Rita May
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 9, 1942 (age 84)
- Place of birth
- Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
- Credits
- 31
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
In the Loop
2009Movie
Mrs Michaelson
Threads
1984Movie
Mrs. Kemp
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
2009Movie
Aunty Win
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
2021Movie
Mrs. Cardwell
Edge of Darkness
1985TV
Tea Lady
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
2018TV
Emilia Merchant
Filmography
Survivors: The Spectre of Threads
2025Movie
Self
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
2021Movie
Mrs. Cardwell
Walk Like a Panther
2018Movie
Mabel Higgins
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
2018TV
Emilia Merchant
Ackley Bridge
2017TV
Julie "Nana" Booth
The Syndicate
2012TV
Nanna
Trollied
2011TV
Margaret
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
2009Movie
Aunty Win
Red Riding
2009TV
Aunty Win
In the Loop
2009Movie
Mrs Michaelson
Sunshine
2008TV
Doreen
Nits
2004Movie
Nan
Early Doors
2003TV
Jean Dixon
The Royal
2003TV
Aunt Mary Graham
Fat Friends
2000TV
Joan Kirk
Fanny & Elvis
1999Movie
Rick's Mother
Sharpe's Justice
1997Movie
Mrs. Trent
When Saturday Comes
1996Movie
Mabel
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
1996TV
Supermarket Shopper
Heartbeat
1992TV
Mrs. Nelly Sneddon
Children's Ward
1989TV
Mags
Scab
1987Movie
Janice
Edge of Darkness
1985TV
Tea Lady
Threads
1984Movie
Mrs. Kemp
The Gathering Seed
1983TV
Martha Kilbride
England's Greens and Peasant Land
1982Movie
Pat
Looks and Smiles
1981Movie
Receptionist
The Gamekeeper
1980Movie
Mary
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
1977Movie
Kath Storey
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
1977Movie
Kath Storey
Last of the Summer Wine
1973TV
Celia