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