Actor
Rita Tushingham
- Born March 14, 1942 in Garston, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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
Last Night in Soho2021
Doctor Zhivago1965
The Owners2020
Boudica2023
Vera2011
In the Flesh2013
Agatha Christie's Marple2004
The Responder2022
Filmography
- 2025The American BackyardFilmFlora
- 2024The Marlow Murder ClubSeriesMrs Eddingham, Mrs. Eddingham
- 2024Mystery at the Prospect HotelFilmMiss Clutterbuck
- 2023BoudicaFilmGreen Druid
- 2023The Famous FiveSeriesMiss Clutterback
- 2023ElicitFilmFelicity
- 2022The ResponderSeriesJune Carson
- 2021Last Night in SohoFilmPeggy Turner
- 2021Ridley RoadSeriesNettie Jones
- 2020The OwnersFilmEllen Huggins
- 2020The Pale HorseSeriesBella Webb
- 2017My Name Is LennyFilmReenie Joyce
- 2017Revolution: The Legacy of the SixtiesFilm
- 2016Neil Gaiman's Likely StoriesSeriesEffie Corvier
- 2014Still Open All HoursSeriesAnnie
- 2013In the FleshSeriesMrs Lamb
- 2013The Wee ManFilmRita Thompson
- 2012Outside BetFilmMartha
- 2011VeraSeriesAudrey Latham
- 2011BedlamSeriesGrace
- 2011SeamonstersFilmRose
- 2010The CallingFilmSister Gertrude
- 2008Telstar: The Joe Meek StoryFilmMedium
- 2008Broken LinesFilmRae
- 2007The HideoutFilmPaula Hardyn
- 2007PuffballFilmMolly
- 2006Angel CakeFilmMillie
- 2006Angel CakeSeriesMillie
- 2004Agatha Christie's MarpleSeriesMiss Elizabeth Percehouse
- 2004Being JuliaFilmAunt Carrie
- 2004New TricksSeriesElise
- 2002Helen WestSeriesMargaret Mellors
- 2002The Stretford WivesFilmMarilyn Massey
- 2000Out of DepthFilmMargaret Nixon
- 1999SwingFilmMags Luxford
- 1998Spending Nights with JoanFilmBette Davis
- 1997Under the SkinFilmMum
- 1996The Boy from MercuryFilmMay Cronin
- 1995An Awfully Big AdventureFilmAunt Lily
- 1994Gospel According to HarryFilmMyrna
- 1994The World of HammerSeriesSelf (archive footage)
- 1993Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the SixtiesSeriesSelf
- 1992Paper MarriageFilmLou, gospodyni Alicji
- 1992Love at First SightSeriesAlice Fletcher
- 1992The Rapture of DeceitFilmDora
- 1990Hard Days, Hard NightsFilmRita
- 1990Sunday PursuitFilmAlice Fletcher
- 1989ResurrectedFilmMrs. Deakin
- 1988The Legendary Life of Ernest HemingwayFilmAlice Toklas
- 1986BreadSeriesCelia Higgins
- 1986FlyingFilmJean Stoller
- 1986A Judgment in StoneFilmEunice
- 1982Spaghetti HouseFilmKathy Ceccacci
- 1982Confessions of Felix KrullSeriesMrs Twentyman
- 1981Seeing ThingsSeriesDr Jessica Edwards
- 1980Lady KillersSeriesCharlotte Bryant
- 1978MysteriesFilmMartha Gude
- 1977Black JournalFilmMaria
- 1977Pane, burro e marmellataFilmVera De Virdis
- 1977ABC Weekend SpecialsSeriesMrs Prysselius
- 1977Green EyesFilmMargaret Sheen
- 1976Rachel's ManFilmLeah
- 1976Ragazzo di borgataFilmLucia, madre di Ettore
- 1975The Human FactorFilmJanice
- 1974Fischia Il SessoFilmCarol Houston
- 1974No StringsSeriesLeonora
- 1973Red Riding HoodFilmGrace
- 1972Straight On Till MorningFilmBrenda Thompson
- 1972Slaughter DayFilmRita
- 1969The Bed Sitting RoomFilmPenelope
- 1969The GuruFilmJenny
- 1968Diamonds for BreakfastFilmBridget Rafferty
- 1967Smashing TimeFilmBrenda
- 1966The TrapFilmEve
- 1965Doctor ZhivagoFilmThe Girl
- 1965The Knack... and How to Get ItFilmNancy Jones
- 1965Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David LeanFilmSelf
- 1965Moscow in MadridFilmSelf
- 1964Girl with Green EyesFilmKathleen "Kate" Brady
- 1964The Leather BoysFilmDot