Person
Rita May
Acting · Born 1942-05-09 · Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Biography
Rita May is an English film and television actress, singer, and writer, best known for playing Mrs Kemp in Threads, Jean in Early Doors and Margaret in Trollied. She's also the only original cast remember who appeared in all episodes of the children's ITV drama series "Children's Ward" from 1989 to 2000.
Known for
Play for Today
Writer
Heartbeat
Mrs. Nelly Sneddon
Last of the Summer Wine
Celia
Playhouse
Writer
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Emilia Merchant
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Supermarket Shopper
Children's Ward
Mags
Trollied
Margaret
Ackley Bridge
Julie "Nana" Booth
The Syndicate
Nanna
Filmography
- 2021Everybody's Talking About JamieMrs. Cardwell
- 2018Walk Like a PantherMabel Higgins
- 2018Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private InvestigatorsEmilia Merchant
- 2017Ackley BridgeJulie "Nana" Booth
- 2012The SyndicateNanna
- 2011TrolliedMargaret
- 2009Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974Aunty Win
- 2009Red RidingAunty Win
- 2009In the LoopMrs Michaelson
- 2008SunshineDoreen
- 2004NitsNan
- 2003Early DoorsJean Dixon
- 2003The RoyalAunt Mary Graham
- 2000Fat FriendsJoan Kirk
- 1999Fanny & ElvisRick's Mother
- 1997Sharpe's JusticeMrs. Trent
- 1996When Saturday ComesMabel
- 1996Hetty Wainthropp InvestigatesSupermarket Shopper
- 1992HeartbeatMrs. Nelly Sneddon
- 1989Children's WardMags
- 1987ScabJanice
- 1985Edge of DarknessTea Lady
- 1985ThreadsMrs. Kemp
- 1983The Gathering SeedMartha Kilbride
- 1982England's Greens and Peasant LandPat
- 1981Looks and SmilesReceptionist
- 1981One Hundred and Eighty!!!Writer
- 1980The GamekeeperMary
- 1977The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to RealityKath Storey
- 1977The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the PeopleKath Storey
- 1974PlayhouseWriter
- 1973Last of the Summer WineCelia
- 1970Play for TodayWriter
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