Rita May
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday9 May 1942 (84 years old)
Place of birthSheffield, Yorkshire, England
Known credits34
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.
Survivors: The Spectre of Threads
2025 · Self
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
2021 · Mrs. Cardwell
Walk Like a Panther
2018 · Mabel Higgins
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
2018 · Emilia Merchant
Ackley Bridge
2017 · Julie "Nana" Booth
The Syndicate
2012 · Nanna
Trollied
2011 · Margaret
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
2009 · Aunty Win
Red Riding
2009 · Aunty Win
In the Loop
2009 · Mrs Michaelson
Sunshine
2008 · Doreen
Nits
2004 · Nan
Early Doors
2003 · Jean Dixon
The Royal
2003 · Aunt Mary Graham
Fat Friends
2000 · Joan Kirk
Fanny & Elvis
1999 · Rick's Mother
Sharpe's Justice
1997 · Mrs. Trent
When Saturday Comes
1996 · Mabel
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996 · Supermarket Shopper
Heartbeat
1992 · Mrs. Nelly Sneddon
Children's Ward
1989 · Mags
Scab
1987 · Janice
Edge of Darkness
1985 · Tea Lady
Threads
1984 · Mrs. Kemp
The Gathering Seed
1983 · Martha Kilbride
England's Greens and Peasant Land
1982 · Pat
England's Greens and Peasant Land
1982 · Writer
Looks and Smiles
1981 · Receptionist
One Hundred and Eighty!!!
1981 · Writer
The Gamekeeper
1980 · Mary
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
1977 · Kath Storey
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
1977 · Kath Storey
Playhouse
1974 · Writer
Last of the Summer Wine
1973 · Celia
Play for Today
1970 · Writer
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