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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Known For
Doctor Zhivago
(1965)
The Girl
Boudica
(2023)
Green Druid
Last Night in Soho
(2021)
Peggy Turner
The Owners
(2020)
Ellen Huggins
Being Julia
(2004)
Aunt Carrie
Black Journal
(1977)
Maria
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story
(2008)
Medium
Mysteries
(1978)
Martha Gude
An Awfully Big Adventure
(1995)
Aunt Lily
The Guru
(1969)
Jenny
Elicit
(2023)
Felicity
Spaghetti House
(1982)
Kathy Ceccacci
Full Filmography
Acting
A Taste of Honey
(1961)
Jo
A Place to Go
(1963)
Catherine Donovan
Girl with Green Eyes
(1964)
Kathleen "Kate" Brady
The Leather Boys
(1964)
Dot
Doctor Zhivago
(1965)
The Girl
The Knack... and How to Get It
(1965)
Nancy Jones
Moscow in Madrid
(1965)
Self
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
(1965)
Self
The Trap
(1966)
Eve
Smashing Time
(1967)
Brenda
Diamonds for Breakfast
(1968)
Bridget Rafferty
The Bed Sitting Room
(1969)
Penelope
The Guru
(1969)
Jenny
Straight On Till Morning
(1972)
Brenda Thompson
Red Riding Hood
(1973)
Grace
Slaughter Day
(1973)
Rita
Fischia Il Sesso
(1974)
Carol Houston
The Human Factor
(1975)
Janice
Ragazzo di borgata
(1976)
Rachel's Man
(1976)
Leah
Pane, burro e marmellata
(1977)
Vera De Virdis
Green Eyes
(1977)
Margaret Sheen
Black Journal
(1977)
Maria
Mysteries
(1978)
Martha Gude
Spaghetti House
(1982)
Kathy Ceccacci
Flying
(1986)
Jean Stoller
A Judgment in Stone
(1986)
Eunice
The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
(1988)
Alice Toklas
Resurrected
(1989)
Mrs. Deakin
Hard Days, Hard Nights
(1990)
Rita
Sunday Pursuit
(1990)
Alice Fletcher
Paper Marriage
(1992)
Lou, gospodyni Alicji
The Rapture of Deceit
(1992)
Gospel According to Harry
(1994)
Myrna
An Awfully Big Adventure
(1995)
Aunt Lily
The Boy from Mercury
(1996)
May Cronin
Under the Skin
(1997)
Mum
Spending Nights with Joan
(1998)
Bette Davis
Swing
(1999)
Mags Luxford
Out of Depth
(2000)
Margaret Nixon
The Stretford Wives
(2002)
Marilyn Massey
Being Julia
(2004)
Aunt Carrie
Angel Cake
(2006)
Millie
Puffball
(2007)
Molly
The Hideout
(2007)
Paula Hardyn
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story
(2008)
Medium
The Calling
(2010)
Sister Gertrude
Seamonsters
(2011)
Rose
Outside Bet
(2012)
Martha
The Wee Man
(2013)
Rita Thompson
My Name Is Lenny
(2017)
Reenie Joyce
The Owners
(2020)
Ellen Huggins
Last Night in Soho
(2021)
Peggy Turner
Elicit
(2023)
Felicity
Boudica
(2023)
Green Druid
The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
(2023)
Self (archive footage)