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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). 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).
Born
Saturday, 14 March 1942
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Boudica: Queen of War | Green Druid | 2023 |
| The Responder | June Carson | 2022 |
| Last Night in Soho | Peggy Turner / Peggy | 2021 |
| Ridley Road | Nettie Jones | 2021 |
| The Owners | Ellen Huggins | 2020 |
| The Pale Horse | Bella Webb | 2020 |
| My Name Is Lenny | Reenie Joyce | 2017 |
| Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories | Effie Corvier | 2016 |
| Still Open All Hours | Annie | 2013 |
| In the Flesh | Mrs Lamb | 2013 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Boudica: Queen of War | Green Druid | 2023 |
| The Responder | June Carson | 2022 |
| Last Night in Soho | Peggy Turner / Peggy | 2021 |
| Ridley Road | Nettie Jones | 2021 |
| The Owners | Ellen Huggins | 2020 |
| The Pale Horse | Bella Webb | 2020 |
| My Name Is Lenny | Reenie Joyce | 2017 |
| Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories | Effie Corvier | 2016 |
| Still Open All Hours | Annie | 2013 |
| In the Flesh | Mrs Lamb | 2013 |
| The Wee Man | Rita Thompson | 2013 |
| Outside Bet | Martha | 2012 |
| Seamonsters | Rose | 2011 |
| Vera | Audrey Latham | 2011 |
| Bedlam | Grace | 2011 |
| The Calling | Sister Gertrude | 2010 |
| Telstar: The Joe Meek Story | Essex Medium / Medium | 2009 |
| David Lean in Close-Up | Self | 2009 |
| Broken Lines | Rae | 2008 |
| The Hideout | Paula Hardyn | 2007 |
| British Film Forever | Self | 2007 |
| Puffball: The Devil's Eyeball | Molly | 2007 |
| Marple | Miss Elizabeth Percehouse | 2004 |
| Being Julia | Aunt Carrie | 2004 |
| The Paul O'Grady Show | Herself | 2004 |
| New Tricks | Elise | 2003 |
| The Stretford Wives | Marilyn Massey | 2002 |
| Out of Depth | Margaret Nixon | 2000 |
| Swing | Mags Luxford | 1999 |
| Spending Nights with Joan | Bette Davis | 1998 |
| Under the Skin | Mum | 1997 |
| The Boy from Mercury | May Cronin | 1996 |
| An Awfully Big Adventure | Aunt Lily | 1995 |
| Gospel According to Harry | Myrna | 1994 |
| A csalás gyönyöre | Dóra - ügyvédnõ | 1992 |
| Papierowe malzenstwo | Lou / Lou, gospodyni Alicji | 1992 |
| Sunday Pursuit | Alice Fletcher | 1990 |
| Hard Days, Hard Nights | Rita | 1990 |
| Resurrected | Mrs. Deakin | 1989 |
| The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway | Alice Toklas | 1988 |
| Teenage Dream | Jean Stoller | 1986 |
| Bread | Celia Higgins | 1986 |
| A Judgment in Stone | Eunice / Eunice Parchman | 1986 |
| Spaghetti House | Kathy Ceccacci | 1982 |
| The Confessions of Felix Krull | Mrs. Twentyman | 1982 |
| Seeing Things | Dr. Jessica Edwards | 1981 |
| Mysteries | Martha Gude | 1978 |
| Black Journal | Maria | 1977 |
| Pane, burro e marmellata | Vera De Virdis | 1977 |
| ABC Weekend Specials | Mrs. Prysselius | 1977 |
| Ragazzo di borgata | Lucia | 1976 |
| Rachel's Man | Leah | 1976 |
| The 'Human' Factor | Janice | 1975 |
| Fischia il sesso | Carol Houston | 1974 |
| Straight on Till Morning | Brenda Thompson | 1972 |
| The Bed Sitting Room | Penelope | 1969 |
| The Guru | Jenny | 1969 |
| Diamonds for Breakfast | Bridget Rafferty | 1968 |
| Smashing Time | Brenda | 1967 |
| The Trap | Eve | 1966 |
| Doctor Zhivago | The Girl | 1965 |
| Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
| The Knack... and How to Get It | Nancy Jones | 1965 |
| Girl with Green Eyes | Kate Brady / Kathleen "Kate" Brady | 1964 |
| The Leather Boys | Dot | 1964 |
| A Place to Go | Catherine Donovan | 1963 |
| The Human Jungle | Joy | 1963 |
| Comedy Playhouse | Leonora | 1961 |
| A Taste of Honey | Jo [Josephine] / Jo | 1961 |
| Armchair Theatre | Grace | 1956 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1966 | Golden Globe | Best Actress - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
| 1963 | Golden Globe | Most Promising Newcomer - Female | Won |
