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Rita Tushingham

Rita Tushingham

Actor·b. 1942·Garston, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

8 horror credits

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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Actor8 films

The American Backyard

The American Backyard

Flora

2025
Last Night in Soho

Last Night in Soho

Peggy Turner

2021 3.7
The Owners

The Owners

Ellen Huggins

2020 3.0
The Hideout

The Hideout

Paula Hardyn

2007
Puffball

Puffball

Molly

2007
A Judgment in Stone

A Judgment in Stone

Eunice

1986
Black Journal

Black Journal

Maria

1977
Straight On Till Morning

Straight On Till Morning

Brenda Thompson

1972 3.5