Rita Tushingham
Acting1942Garston, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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).
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Known For
Acting History
2025
The American Backyard
as Flora
The Marlow Murder Club
TVas Mrs Eddingham / Mrs. Eddingham• 3 eps
2023
Boudica
as Green Druid
2022
The Responder
TVas June Carson• 2 eps
2021
Last Night in Soho
as Peggy Turner
Ridley Road
TVas Nettie Jones
2020
The Owners
as Ellen Huggins
The Pale Horse
TVas Bella Webb
2018
Vera
TVas Audrey Latham• 1 eps
Still Open All Hours
TVas Annie• 1 eps
2017
My Name Is Lenny
as Reenie Joyce
2013
The Wee Man
as Rita Thompson
2012
Outside Bet
as Martha
2011
Seamonsters
as Rose
2010
The Calling
as Sister Gertrude
2008
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story
as Medium
Broken Lines
as Rae
2007
The Hideout
as Paula Hardyn
Puffball
as Molly
2006
Agatha Christie's Marple
TVas Miss Elizabeth Percehouse• 1 eps
2005
2004
Being Julia
as Aunt Carrie
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
Gospel According to Harry
as Myrna
The World of Hammer
TVas Self (archive footage)
1992
Paper Marriage
as Lou, gospodyni Alicji
Love at First Sight
TVas Alice Fletcher• 1 eps
1990
Sunday Pursuit
as Alice Fletcher
Hard Days, Hard Nights
as Rita
1989
Resurrected
as Mrs. Deakin
1988
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
as Alice Toklas
Bread
TVas Celia Higgins• 10 eps
1986
A Judgment in Stone
as Eunice
Flying
as Jean Stoller
1982
Spaghetti House
as Kathy Ceccacci
1980
Lady Killers
TVas Charlotte Bryant
1978
Mysteries
as Martha Gude
1977
1976
Rachel's Man
as Leah
1975
The Human Factor
as Janice
1974
Fischia Il Sesso
as Carol Houston
1972
Slaughter Day
as Rita
1969
The Bed Sitting Room
as Penelope
The Guru
as Jenny
1968
Diamonds for Breakfast
as Bridget Rafferty
1967
Smashing Time
as Brenda
1966
The Trap
as Eve
1965
Doctor Zhivago
as The Girl
The Knack... and How to Get It
as Nancy Jones
1964
Girl with Green Eyes
as Kathleen "Kate" Brady
The Leather Boys
as Dot
1963
A Place to Go
as Catherine Donovan
The Human Jungle
TVas Joy
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
TVas Self
1961
A Taste of Honey
as Jo