Rita Tushingham

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

79

Gender

Female

Birthday

1942-03-14 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Garston, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Rita 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.

Known For

  • Agatha Christie's Marple

    Agatha Christie's Marple

  • Vera

    Vera

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • New Tricks

    New Tricks

  • Being Julia

    Being Julia

  • Seamonsters

    Seamonsters

  • Puffball

    Puffball

  • Boudica

    Boudica

  • Last Night in Soho

    Last Night in Soho

  • Resurrected

    Resurrected

  • Mysteries

    Mysteries

  • The Marlow Murder Club

    The Marlow Murder Club

  • The Marlow Murder Club

    The Marlow Murder Club

  • Slaughter Day

    Slaughter Day

  • The Responder

    The Responder

  • Sunday Pursuit

    Sunday Pursuit

  • Swing

    Swing

  • Angel Cake

    Angel Cake

  • The Bed Sitting Room

    The Bed Sitting Room

  • Black Journal

    Black Journal

  • The World of Hammer

    The World of Hammer

  • The Owners

    The Owners

  • The Trap

    The Trap

  • Doctor Zhivago

    Doctor Zhivago

  • Fischia Il Sesso

    Fischia Il Sesso

  • Broken Lines

    Broken Lines

  • Bread

    Bread

  • Lady Killers

    Lady Killers

  • Elicit

    Elicit

  • The American Backyard

    The American Backyard

  • The Pale Horse

    The Pale Horse

  • Paper Marriage

    Paper Marriage

  • The Human Jungle

    The Human Jungle

  • Out of Depth

    Out of Depth

  • The Leather Boys

    The Leather Boys

  • Love at First Sight

    Love at First Sight

  • The Rapture of Deceit

    The Rapture of Deceit

  • Red Riding Hood

    Red Riding Hood

  • Still Open All Hours

    Still Open All Hours

  • Hard Days, Hard Nights

    Hard Days, Hard Nights

  • Green Eyes

    Green Eyes

  • Ridley Road

    Ridley Road

  • A Taste of Honey

    A Taste of Honey

  • Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

    Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

  • No Strings

    No Strings

  • Telstar: The Joe Meek Story

    Telstar: The Joe Meek Story

  • The Wee Man

    The Wee Man

  • An Awfully Big Adventure

    An Awfully Big Adventure

  • The Hideout

    The Hideout

  • The Human Factor

    The Human Factor

  • Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories

    Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories

  • The Knack... and How to Get It

    The Knack... and How to Get It

  • My Name Is Lenny

    My Name Is Lenny

  • Girl with Green Eyes

    Girl with Green Eyes

  • Spending Nights with Joan

    Spending Nights with Joan

  • Spaghetti House

    Spaghetti House

  • The Calling

    The Calling

  • Smashing Time

    Smashing Time

  • The Guru

    The Guru

  • Straight On Till Morning

    Straight On Till Morning

  • Outside Bet

    Outside Bet

  • Under the Skin

    Under the Skin

  • The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway

    The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway

  • A Place to Go

    A Place to Go

  • Gospel According to Harry

    Gospel According to Harry

  • Pane, burro e marmellata

    Pane, burro e marmellata

  • Angel Cake

    Angel Cake

  • Flying

    Flying

  • Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean

    Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean

  • Moscow in Madrid

    Moscow in Madrid

  • The Athena Syndrome

    The Athena Syndrome

  • Ragazzo di borgata

    Ragazzo di borgata

  • Mystery at the Prospect Hotel

    Mystery at the Prospect Hotel

  • The Boy from Mercury

    The Boy from Mercury

  • Diamonds for Breakfast

    Diamonds for Breakfast

  • A Judgment in Stone

    A Judgment in Stone

  • The Stretford Wives

    The Stretford Wives

  • Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties

    Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties

  • Rachel's Man

    Rachel's Man