
Rita Tushingham
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 14, 1942
- Birthplace
- 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Rita Tushingham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography

The American Backyard 2025
as Flora

Mystery at the Prospect Hotel 2024
as Miss Clutterbuck

Boudica 2023
as Green Druid

Elicit 2023
as Felicity

Last Night in Soho 2021
as Peggy Turner

The Owners 2020
as Ellen Huggins

Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties 2017
Actor

My Name Is Lenny 2017
as Reenie Joyce

The Wee Man 2013
as Rita Thompson

Outside Bet 2012
as Martha

Seamonsters 2011
as Rose

The Calling 2010
as Sister Gertrude

Broken Lines 2008
as Rae

Telstar: The Joe Meek Story 2008
as Medium

The Hideout 2007
as Paula Hardyn

Puffball 2007
as Molly

Angel Cake 2006
as Millie

Being Julia 2004
as Aunt Carrie

The Stretford Wives 2002
as Marilyn Massey

Out of Depth 2000
as Margaret Nixon

Swing 1999
as Mags Luxford
- Spending Nights with Joan
Spending Nights with Joan 1998
as Bette Davis

Under the Skin 1997
as Mum

The Boy from Mercury 1996
as May Cronin

An Awfully Big Adventure 1995
as Aunt Lily

Gospel According to Harry 1994
as Myrna

Paper Marriage 1992
as Lou, gospodyni Alicji

The Rapture of Deceit 1992
as Dora

Sunday Pursuit 1990
as Alice Fletcher

Hard Days, Hard Nights 1990
as Rita

Resurrected 1989
as Mrs. Deakin

The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway 1988
as Alice Toklas

Flying 1986
as Jean Stoller

A Judgment in Stone 1986
as Eunice

Spaghetti House 1982
as Kathy Ceccacci

Mysteries 1978
as Martha Gude

Black Journal 1977
as Maria

Pane, burro e marmellata 1977
as Vera De Virdis

Green Eyes 1977
as Margaret Sheen

Ragazzo di borgata 1976
as Lucia, madre di Ettore

Rachel's Man 1976
as Leah

The Human Factor 1975
as Janice

Fischia Il Sesso 1974
as Carol Houston

Red Riding Hood 1973
as Grace

Straight On Till Morning 1972
as Brenda Thompson

Slaughter Day 1972
as Rita

The Bed Sitting Room 1969
as Penelope

The Guru 1969
as Jenny

Diamonds for Breakfast 1968
as Bridget Rafferty

Smashing Time 1967
as Brenda

The Trap 1966
as Eve

Moscow in Madrid 1965
as Self

Doctor Zhivago 1965
as The Girl

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

Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean 1965
as Self

Girl with Green Eyes 1964
as Kathleen "Kate" Brady

The Leather Boys 1964
as Dot

A Place to Go 1963
as Catherine Donovan

A Taste of Honey 1961
as Jo
Credits from TMDB.