Rita May
Date of birth: 1942-05-09
Place of birth: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
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.
Movie Credits
Scab
1987-01-01
Drama based on events during the 1984/85 miners strike. One of the first dramatised accounts, it was
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974
2009-11-11
Yorkshire, 1974. Fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie jou
When Saturday Comes
1996-03-01
Jimmy Muir comes from a typical gritty, northern town where there are only two options: working down
Threads
1985-08-06
Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffie
Looks and Smiles
1981-09-09
Thatcherism and the Irish troubles provide the backdrop for this study of Mick, a well-meaning youth
The Gamekeeper
1980-09-20
George Purse is the gamekeeper for the duke's estate, a role he takes seriously. His position gives
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
1977-03-29
The workers of Milton Colliery prepare for a royal visit from Prince Charles.
The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality
1977-04-05
A month after the royal visit, the workers at Milton Colliery are brought crashing back down to eart
Walk Like a Panther
2018-03-09
A group of 1980s wrestlers are forced to don the lycra once last time when their beloved local pub i
Fanny & Elvis
1999-11-19
Yorkshire writer Kate finds out her biological clock is ticking down the same day that her husband l
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
2021-09-10
Jamie New is 16 and doesn’t quite fit in—instead of pursuing a "real" career he dreams of becoming a
Nits
2004-12-03
A 7-year-old boy (Jonathan Mason) struggles to understand why his mother, newly returned from hospit
In the Loop
2009-01-22
The US President and the UK Prime Minister are planning on launching a war in the Middle East, but—b
England's Greens and Peasant Land
1982-01-05
A planning decision must be made, and the motorway extension must go through on either the Golf Cour