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Rita Tushingham

Actor

Rita Tushingham

Born March 14, 1942 in Garston, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK56 films

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).

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Last Night in Soho poster7.3Last Night in Soho2021The Owners poster5.6The Owners2020A Taste of Honey poster7.1A Taste of Honey1961Being Julia poster6.4Being Julia2004Boudica poster5.8Boudica2023An Awfully Big Adventure poster6.5An Awfully Big Adventure1995The Knack... and How to Get It poster6.0The Knack... and How to Get It1965The American Backyard poster6.3The American Backyard2025

Filmography

56 films as actor
  1. 2025The American BackyardFlora
  2. 2024Mystery at the Prospect HotelMiss Clutterbuck
  3. 2023BoudicaGreen Druid
  4. 2023ElicitFelicity
  5. 2021Last Night in SohoPeggy Turner
  6. 2020The OwnersEllen Huggins
  7. 2017My Name Is LennyReenie Joyce
  8. 2013The Wee ManRita Thompson
  9. 2012Outside BetMartha
  10. 2011SeamonstersRose
  11. 2010The CallingSister Gertrude
  12. 2008Broken LinesRae
  13. 2008Telstar: The Joe Meek StoryMedium
  14. 2007The HideoutPaula Hardyn
  15. 2007PuffballMolly
  16. 2006Angel CakeMillie
  17. 2004Being JuliaAunt Carrie
  18. 2002The Stretford WivesMarilyn Massey
  19. 2000Out of DepthMargaret Nixon
  20. 1999SwingMags Luxford
  21. 1998Spending Nights with JoanBette Davis
  22. 1997Under the SkinMum
  23. 1996The Boy from MercuryMay Cronin
  24. 1995An Awfully Big AdventureAunt Lily
  25. 1994Gospel According to HarryMyrna
  26. 1992Paper MarriageLou, gospodyni Alicji
  27. 1992The Rapture of DeceitDora
  28. 1990Sunday PursuitAlice Fletcher
  29. 1990Hard Days, Hard NightsRita
  30. 1989ResurrectedMrs. Deakin
  31. 1988The Legendary Life of Ernest HemingwayAlice Toklas
  32. 1986FlyingJean Stoller
  33. 1986A Judgment in StoneEunice
  34. 1982Spaghetti HouseKathy Ceccacci
  35. 1978MysteriesMartha Gude
  36. 1977Black JournalMaria
  37. 1977Pane, burro e marmellataVera De Virdis
  38. 1977Green EyesMargaret Sheen
  39. 1976Ragazzo di borgataLucia, madre di Ettore
  40. 1976Rachel's ManLeah
  41. 1975The Human FactorJanice
  42. 1974Fischia Il SessoCarol Houston
  43. 1973Red Riding HoodGrace
  44. 1972Straight On Till MorningBrenda Thompson
  45. 1972Slaughter DayRita
  46. 1969The Bed Sitting RoomPenelope
  47. 1969The GuruJenny
  48. 1968Diamonds for BreakfastBridget Rafferty
  49. 1967Smashing TimeBrenda
  50. 1966The TrapEve
  51. 1965Doctor ZhivagoThe Girl
  52. 1965The Knack... and How to Get ItNancy Jones
  53. 1964Girl with Green EyesKathleen "Kate" Brady
  54. 1964The Leather BoysDot
  55. 1963A Place to GoCatherine Donovan
  56. 1961A Taste of HoneyJo