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Home/People/Rita Tushingham
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Born
Mar 14, 1942
Age 84
Place of Birth
Garston, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

60
Movies
18
TV Shows
IMDb Profile

Rita Tushingham

Acting

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.
The American Backyard poster

The American Backyard

as Flora
2025
Boudica poster

Boudica

as Green Druid
2023
Elicit poster

Elicit

as Felicity
2023
Last Night in Soho poster

Last Night in Soho

as Peggy Turner
2021
The Owners poster

The Owners

as Ellen Huggins
2020
Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties poster

Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties

Cast
2017
My Name Is Lenny poster

My Name Is Lenny

as Reenie Joyce
2017
The Wee Man poster

The Wee Man

as Rita Thompson
2013
Outside Bet poster

Outside Bet

as Martha
2012
Seamonsters poster

Seamonsters

as Rose
2011
The Calling poster

The Calling

as Sister Gertrude
2010
Broken Lines poster

Broken Lines

as Rae
2008
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story poster

Telstar: The Joe Meek Story

as Medium
2008
The Hideout poster

The Hideout

as Paula Hardyn
2007
Puffball poster

Puffball

as Molly
2007
Angel Cake poster

Angel Cake

as Millie
2006
Being Julia poster

Being Julia

as Aunt Carrie
2004
The Stretford Wives poster

The Stretford Wives

as Marilyn Massey
2002
Out of Depth poster

Out of Depth

as Margaret Nixon
2000
Swing poster

Swing

as Mags Luxford
1999