Person
Rita Tushingham
Acting · Born 1942-03-14 · 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Rita Tushingham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Vera
Audrey Latham
Agatha Christie's Marple
Miss Elizabeth Percehouse
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
New Tricks
2004
Bread
Celia Higgins
The Marlow Murder Club
Mrs Eddingham
The Responder
June Carson
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
Lady Killers
Charlotte Bryant
Last Night in Soho
Peggy Turner
Filmography
- 2025The American BackyardFlora
- 2024Mystery at the Prospect HotelMiss Clutterbuck
- 2024The Marlow Murder ClubMrs Eddingham
- 2023BoudicaGreen Druid
- 2023ElicitFelicity
- 2022The ResponderJune Carson
- 2021Last Night in SohoPeggy Turner
- 2021Ridley RoadNettie Jones
- 2020The OwnersEllen Huggins
- 2020The Pale HorseBella Webb
- 2017Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties
- 2017My Name Is LennyReenie Joyce
- 2016Neil Gaiman's Likely StoriesEffie Corvier
- 2014Still Open All HoursAnnie
- 2013The Wee ManRita Thompson
- 2012Outside BetMartha
- 2011SeamonstersRose
- 2011VeraAudrey Latham
- 2010The CallingSister Gertrude
- 2008Broken LinesRae
- 2008Telstar: The Joe Meek StoryMedium
- 2007The HideoutPaula Hardyn
- 2007PuffballMolly
- 2006Angel CakeMillie
- 2006Angel CakeMillie
- 2004Agatha Christie's MarpleMiss Elizabeth Percehouse
- 2004Being JuliaAunt Carrie
- 2004New Tricks
- 2002The Stretford WivesMarilyn Massey
- 2000Out of DepthMargaret Nixon
- 1999SwingMags Luxford
- 1998Spending Nights with JoanBette Davis
- 1997Under the SkinMum
- 1996The Boy from MercuryMay Cronin
- 1995An Awfully Big AdventureAunt Lily
- 1994The World of HammerSelf (archive footage)
- 1994Gospel According to HarryMyrna
- 1993Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the SixtiesSelf
- 1992Paper MarriageLou, gospodyni Alicji
- 1992Love at First SightAlice Fletcher
- 1992The Rapture of Deceit
- 1990Sunday PursuitAlice Fletcher
- 1990Hard Days, Hard NightsRita
- 1989ResurrectedMrs. Deakin
- 1988The Legendary Life of Ernest HemingwayAlice Toklas
- 1986FlyingJean Stoller
- 1986BreadCelia Higgins
- 1986A Judgment in StoneEunice
- 1982Spaghetti HouseKathy Ceccacci
- 1980Lady KillersCharlotte Bryant
- 1978MysteriesMartha Gude
- 1977Black JournalMaria
- 1977Pane, burro e marmellataVera De Virdis
- 1977Green EyesMargaret Sheen
- 1976Ragazzo di borgataLucia, madre di Ettore
- 1976Rachel's ManLeah
- 1975The Human FactorJanice
- 1974No Strings
- 1974Fischia Il SessoCarol Houston
- 1973Red Riding HoodGrace
- 1972Straight On Till MorningBrenda Thompson
- 1972Slaughter DayRita
- 1969The Bed Sitting RoomPenelope
- 1969The GuruJenny
- 1968Diamonds for BreakfastBridget Rafferty
- 1967Smashing TimeBrenda
- 1966The TrapEve
- 1965Moscow in MadridSelf
- 1965Doctor ZhivagoThe Girl
- 1965The Knack... and How to Get ItNancy Jones
- 1965Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David LeanSelf
- 1964Girl with Green EyesKathleen "Kate" Brady
- 1964The Leather BoysDot
- 1963A Place to GoCatherine Donovan
- 1963The Human JungleJoy
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
- 1961A Taste of HoneyJo
- 1956Armchair TheatreGrace
- —The Athena SyndromeVivian
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