
IMDb

Rita Tushingham

Biography

Rita Tushingham (born 14 March 1942) is an English actress. She is known for her starring roles in films including A Taste of Honey (1961), The Leather Boys (1964), The Knack …and How to Get It (1965), Doctor Zhivago (1965), and Smashing Time (1967). For A Taste of Honey, she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, and Most Promising Newcomer at both the BAFTA Awards and Golden Globe Awards. Her other film appearances include An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), Under the Skin (1997), and Being Julia (2004). Description above from the Wikipedia article Rita Tushingham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Gallery

Gallery Image
Gallery Image
Gallery Image
Gallery Image

Acting History

2025
The American Backyard as Flora
2024
The Marlow Murder Club as Mrs. Eddingham
2024
The Marlow Murder Club as Mrs Eddingham
2023
Boudica as Green Druid
2023
Elicit as Felicity
2022
The Responder as June Carson
2021
Last Night in Soho as Peggy Turner
2021
Ridley Road as Nettie Jones
2020
The Owners as Ellen Huggins
2020
The Pale Horse as Bella Webb
2017
Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties
2017
My Name Is Lenny as Reenie Joyce
2016
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
2014
Still Open All Hours as Annie
2013
The Wee Man as Rita Thompson
2012
Outside Bet as Martha
2011
Seamonsters as Rose
2011
Vera as Audrey Latham
2010
The Calling as Sister Gertrude
2008
Broken Lines as Rae
2008
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story as Medium
2007
The Hideout as Paula Hardyn
2007
Puffball as Molly
2006
Angel Cake as Millie
2006
Angel Cake as Millie
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple as Miss Elizabeth Percehouse
2004
Being Julia as Aunt Carrie
2004
New Tricks
2002
The Stretford Wives as Marilyn Massey
2000
Out of Depth as Margaret Nixon
1999
Swing as Mags Luxford
1998
Spending Nights with Joan as Bette Davis
1997
Under the Skin as Mum
1996
The Boy from Mercury as May Cronin
1995
An Awfully Big Adventure as Aunt Lily
1994
The World of Hammer as Self (archive footage)
1994
Gospel According to Harry as Myrna
1993
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties as Self
1992
Paper Marriage as Lou, gospodyni Alicji
1992
Love at First Sight as Alice Fletcher
1992
The Rapture of Deceit
1990
Sunday Pursuit as Alice Fletcher
1990
Hard Days, Hard Nights as Rita
1989
Resurrected as Mrs. Deakin
1988
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway as Alice Toklas
1986
Flying as Jean Stoller
1986
Bread as Celia Higgins
1986
A Judgment in Stone as Eunice
1982
Spaghetti House as Kathy Ceccacci
1980
Lady Killers as Charlotte Bryant
1978
Mysteries as Martha Gude
1977
Black Journal as Maria
1977
Pane, burro e marmellata as Vera De Virdis
1977
Green Eyes as Margaret Sheen
1976
Ragazzo di borgata as Lucia, madre di Ettore
1976
Rachel's Man as Leah
1975
The Human Factor as Janice
1974
No Strings
1974
Fischia Il Sesso as Carol Houston
1973
Red Riding Hood as Grace
1972
Straight On Till Morning as Brenda Thompson
1972
Slaughter Day as Rita
1969
The Bed Sitting Room as Penelope
1969
The Guru as Jenny
1968
Diamonds for Breakfast as Bridget Rafferty
1967
Smashing Time as Brenda
1966
The Trap as Eve
1965
Moscow in Madrid as Self
1965
Doctor Zhivago as The Girl
1965
The Knack... and How to Get It as Nancy Jones
1965
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean as Self
1964
Girl with Green Eyes as Kathleen "Kate" Brady
1964
The Leather Boys as Dot
1963
A Place to Go as Catherine Donovan
1963
The Human Jungle as Joy
1962
The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961
A Taste of Honey as Jo
—
Mystery at the Prospect Hotel as Miss Clutterbuck
—
The Athena Syndrome as Vivian