Rita May
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.
Movies 16
Threads
as Mrs. Kemp
1984
In the Loop
as Mrs Michaelson
2009
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
as Aunty Win
2009
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
as Mrs. Cardwell
2021
Fanny & Elvis
as Rick's Mother
1999
Walk Like a Panther
as Mabel Higgins
2018
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
as Kath Storey
1977
Sharpe's Justice
as Mrs. Trent
1997
When Saturday Comes
as Mabel
1996
Nits
as Nan
2004
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
as Kath Storey
1977
England's Greens and Peasant Land
as Pat
1982
Survivors: The Spectre of Threads
as Self
2025
Scab
as Janice
1987
Looks and Smiles
as Receptionist
1981
The Gamekeeper
as Mary
1980TV Shows 15
Heartbeat
as Mrs. Nelly Sneddon
1992
Last of the Summer Wine
as Celia
1973
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
as Emilia Merchant
2018
Children's Ward
as Mags
1989
Trollied
as Margaret
2011
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
as Supermarket Shopper
1996
Ackley Bridge
as Julie "Nana" Booth
2017
Fat Friends
as Joan Kirk
2000
The Syndicate
as Nanna
2012
Early Doors
as Jean Dixon
2003
Red Riding
as Aunty Win
2009
Edge of Darkness
as Tea Lady
1985
The Gathering Seed
as Martha Kilbride
1983
Sunshine
as Doreen
2008
The Royal
as Aunt Mary Graham
2003