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Rita Tushingham

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Rita Tushingham

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Mar 14, 1942 (84 years old)

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Rita Tushingham, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting
2025The American BackyardFlora
2024Mystery at the Prospect HotelMiss Clutterbuck
2024The Marlow Murder ClubMrs Eddingham
2023ElicitFelicity
2023BoudicaGreen Druid
2022The ResponderJune Carson
2021Last Night in SohoPeggy Turner
2021Ridley RoadNettie Jones
2020The OwnersEllen Huggins
2020The Pale HorseBella Webb
2017My Name Is LennyReenie Joyce
2017Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties
2016Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
2014Still Open All HoursAnnie
2013The Wee ManRita Thompson
2012Outside BetMartha
2011SeamonstersRose
2011VeraAudrey Latham
2010The CallingSister Gertrude
2008Telstar: The Joe Meek StoryMedium
2008Broken LinesRae
2007PuffballMolly
2007The HideoutPaula Hardyn
2006Angel CakeMillie
2006Angel CakeMillie
2004Being JuliaAunt Carrie
2004New Tricks
2004Agatha Christie's MarpleMiss Elizabeth Percehouse
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
1994Gospel According to HarryMyrna
1994The World of HammerSelf (archive footage)
1993Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the SixtiesSelf
1992Paper MarriageLou, gospodyni Alicji
1992The Rapture of Deceit
1992Love at First SightAlice Fletcher
1990Hard Days, Hard NightsRita
1990Sunday PursuitAlice Fletcher
1989ResurrectedMrs. Deakin
1988The Legendary Life of Ernest HemingwayAlice Toklas
1986FlyingJean Stoller
1986A Judgment in StoneEunice
1986BreadCelia Higgins
1982Spaghetti HouseKathy Ceccacci
1980Lady KillersCharlotte Bryant
1978MysteriesMartha Gude
1977Pane, burro e marmellataVera De Virdis
1977Green EyesMargaret Sheen
1977Black JournalMaria
1976Rachel's ManLeah
1976Ragazzo di borgataLucia, madre di Ettore
1975The Human FactorJanice
1974Fischia Il SessoCarol Houston
1974No Strings
1973Red Riding HoodGrace
1972Straight On Till MorningBrenda Thompson
1972Slaughter DayRita
1969The Bed Sitting RoomPenelope
1969The GuruJenny
1968Diamonds for BreakfastBridget Rafferty
1967Smashing TimeBrenda
1966The TrapEve
1965The Knack... and How to Get ItNancy Jones
1965Moscow in MadridSelf
1965Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David LeanSelf
1965Doctor ZhivagoThe Girl
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