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Rita Webb
Born: 25th Feb 1904 Willesden, Londen, England, UK - Died 30th Aug 1981
Dept: Acting
Olive Rita Webb (25 February 1904 – 30 August 1981) was an English character actress known primarily for her roles in comedy on both TV and film.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 53
Film: 33 (62%)
Television: 20 (38%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Documentary, Reality, Fantasy, Family, Adventure, Romance
Filmography
Sep 1983 (first aired)
This Is Your Life is the second revival of the reality series of the same name. The 1983 version is hosted by Joseph Campanella.
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Character:
Self (1 ep.)
1981
International terrorists attempt to kidnap a wealthy couple's child. Their plan comes unstuck, however, when a deadly Black Mamba, sent by mistake ins ... view
Character:
Mrs. Loewenthal
1979
A missing formula, a defecting Eastern European scientist kidnapped, car chases, foot chases, air chases, the British secret service, and a couple of ... view
Character:
Cockney Woman
Oct 1979 (first aired)
In the near future, a now-elderly Bernard Quatermass investigates the disappearance of his granddaughter and a mysterious cult. ... view
Character:
Charm Seller (1 ep.)
1978
Management and staff at Brixton's Savoy Cinema prepare for the premiere of the new sex film "Love In The Undergrowth", which is to be reluctantly atte ... view
Character:
Laverne
1978
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate. ... view
Character:
Elder Masseuse
1978
Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau is dead. At least that is what the world—and Charles Dreyfus—believe when a dead body is discovered in Clouseau's ... view
Character:
Lady at Window
Dec 1977 (first aired)
Mind Your Language is a British sitcom broadcast on ITV. Created and written by Vince Powell, and directed by Stuart Allen, three series were produced ... view
Character:
Lil the Barmaid (1 ep.)
1977
Two alluring young ladies live with their beautiful widowed aunt on a secluded wooded estate. The women have earned themselves quite a reputation in t ... view
Character:
Rita
1976
Virginal nerd Jon Pigeon, manages to secure a job in a sex research institute where the patients run about the corridors naked, nude aerobics are enco ... view
Character:
Tea Lady
Sep 1975 (first aired)
The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space. ... view
Character:
Slatternly Woman (1 ep.)
1975
Either you've got it or you haven't - some like randy young Timothy Lea (Robin Askwith), manage to get it all the time! Signing up with a pop group, o ... view
Character:
Fanny's Mother
Dec 1974 (first aired)
Churchill's People is a British anthology series based on A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britai ... view
Character:
Mrs Trundle (1 ep.)
Sep 1972 (first aired)
Classic sitcom starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques as brother and sister twins who have to tackle the trials and tribulations of suburban life. ... view
Character:
Traffic Warden (1 ep.)
Mrs. Butterworth (Snooty Landlady) (1 ep.)
Miss Applerod (1 ep.)
1972
London is terrorized by a vicious sex killer known as The Necktie Murderer. Following the brutal slaying of his ex-wife, down-on-his-luck Richard Blan ... view
Character:
Mrs Rusk (uncredited)
1972
A funny thing happened to Lurkalot, serf to Sir Coward de Custard, on the way to Custard Castle. Lurkalot sells lusty love potions and rusty chastity ... view
Character:
Maid Marian
1971
A funny thing happens to Lurcio on the way to the rent-a-vestal-virgin market stall. A mysterious scroll falls into his hands, listing the names of al ... view
Character:
Cassandra
1971
Edwin Antony (Hywel Bennett) is emasculated in an accident which kills a young philanderer. Doctors successfully replace his member with that of the d ... view
Character:
Mrs Hedges
1970
Russell’s composer biopics were usually labours of love. This was the opposite: he regarded Strauss’s music as 'bombastic, sham and hollow', and d ... view
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1969
A race of sexy, other-dimensional specimens arrive to Earth to kidnap women to repopulate their planet. ... view
Character:
Clippie
1969
A man attempts to deal with the bevy of naked beauties who have been bothering his family for generations. ... view
Character:
Brunhilda (segment "The Theatre")
Mar 1969 (first aired)
Q... was a surreal television comedy sketch show from Spike Milligan which ran from 1969 to 1982 on BBC2. There were six series in all, the first five ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (32 ep.)
1968
Herman inherits a greyhound and decides to make his fortune by dog racing. After traveling from Manchester to London in the hope of entering a nationa ... view
Character:
Woman in Pub (uncredited)
1967
A British Guianese engineer starts a job as a high school teacher in London’s East End, where his uninterested and delinquent pupils are in desperat ... view
Character:
Mrs. Joseph
1967
John Sawyer, once an eminent barrister, has slid into a life of cynicism and drunkenness since his wife left him. When his daughter's boyfriend is acc ... view
Character:
Mrs. Plaskett (uncredited)
Jun 1966 (first aired)
This English follows the East End working-class Garnett family, headed by patriarch Alf, a reactionary working-class man who wields racist and anti-So ... view
Character:
Singing Pubgoer (1 ep.)
Landlady (1 ep.)
Ruby Milligan (1 ep.)
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1965
When a boy discovers that both his parents are in prison, he sets out to find them. ... view
Character:
Floss
1965
The lives and loves of three young working class women, set in the pubs, terraced houses and factories of Battersea, South London. ... view
Character:
Mrs Hardy
1965
Peter Rayston, has been in and out of prison most of his life. At 30, he is released for the eighth time, after serving a sentence for housebreaking. ... view
Character:
Flower seller
1965
Ken Loach production for The Wednesday Play, reflecting contemporary debates surrounding the abolishment of capital punishment. ... view
Character:
Britannia Lee
Sep 1964 (first aired)
An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although ada ... view
Character:
Britannia Lee (1 ep.)
May 1964 (first aired)
Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first reg ... view
Character:
Mrs Halliday (1 ep.)
1963
Set in contemporary Bethnal Green in east London, A Place to Go charts the dramatic changes that were happening in the lives of the British working-cl ... view
Character:
Woman in Wash House (uncredited)
1963
Soho strip club compère Sammy Lee struggles to stay one step ahead of the notorious bookie, to whom he owes £300. ... view
Character:
Cleaner
1963
Charlie returns to the East End after two years at sea to find his house demolished and wife Maggie gone. Everyone else knows she is now shacked up wi ... view
Character:
Maggie's Neighbor
1962
A night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the crime. Witnesses and suspects give differing accounts of ... view
Character:
Mrs. Lee
Original title: The Young Ones
1961
Nicky and his friends find that their youth club is in danger of being flattened to make way for a new office block unless they can come up with £150 ... view
Character:
Woman in Market
Jun 1961 (first aired)
Eleven-part mini-series featuring an ensemble cast of up-and-coming acting talent, in plays by young authors, each actor or actress taking the lead ro ... view
Character:
Old Fan (1 ep.)
Nov 1960 (first aired)
The Valiant Years was a documentary produced by ABC based on the memoirs of Winston Churchill, directed by Anthony Bushell and John Schlesinger, narra ... view
Character:
Housemaid (27 ep.)
Nov 1960 (first aired)
A weekly TV comedy series of a British household with Dickie Henderson as the head of the family. Every week would feature a guest star.
Most episode ... view
Character:
Mrs. Doubleday (119 ep.)
Oct 1960 (first aired)
BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch a ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Character:
Charwoman
1959
The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane; ... view
Character:
Asylum Patient (uncredited)
Sep 1959 (first aired)
No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1959
A very slight tale based on an original American story by Leon Ware centered on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. This adaptation is set on the ... view
Character:
Landlady
1959
Based on the play by Ted Willis, the film is set in the years just before World War II, when England hadn't completely dug itself out of the worldwide ... view
Character:
Mrs Brown
1956
During New Year's Eve, a young model spends the day searching for her grandmother, who has suspiciously gone missing. ... view
Character:
Fake Miss Rees
Feb 1956 (first aired)
The Count of Monte Cristo was a 1956 ITC Entertainment/TPA television series adapted very loosely from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, adapted by Sidney ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Jul 1955 (first aired)
Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities of police officers at a fictional Metropolitan Police station in the East End ... view
Character:
Ada Barnes (1 ep.)
1952
During a holiday to the beach Jenny meets Alan and agrees to spend the week with him. Wanting to keep this a secret from her parents Jenny gets help ... view
Character:
Mrs. Slaughter