Rita Tushingham
Known for Acting · 79 credits
- Born
- 1942-03-14 (age 84)
- Place of birth
- 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).
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Known For
TV Shows (19)
Vera
2011
as Audrey Latham
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Miss Elizabeth Percehouse
New Tricks
2004
Bread
1986
as Celia Higgins
The Marlow Murder Club
2024
as Mrs Eddingham
The Human Jungle
1963
as Joy
The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)
The Responder
2022
as June Carson
Lady Killers
1980
as Charlotte Bryant
The Pale Horse
2020
as Bella Webb
Still Open All Hours
2014
as Annie
Love at First Sight
1992
as Alice Fletcher
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993
as Self
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Grace
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
2016
Ridley Road
2021
as Nettie Jones
No Strings
1974
Angel Cake
2006
as Millie
Movies (60)
Doctor Zhivago
1965
as The Girl
Last Night in Soho
2021
as Peggy Turner
Boudica
2023
as Green Druid
Being Julia
2004
as Aunt Carrie
Mysteries
1978
as Martha Gude
Resurrected
1989
as Mrs. Deakin
The Owners
2020
as Ellen Huggins
An Awfully Big Adventure
1995
as Aunt Lily
The Trap
1966
as Eve
The Knack... and How to Get It
1965
as Nancy Jones
Girl with Green Eyes
1964
as Kathleen "Kate" Brady
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story
2008
as Medium
Flying
1986
as Jean Stoller
A Taste of Honey
1961
as Jo
Swing
1999
as Mags Luxford
Black Journal
1977
as Maria
Puffball
2007
as Molly
The Leather Boys
1964
as Dot
The Bed Sitting Room
1969
as Penelope
Out of Depth
2000
as Margaret Nixon
Outside Bet
2012
as Martha
The Hideout
2007
as Paula Hardyn
The Human Factor
1975
as Janice
Moscow in Madrid
1965
as Self
The Wee Man
2013
as Rita Thompson
Gospel According to Harry
1994
as Myrna
Straight On Till Morning
1972
as Brenda Thompson
Spaghetti House
1982
as Kathy Ceccacci
My Name Is Lenny
2017
as Reenie Joyce
The American Backyard
2025
as Flora
Broken Lines
2008
as Rae
The Boy from Mercury
1996
as May Cronin
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
1988
as Alice Toklas
Diamonds for Breakfast
1968
as Bridget Rafferty
The Calling
2010
as Sister Gertrude
Under the Skin
1997
as Mum
Green Eyes
1977
as Margaret Sheen
Spending Nights with Joan
1998
as Bette Davis
A Place to Go
1963
as Catherine Donovan
Hard Days, Hard Nights
1990
as Rita
Seamonsters
2011
as Rose
The Guru
1969
as Jenny
Slaughter Day
1972
as Rita
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
1965
as Self
Smashing Time
1967
as Brenda
Mystery at the Prospect Hotel
2024
as Miss Clutterbuck
Pane, burro e marmellata
1977
as Vera De Virdis
Rachel's Man
1976
as Leah
Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties
2017
A Judgment in Stone
1986
as Eunice
Fischia Il Sesso
1974
as Carol Houston
Paper Marriage
1992
as Lou, gospodyni Alicji
The Athena Syndrome
as Vivian
The Stretford Wives
2002
as Marilyn Massey
Ragazzo di borgata
1976
as Lucia, madre di Ettore
Red Riding Hood
1973
as Grace
Elicit
2023
as Felicity
Angel Cake
2006
as Millie
Sunday Pursuit
1990
as Alice Fletcher
The Rapture of Deceit
1992
About Rita Tushingham
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… With 79 credits spanning from 1956 to 2025, Rita Tushingham has appeared in 60 films and 19 TV shows.
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- Doctor Zhivago (1965) — as The Girl
- Last Night in Soho (2021) — as Peggy Turner
- Boudica (2023) — as Green Druid
- Being Julia (2004) — as Aunt Carrie
- Mysteries (1978) — as Martha Gude
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