Rita Tushingham
Acting
Born March 14, 1942 · 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.
Known for
Filmography
The American Backyard
2025 · Flora
Boudica
2023 · Green Druid
Last Night in Soho
2021 · Peggy Turner
The Owners
2020 · Ellen Huggins
My Name Is Lenny
2017 · Reenie Joyce
The Wee Man
2013 · Rita Thompson
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story
2008 · Medium
Puffball
2007 · Molly
The Hideout
2007 · Paula Hardyn
Being Julia
2004 · Aunt Carrie
Under the Skin
1997 · Mum
An Awfully Big Adventure
1995 · Aunt Lily
Resurrected
1989 · Mrs. Deakin
Flying
1986 · Jean Stoller
Spaghetti House
1982 · Kathy Ceccacci
Mysteries
1978 · Martha Gude
Black Journal
1977 · Maria
The Human Factor
1975 · Janice
Straight On Till Morning
1972 · Brenda Thompson
The Bed Sitting Room
1969 · Penelope
Smashing Time
1967 · Brenda
The Trap
1966 · Eve
The Knack... and How to Get It
1965 · Nancy Jones
Doctor Zhivago
1965 · The Girl
Girl with Green Eyes
1964 · Kathleen "Kate" Brady
The Leather Boys
1964 · Dot
A Taste of Honey
1961 · Jo