Rita Tushingham

Rita Tushingham

Known for
Acting
Born
March 14, 1942 (age 84)
Birthplace
Garston, 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Rita Tushingham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

2025
The American Backyard poster

The American Backyard

Movie · as Flora

2024
Mystery at the Prospect Hotel poster

Mystery at the Prospect Hotel

Movie · as Miss Clutterbuck

2024
The Marlow Murder Club poster

The Marlow Murder Club

TV · as Mrs Eddingham, Mrs. Eddingham · 5 eps

2023
Elicit poster

Elicit

Movie · as Felicity

2023
Boudica poster

Boudica

Movie · as Green Druid

2023
The Famous Five poster

The Famous Five

TV · as Miss Clutterback · 1 ep

2022
The Responder poster

The Responder

TV · as June Carson · 2 eps

2021
Last Night in Soho poster

Last Night in Soho

Movie · as Peggy Turner

2021
Ridley Road poster

Ridley Road

TV · as Nettie Jones · 4 eps

2020
The Owners poster

The Owners

Movie · as Ellen Huggins

2020
The Pale Horse poster

The Pale Horse

TV · as Bella Webb · 2 eps

2017
My Name Is Lenny poster

My Name Is Lenny

Movie · as Reenie Joyce

2017
Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties poster

Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties

Movie

2016
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories poster

Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories

TV · as Effie Corvier · 1 ep

2014
Still Open All Hours poster

Still Open All Hours

TV · as Annie · 1 ep

2013
The Wee Man poster

The Wee Man

Movie · as Rita Thompson

2013
In the Flesh poster

In the Flesh

TV · as Mrs Lamb · 3 eps

2012
Outside Bet poster

Outside Bet

Movie · as Martha

2011
Seamonsters poster

Seamonsters

Movie · as Rose

2011
Vera poster

Vera

TV · as Audrey Latham · 1 ep

2011
Bedlam poster

Bedlam

TV · as Grace · 1 ep

2010
The Calling poster

The Calling

Movie · as Sister Gertrude

2008
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story poster

Telstar: The Joe Meek Story

Movie · as Medium

2008
Broken Lines poster

Broken Lines

Movie · as Rae

2007
Puffball poster

Puffball

Movie · as Molly

2007
The Hideout poster

The Hideout

Movie · as Paula Hardyn

2006
Angel Cake poster

Angel Cake

Movie · as Millie

2006
Angel Cake

Angel Cake

TV · as Millie · 1 ep

2004
Being Julia poster

Being Julia

Movie · as Aunt Carrie

2004
New Tricks poster

New Tricks

TV · as Elise · 1 ep

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Miss Elizabeth Percehouse · 1 ep

2002
The Stretford Wives poster

The Stretford Wives

Movie · as Marilyn Massey

2002
Helen West poster

Helen West

TV · as Margaret Mellors · 1 ep

2000
Out of Depth poster

Out of Depth

Movie · as Margaret Nixon

1999
Swing poster

Swing

Movie · as Mags Luxford

1998
Spending Nights with Joan

Spending Nights with Joan

Movie · as Bette Davis

1997
Under the Skin poster

Under the Skin

Movie · as Mum

1996
The Boy from Mercury poster

The Boy from Mercury

Movie · as May Cronin

1995
An Awfully Big Adventure poster

An Awfully Big Adventure

Movie · as Aunt Lily

1994
Gospel According to Harry poster

Gospel According to Harry

Movie · as Myrna

1994
The World of Hammer poster

The World of Hammer

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

1993
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties poster

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1992
Paper Marriage poster

Paper Marriage

Movie · as Lou, gospodyni Alicji

1992
The Rapture of Deceit poster

The Rapture of Deceit

Movie · as Dora

1992
Love at First Sight poster

Love at First Sight

TV · as Alice Fletcher · 1 ep

1990
Hard Days, Hard Nights poster

Hard Days, Hard Nights

Movie · as Rita

1990
Sunday Pursuit poster

Sunday Pursuit

Movie · as Alice Fletcher

1989
Resurrected poster

Resurrected

Movie · as Mrs. Deakin

1988
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway poster

The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway

Movie · as Alice Toklas

1986
Flying poster

Flying

Movie · as Jean Stoller

1986
A Judgment in Stone poster

A Judgment in Stone

Movie · as Eunice

1986
Bread poster

Bread

TV · as Celia Higgins · 10 eps

1982
Spaghetti House poster

Spaghetti House

Movie · as Kathy Ceccacci

1982
Confessions of Felix Krull poster

Confessions of Felix Krull

TV · as Mrs Twentyman · 1 ep

1981
Seeing Things poster

Seeing Things

TV · as Dr Jessica Edwards · 1 ep

1980
Lady Killers poster

Lady Killers

TV · as Charlotte Bryant · 1 ep

1978
Mysteries poster

Mysteries

Movie · as Martha Gude

1977
Pane, burro e marmellata poster

Pane, burro e marmellata

Movie · as Vera De Virdis

1977
Green Eyes poster

Green Eyes

Movie · as Margaret Sheen

1977
Black Journal poster

Black Journal

Movie · as Maria

1977
ABC Weekend Specials poster

ABC Weekend Specials

TV · as Mrs Prysselius · 1 ep

1976
Rachel's Man poster

Rachel's Man

Movie · as Leah

1976
Ragazzo di borgata poster

Ragazzo di borgata

Movie · as Lucia, madre di Ettore

1975
The Human Factor poster

The Human Factor

Movie · as Janice

1974
Fischia Il Sesso poster

Fischia Il Sesso

Movie · as Carol Houston

1974
No Strings

No Strings

TV · as Leonora · 7 eps

1973
Red Riding Hood poster

Red Riding Hood

Movie · as Grace

1972
Straight On Till Morning poster

Straight On Till Morning

Movie · as Brenda Thompson

1972
Slaughter Day poster

Slaughter Day

Movie · as Rita

1969
The Bed Sitting Room poster

The Bed Sitting Room

Movie · as Penelope

1969
The Guru poster

The Guru

Movie · as Jenny

1968
Diamonds for Breakfast poster

Diamonds for Breakfast

Movie · as Bridget Rafferty

1967
Smashing Time poster

Smashing Time

Movie · as Brenda

1966
The Trap poster

The Trap

Movie · as Eve

1965
The Knack... and How to Get It poster

The Knack... and How to Get It

Movie · as Nancy Jones

1965
Moscow in Madrid poster

Moscow in Madrid

Movie · as Self

1965
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean poster

Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean

Movie · as Self

1965
Doctor Zhivago poster

Doctor Zhivago

Movie · as The Girl

1964
Girl with Green Eyes poster

Girl with Green Eyes

Movie · as Kathleen "Kate" Brady

1964
The Leather Boys poster

The Leather Boys

Movie · as Dot

1963
A Place to Go poster

A Place to Go

Movie · as Catherine Donovan

1963
The Human Jungle poster

The Human Jungle

TV · as Joy · 1 ep

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1961
A Taste of Honey poster

A Taste of Honey

Movie · as Jo

1961
Comedy Playhouse poster

Comedy Playhouse

TV · as Leonora · 1 ep

1956
Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre

TV · as Grace · 1 ep