Biography
Rita Tushingham
Acting
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), Unde…
Career works
79
Movies
60
Series
19
Career average
6.3/10
Birth date
03/14/1942
Place of birth
Garston, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Filmography highlights
Movies
The American Backyard
2025 · 6.4
Mystery at the Prospect Hotel
2024
Boudica
2023 · 5.8
Elicit
2023
Last Night in Soho
2021 · 7.3
The Owners
2020 · 5.6
Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties
2017
My Name Is Lenny
2017 · 5.7
The Wee Man
2013 · 5.6
Outside Bet
2012 · 4.7
Seamonsters
2011 · 3.0
The Calling
2010
Broken Lines
2008 · 3.5
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story
2008 · 5.5
The Hideout
2007 · 6.1
Series
The Marlow Murder Club
2024 · 6.3
The Responder
2022 · 7.0
Ridley Road
2021 · 6.3
The Pale Horse
2020 · 5.8
Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories
2016 · 6.2
Still Open All Hours
2014 · 6.0
Vera
2011 · 7.4
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · 7.8
New Tricks
2004 · 7.3
The World of Hammer
1994 · 6.7
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993 · 7.0
Love at First Sight
1992 · 6.5
Bread
1986 · 7.1
Lady Killers
1980 · 7.5
The Human Jungle
1963 · 8.2