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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 9, 1942
Place of Birth
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Rita May
0.4 Popularity
Biography
Rita May is an English film and television actress, singer, and writer, best known for playing Mrs Kemp in Threads, Jean in Early Doors and Margaret in Trollied. She's also the only original cast remember who appeared in all episodes of the children's ITV drama series "Children's Ward" from 1989 to 2000.
Known For
6.2
Mrs. Cardwell
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
2021
6.2
Mabel Higgins
Walk Like a Panther
2018
7.2
Emilia Merchant
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
2018
7.3
Julie "Nana" Booth
Ackley Bridge
2017
7.6
Nanna
The Syndicate
2012
6.3
Margaret
Trollied
2011
6.7
Aunty Win
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
2009
6.5
Aunty Win
Red Riding
2009
7.0
Mrs Michaelson
In the Loop
2009
7.8
Doreen
Sunshine
2008
Credits
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
as Mrs. Cardwell
2021
6.2
Walk Like a Panther
as Mabel Higgins
2018
6.2
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
as Emilia Merchant
2018
7.2
Ackley Bridge
as Julie "Nana" Booth
2017
7.3
The Syndicate
as Nanna
2012
7.6
Trollied
as Margaret
2011
6.3
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
as Aunty Win
2009
6.7
Red Riding
as Aunty Win
2009
6.5
In the Loop
as Mrs Michaelson
2009
7.0
Sunshine
as Doreen
2008
7.8
Nits
as Nan
2004
0.0
Early Doors
as Jean Dixon
2003
7.7
The Royal
as Aunt Mary Graham
2003
7.6
Fanny & Elvis
as Rick's Mother
1999
6.2
When Saturday Comes
as Mabel
1996
5.7
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Supermarket Shopper
1996
7.2
Heartbeat
as Mrs. Nelly Sneddon
1992
7.0
Children's Ward
as Mags
1989
3.5
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Scab
as Janice
1987
0.0
Threads
as Mrs. Kemp
1984
7.6
The Gathering Seed
as Martha Kilbride
1983
0.0
England's Greens and Peasant Land
as Pat
1982
0.0
Looks and Smiles
as Receptionist
1981
6.7
The Gamekeeper
as Mary
1980
5.8
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
as Kath Storey
1977
5.0
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
as Kath Storey
1977
5.0
Last of the Summer Wine
as Celia
1973
7.1