Rita Tushingham

Acting

Rita Tushingham

Born 1942-03-14 Garston, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK 59 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 Ad…

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Filmography

59 films
Boudica poster

Inspired by events in A.D. 60, Boudica follows the eponymous Celtic warrior who rules the Iceni peo…

Boudica

★ 5.8 2023

Elicit poster

About the isolation and loneliness of the person with dementia, and the person caring for the perso…

Elicit

★ 0.0 2023

The Owners poster

A group of friends think they found the perfect easy score - an empty house with a safe full of cas…

The Owners

★ 5.6 2020

Outside Bet poster

Set against the turbulent mid 1980s of money, privatisation, unions and dramatic media evolution: A…

Outside Bet

★ 4.7 2012

Seamonsters poster

Two teenage best friends growing up in a forgotten British seaside town. When a mysterious new girl…

Seamonsters

★ 3.0 2011