Rita Tushingham
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 14 March 1942 · Garston, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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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- 2026The Athena Syndrome as Vivian
- 2025The American Backyard as Flora
- 2024Mystery at the Prospect Hotel as Miss Clutterbuck
- 2023Boudica as Green Druid
- 2023Elicit as Felicity
- 2021Last Night in Soho as Peggy Turner
- 2020The Owners as Ellen Huggins
- 2017Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties
- 2017My Name Is Lenny as Reenie Joyce
- 2013The Wee Man as Rita Thompson
- 2012Outside Bet as Martha
- 2011Seamonsters as Rose
- 2010The Calling as Sister Gertrude
- 2008Broken Lines as Rae
- 2008Telstar: The Joe Meek Story as Medium
- 2007The Hideout as Paula Hardyn
- 2007Puffball as Molly
- 2006Angel Cake as Millie
- 2004Being Julia as Aunt Carrie
- 2002The Stretford Wives as Marilyn Massey
- 2000Out of Depth as Margaret Nixon
- 1999Swing as Mags Luxford
- 1998Spending Nights with Joan as Bette Davis
- 1997Under the Skin as Mum
- 1996The Boy from Mercury as May Cronin
- 1995An Awfully Big Adventure as Aunt Lily
- 1994Gospel According to Harry as Myrna
- 1992Paper Marriage as Lou, gospodyni Alicji
- 1992The Rapture of Deceit as Dora
- 1990Sunday Pursuit as Alice Fletcher
- 1990Hard Days, Hard Nights as Rita
- 1989Resurrected as Mrs. Deakin
- 1988The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway as Alice Toklas
- 1986Flying as Jean Stoller
- 1986A Judgment in Stone as Eunice
- 1982Spaghetti House as Kathy Ceccacci
- 1978Mysteries as Martha Gude
- 1977Black Journal as Maria
- 1977Pane, burro e marmellata as Vera De Virdis
- 1977Green Eyes as Margaret Sheen
- 1976Ragazzo di borgata as Lucia, madre di Ettore
- 1976Rachel's Man as Leah
- 1975The Human Factor as Janice
- 1974Fischia Il Sesso as Carol Houston
- 1973Red Riding Hood as Grace
- 1972Straight On Till Morning as Brenda Thompson
- 1972Slaughter Day as Rita
- 1969The Bed Sitting Room as Penelope
- 1969The Guru as Jenny
- 1968Diamonds for Breakfast as Bridget Rafferty
- 1967Smashing Time as Brenda
- 1966The Trap as Eve
- 1965Moscow in Madrid as Self
- 1965Doctor Zhivago as The Girl
- 1965The Knack... and How to Get It as Nancy Jones
- 1965Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean as Self
- 1964Girl with Green Eyes as Kathleen "Kate" Brady
- 1964The Leather Boys as Dot
- 1963A Place to Go as Catherine Donovan
- 1961A Taste of Honey as Jo