
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)

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self

Vera
2011
as Audrey Latham

New Tricks
2004

Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Miss Elizabeth Percehouse

The World of Hammer
1994
as Self (archive footage)

The Marlow Murder Club
2024
as Mrs Eddingham

Bread
1986
as Celia Higgins

The Human Jungle
1963
as Joy

Still Open All Hours
2014
as Annie

Lady Killers
1980
as Charlotte Bryant

Ridley Road
2021
as Nettie Jones

The Responder
2022
as June Carson

Love at First Sight
1992
as Alice Fletcher

The Pale Horse
2020
as Bella Webb

Armchair Theatre
1956
as Grace

Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
2016
as Effie Corvier
No Strings
1974

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993
as Self
Angel Cake
2006
as Millie
Movies (60)

Last Night in Soho
2021
as Peggy Turner

Doctor Zhivago
1965
as The Girl

Mysteries
1978
as Martha Gude

Slaughter Day
1972
as Rita

Black Journal
1977
as Maria

Boudica
2023
as Green Druid

A Judgment in Stone
1986
as Eunice

The Bed Sitting Room
1969
as Penelope

The Trap
1966
as Eve

Being Julia
2004
as Aunt Carrie

Swing
1999
as Mags Luxford

The Owners
2020
as Ellen Huggins

The Knack... and How to Get It
1965
as Nancy Jones

A Taste of Honey
1961
as Jo

Telstar: The Joe Meek Story
2008
as Medium

The Wee Man
2013
as Rita Thompson

An Awfully Big Adventure
1995
as Aunt Lily

Broken Lines
2008
as Rae
Angel Cake
2006
as Millie

Flying
1986
as Jean Stoller

Girl with Green Eyes
1964
as Kathleen "Kate" Brady

The Human Factor
1975
as Janice

Resurrected
1989
as Mrs. Deakin

Gospel According to Harry
1994
as Myrna

Moscow in Madrid
1965
as Self

Elicit
2023
as Felicity

The Rapture of Deceit
1992

My Name Is Lenny
2017
as Reenie Joyce

Straight On Till Morning
1972
as Brenda Thompson

Smashing Time
1967
as Brenda

Fischia Il Sesso
1974
as Carol Houston

Puffball
2007
as Molly

The Leather Boys
1964
as Dot

Diamonds for Breakfast
1968
as Bridget Rafferty

The Guru
1969
as Jenny

The Hideout
2007
as Paula Hardyn

A Place to Go
1963
as Catherine Donovan

Red Riding Hood
1973
as Grace

The Boy from Mercury
1996
as May Cronin
Spending Nights with Joan
1998
as Bette Davis

Under the Skin
1997
as Mum

Pane, burro e marmellata
1977
as Vera De Virdis

Spaghetti House
1982
as Kathy Ceccacci

Paper Marriage
1992
as Lou, gospodyni Alicji

Outside Bet
2012
as Martha

Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties
2017

Hard Days, Hard Nights
1990
as Rita

Mystery at the Prospect Hotel
2024
as Miss Clutterbuck

The Athena Syndrome
as Vivian

The Stretford Wives
2002
as Marilyn Massey

Green Eyes
1977
as Margaret Sheen

Sunday Pursuit
1990
as Alice Fletcher

The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
1988
as Alice Toklas

Out of Depth
2000
as Margaret Nixon

Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
1965
as Self

The Calling
2010
as Sister Gertrude

Rachel's Man
1976
as Leah

The American Backyard
2025
as Flora

Seamonsters
2011
as Rose

Ragazzo di borgata
1976
as Lucia, madre di Ettore
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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- Last Night in Soho (2021) — as Peggy Turner
- Doctor Zhivago (1965) — as The Girl
- Mysteries (1978) — as Martha Gude
- Slaughter Day (1972) — as Rita
- Black Journal (1977) — as Maria
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