
Rita Tushingham
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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
Credits

Last Night in Soho (2021)
as Peggy Turner

Doctor Zhivago (1965)
as The Girl

Boudica (2023)
as Green Druid

Being Julia (2004)
as Aunt Carrie

The Trap (1966)
as Eve

Black Journal (1977)
as Maria

The Owners (2020)
as Ellen Huggins

Mysteries (1978)
as Martha Gude

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

The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
as Penelope

Puffball (2007)
as Molly

A Taste of Honey (1961)
as Jo

An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
as Aunt Lily

The Wee Man (2013)
as Rita Thompson

Swing (1999)
as Mags Luxford

Green Eyes (1977)
as Margaret Sheen

Straight On Till Morning (1972)
as Brenda Thompson

The Leather Boys (1964)
as Dot

The Calling (2010)
as Sister Gertrude

The Guru (1969)
as Jenny

Telstar: The Joe Meek Story (2008)
as Medium

The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway (1988)
as Alice Toklas

The Hideout (2007)
as Paula Hardyn
Angel Cake (2006)
as Millie

Girl with Green Eyes (1964)
as Kathleen "Kate" Brady

Under the Skin (1997)
as Mum

Outside Bet (2012)
as Martha

Out of Depth (2000)
as Margaret Nixon

Broken Lines (2008)
as Rae

Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean (1965)
as Self

The Human Factor (1975)
as Janice

Resurrected (1989)
as Mrs. Deakin

Flying (1986)
as Jean Stoller

Slaughter Day (1972)
as Rita

My Name Is Lenny (2017)
as Reenie Joyce

Mystery at the Prospect Hotel (2024)
as Miss Clutterbuck

Smashing Time (1967)
as Brenda

The Boy from Mercury (1996)
as May Cronin

Elicit (2023)
as Felicity

Moscow in Madrid (1965)
as Self

Gospel According to Harry (1994)
as Myrna

A Place to Go (1963)
as Catherine Donovan

Spaghetti House (1982)
as Kathy Ceccacci

Diamonds for Breakfast (1968)
as Bridget Rafferty

Fischia Il Sesso (1974)
as Carol Houston

The American Backyard (2025)
as Flora

Red Riding Hood (1973)
as Grace

Sunday Pursuit (1990)
as Alice Fletcher

A Judgment in Stone (1986)
as Eunice

Rachel's Man (1976)
as Leah

Seamonsters (2011)
as Rose

Ragazzo di borgata (1976)
as Lucia, madre di Ettore

Hard Days, Hard Nights (1990)
as Rita

Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties (2017)
Actor

The Stretford Wives (2002)
as Marilyn Massey

Paper Marriage (1992)
as Lou, gospodyni Alicji

Pane, burro e marmellata (1977)
as Vera De Virdis

The Athena Syndrome (—)
as Vivian

The Rapture of Deceit (1992)
Actor
Spending Nights with Joan (1998)
as Bette Davis





