Rita May
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Heartbeat
Mrs. Nelly Sneddon
1992
Series
Last of the Summer Wine
Celia
1973
Series
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Emilia Merchant
2018
Series
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Supermarket Shopper
1996
Series
Trollied
Margaret
2011
Series
Children's Ward
Mags
1989
Series
Fat Friends
Joan Kirk
2000
Series
Ackley Bridge
Julie "Nana" Booth
2017
Series
The Syndicate
Nanna
2012
Series
Edge of Darkness
Tea Lady
1985
Series
Red Riding
Aunty Win
2009
Series
Early Doors
Jean Dixon
2003
Film
Threads
Mrs. Kemp
1984
Film
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Mrs. Cardwell
2021
Film
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
Aunty Win
2009
Film
In the Loop
Mrs Michaelson
2009
Series
Sunshine
Doreen
2008
Series
The Gathering Seed
Martha Kilbride
1983
Film
Walk Like a Panther
Mabel Higgins
2018
Film
When Saturday Comes
Mabel
1996
Film
Fanny & Elvis
Rick's Mother
1999
Series
The Royal
Aunt Mary Graham
2003
Film
Survivors: The Spectre of Threads
Self
2025
Film
Sharpe's Justice
Mrs. Trent
1997
Scab
Janice
1987
Film
England's Greens and Peasant Land
Pat
1982
Film
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
Kath Storey
1977
Film
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
Kath Storey
1977
Film
Nits
Nan
2004
Film
The Gamekeeper
Mary
1980
Film
Looks and Smiles
Receptionist
1981