Rita Tushingham
Acting
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Acting Credits
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), a...
Known For
Filmography
The American Backyard
2025
as Flora
Mystery at the Prospect Hotel
2024
as Miss Clutterbuck
The Marlow Murder Club
2024
as Mrs Eddingham
Elicit
2023
as Felicity
Boudica
2023
as Green Druid
The Famous Five
2023
as Miss Clutterback
The Responder
2022
as June Carson
Last Night in Soho
2021
as Peggy Turner
Ridley Road
2021
as Nettie Jones
The Owners
2020
as Ellen Huggins
The Pale Horse
2020
as Bella Webb
My Name Is Lenny
2017
as Reenie Joyce
Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties
2017
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
2016
as Effie Corvier
Still Open All Hours
2014
as Annie
The Wee Man
2013
as Rita Thompson
In the Flesh
2013
as Mrs Lamb
Outside Bet
2012
as Martha
Seamonsters
2011
as Rose
Vera
2011
as Audrey Latham
Bedlam
2011
as Grace
The Calling
2010
as Sister Gertrude
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story
2008
as Medium
Broken Lines
2008
as Rae
Puffball
2007
as Molly
The Hideout
2007
as Paula Hardyn
Angel Cake
2006
as Millie
Angel Cake
2006
as Millie
Being Julia
2004
as Aunt Carrie
New Tricks
2004
as Elise
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Miss Elizabeth Percehouse
The Stretford Wives
2002
as Marilyn Massey
Helen West
2002
as Margaret Mellors
Out of Depth
2000
as Margaret Nixon
Swing
1999
as Mags Luxford
Spending Nights with Joan
1998
as Bette Davis
Under the Skin
1997
as Mum
The Boy from Mercury
1996
as May Cronin
An Awfully Big Adventure
1995
as Aunt Lily
Gospel According to Harry
1994
as Myrna
The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993
as Self
Paper Marriage
1992
as Lou, gospodyni Alicji
The Rapture of Deceit
1992
as Dora
Love at First Sight
1992
as Alice Fletcher
Hard Days, Hard Nights
1990
as Rita
Sunday Pursuit
1990
as Alice Fletcher
Resurrected
1989
as Mrs. Deakin
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
1988
as Alice Toklas
Flying
1986
as Jean Stoller
A Judgment in Stone
1986
as Eunice
Bread
1986
as Celia Higgins
Spaghetti House
1982
as Kathy Ceccacci
Confessions of Felix Krull
1982
as Mrs Twentyman
Seeing Things
1981
as Dr Jessica Edwards
Lady Killers
1980
as Charlotte Bryant
Mysteries
1978
as Martha Gude
Pane, burro e marmellata
1977
as Vera De Virdis
Green Eyes
1977
as Margaret Sheen
Black Journal
1977
as Maria
ABC Weekend Specials
1977
as Mrs Prysselius
Rachel's Man
1976
as Leah
Ragazzo di borgata
1976
as Lucia, madre di Ettore
The Human Factor
1975
as Janice
Fischia Il Sesso
1974
as Carol Houston
No Strings
1974
as Leonora
Red Riding Hood
1973
as Grace
Straight On Till Morning
1972
as Brenda Thompson
Slaughter Day
1972
as Rita
The Bed Sitting Room
1969
as Penelope
The Guru
1969
as Jenny
Diamonds for Breakfast
1968
as Bridget Rafferty
Smashing Time
1967
as Brenda
The Trap
1966
as Eve
The Knack... and How to Get It
1965
as Nancy Jones
Moscow in Madrid
1965
as Self
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
1965
as Self
Doctor Zhivago
1965
as The Girl
Girl with Green Eyes
1964
as Kathleen "Kate" Brady
The Leather Boys
1964
as Dot
A Place to Go
1963
as Catherine Donovan
The Human Jungle
1963
as Joy
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
A Taste of Honey
1961
as Jo
Comedy Playhouse
1961
as Leonora
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Grace