Rita Tushingham

Rita Tushingham

82 · Born: Mar 14, 1942

Personal Details

Born Mar 14, 1942 Garston, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Spouse
  • Ousama Rawi

    ( Dec 31, 1969 to Dec 31, 1969 )
  • Terry Bicknell

    ( Dec 1, 1962 to May 10, 2024 )
Parents
  • John Tushingham
  • Enid 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.

Career

2023
Elicit
Elicit as Felicity
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Boudica
Boudica
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2021
Last Night in Soho
Last Night in Soho as Peggy Turner
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Ridley Road
Ridley Road as Nettie Jones
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2020
The Owners
The Owners as Ellen Huggins
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The Pale Horse
The Pale Horse as Bella Webb
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2017
My Name Is Lenny
My Name Is Lenny as Reenie Joyce
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2016
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
2013
The Wee Man
The Wee Man as Rita Thompson
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2012
Outside Bet
Outside Bet as Martha
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2011
Seamonsters
Seamonsters as Rose
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2008
Come Here Today
Come Here Today as Alex's mother
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Broken Lines
Broken Lines as Rae
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2007
Puffball: The Devil's Eyeball
Puffball: The Devil's Eyeball as Molly
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Il nascondiglio
Il nascondiglio as Paula Hardyn
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2002
The Stretford Wives
The Stretford Wives as Marilyn Massey
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2000
Out of Depth
Out of Depth as Margaret Nixon
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1999
Swing
Swing as Mags Luxford
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1997
Under the Skin
Under the Skin as Mum
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1996
The Boy from Mercury
The Boy from Mercury as May Cronin
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1995
An Awfully Big Adventure
An Awfully Big Adventure as Aunt Lily
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1990
Sunday Pursuit
Sunday Pursuit as Alice Fletcher
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1989
Resurrected
Resurrected as Mrs. Deakin
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1986
Teenage Dream
Teenage Dream as Jean Stoller
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A Judgment in Stone
A Judgment in Stone as Eunice
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1978
Mysteries
Mysteries as Martha Gude
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1977
Green Eyes
Green Eyes as Margaret Sheen
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1975
The 'Human' Factor
The 'Human' Factor as Janice
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1973
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre as Grace
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1972
Straight on Till Morning
Straight on Till Morning as Brenda Thompson
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1969
The Guru
The Guru as Jenny
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The Bed Sitting Room
The Bed Sitting Room as Penelope
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1968
Diamonds for Breakfast
Diamonds for Breakfast as Bridget Rafferty
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1967
Smashing Time
Smashing Time as Brenda
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1966
The Trap
The Trap as Eve
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1965
The Knack... and How to Get It
The Knack... and How to Get It as Nancy Jones
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Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago as The Girl
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1964
Girl with Green Eyes
Girl with Green Eyes as Kathleen "Kate" Brady
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The Leather Boys
The Leather Boys as Dot
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1963
A Place to Go
A Place to Go as Catherine Donovan
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1961
A Taste of Honey
A Taste of Honey as Jo
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