Rita Tushingham
English actress · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Born 1942 · age 84
Rita Tushingham 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).
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The American BackyardFilm, Flora2024
The Marlow Murder ClubSeries, Mrs Eddingham2022
The ResponderSeries, June Carson2021
Last Night in SohoFilm, Peggy Turner2016
Neil Gaiman's Likely StoriesSeries, Effie Corvier2013
In the FleshSeries, Mrs Lamb
The Wee ManFilm, 2013Rita Thompson2008
Telstar: The Joe Meek StoryFilm, Medium2004
Agatha Christie's MarpleSeries, Miss Elizabeth Percehouse2000
Out of DepthFilm, Margaret Nixon1998Spending Nights with JoanFilm, Bette Davis1995
An Awfully Big AdventureFilm, Aunt Lily1992
Love at First SightSeries, Alice Fletcher
Paper MarriageFilm, 1992Lou, gospodyni Alicji1982
Confessions of Felix KrullSeries, Mrs Twentyman
Spaghetti HouseFilm, 1982Kathy Ceccacci1980
Lady KillersSeries, Charlotte Bryant1977
Black JournalFilm, Maria1969
The Bed Sitting RoomFilm, Penelope1967
Smashing TimeFilm, Brenda1964
Girl with Green EyesFilm, Kathleen "Kate" Brady1962
The Merv Griffin ShowSeries1961
A Taste of HoneyFilm, Jo1956
Armchair TheatreSeries, Grace1942Born14 March 1942People around Rita
Close ties
Nick Moran Also in Hard Days, Hard Nights (1989)
Carlo Ponti Produced Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Pupi Avati Directed The American Backyard and The Hideout- Desmond Davis Directed Girl with Green Eyes and Smashing Time
Antonio Avati Produced The American Backyard and The Hideout
Edward Dmytryk Directed The 'Human' Factor (1981)
Richard Lester Directed The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
Jessica Steen Also in A Judgement in Stone (1987)- Tom Bell Also in Resurrected and Straight On Till Morning
- John Addison Wrote A Taste of Honey and Girl with Green Eyes
Dandy Nichols Also in The Leather Boys (1964)
Tony Richardson Directed A Taste of Honey (1961)
Michael York Also in The Guru and Smashing Time
István Szabó Directed Being Julia (2005)
Edgar Wright Directed Last Night in Soho (2021)- Jackie Burroughs Also in A Judgement in Stone (1987)
- Jonathan Crombie Also in A Judgement in Stone (1987)
Arthur Franz Also in The 'Human' Factor and The Human Factor- Dudley Sutton Also in The Leather Boys and Outside Bet
Santo Versace Produced The American Backyard (2024)
Sidney Hayers Directed The Trap (1966)
Martin Duffy Directed The Boy from Mercury (1996)
Robert Lantos Produced Being Julia (2005)
Paul Danquah Also in A Taste of Honey and Smashing Time
Known for
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Doctor Zhivago 1965
Last Night in Soho 2021
A Taste of Honey 1961
An Awfully Big Adventure 1995
Being Julia 2004
Filmography 40
86 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Photos 2
About this person
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), Being Julia (2004), and Last Night in Soho (2021).
