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Rita Tushingham

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1942-03-14 (Age: 84)

Place of Birth

Garston, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Rita Tushingham

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.

Filmography (59)

⭐ 6.4 Role: Flora

The American Backyard

2025
⭐ 0 Role: Miss Clutterbuck

Mystery at the Prospect Hotel

2024
⭐ 5.8 Role: Green Druid

Boudica

2023
⭐ 0 Role: Felicity

Elicit

2023
⭐ 7.3 Role: Peggy Turner

Last Night in Soho

2021
⭐ 5.6 Role: Ellen Huggins

The Owners

2020
⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties

2017
⭐ 5.7 Role: Reenie Joyce

My Name Is Lenny

2017
⭐ 5.6 Role: Rita Thompson

The Wee Man

2013
⭐ 4.7 Role: Martha

Outside Bet

2012
⭐ 3.0 Role: Rose

Seamonsters

2011
⭐ 0 Role: Sister Gertrude

The Calling

2010
⭐ 3.5 Role: Rae

Broken Lines

2008
⭐ 5.5 Role: Medium

Telstar: The Joe Meek Story

2008
⭐ 6.1 Role: Paula Hardyn

The Hideout

2007