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Rita Webb, later known as Olive Rita Thompson, was an English character actress, mainly in comedy roles. She was the eldest child of Henry Augustus Webb (1880–1926) and Rose Jeannette Keysor. She had a younger brother, Henry Richard Webb, also an actor, and two elder identical twin half-brothers, Leslie and Gordon Durlacher, from her mother's first marriage to Samuel Durlacher. She was the niece of Leonard Keysor, the first Jewish serviceman to win the Victoria Cross in the First World War. A half-brother was the actor George Webb.
Birth Name
Olive Webb
Born
Thursday, 25 February 1904
Died
Sunday, 30 August 1981
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Saucy! - Secrets of the British Sex Comedy | Self | 2023 |
| Benny Hill: The World's Favourite Clown | Various Roles | 1991 |
| Venom | Mrs. Loewenthal | 1981 |
| The Quatermass Conclusion | Charm Seller | 1979 |
| Quatermass | Charm Seller | 1979 |
| The London Connection | Cockney Woman | 1979 |
| 3-2-1 | Self - Guest Star / Self / Old Wench | 1978 |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | Elder Masseuse | 1978 |
| Revenge of the Pink Panther | Lady at Window | 1978 |
| The Famous Five | Mrs. Alfredo | 1978 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Saucy! - Secrets of the British Sex Comedy | Self | 2023 |
| Benny Hill: The World's Favourite Clown | Various Roles | 1991 |
| Venom | Mrs. Loewenthal | 1981 |
| The Quatermass Conclusion | Charm Seller | 1979 |
| Quatermass | Charm Seller | 1979 |
| The London Connection | Cockney Woman | 1979 |
| 3-2-1 | Self - Guest Star / Self / Old Wench | 1978 |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | Elder Masseuse | 1978 |
| Revenge of the Pink Panther | Lady at Window | 1978 |
| The Famous Five | Mrs. Alfredo | 1978 |
| Mind Your Language | Lil the Barmaid | 1977 |
| Odd Man Out | Woman in Coffee Bar | 1977 |
| Come Play with Me | Madam Rita / Rita | 1977 |
| I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight | Tea Lady | 1976 |
| Angels | Mrs. White | 1975 |
| Space: 1999 | Slatternly Woman | 1975 |
| Confessions of a Pop Performer | Fanny's Mother | 1975 |
| The Best of Benny Hill | Various Roles | 1974 |
| Sykes | Traffic Warden / Snooty Landlay / Miss Applerod | 1972 |
| Frenzy | Mrs. Rusk / Mrs Rusk | 1972 |
| Love Thy Neighbour | Lady Grizelda | 1972 |
| The Chastity Belt | Maid Marian | 1972 |
| Percy | Mrs. Hedges / Mrs Hedges | 1971 |
| Up Pompeii | Cassandra | 1971 |
| The Nine Ages of Nakedness | Brunhilda (segment "The Theatre") | 1970 |
| The Magic Christian | Woman in Park | 1969 |
| The Love Factor | Clippie | 1969 |
| The Benny Hill Show | Various Roles / Various Characters | 1969 |
| As Good Cooks Go | Rita Hackett | 1969 |
| Q5 | Various Characters | 1969 |
| The Strange Affair | Charley's Mum | 1968 |
| Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter | Woman in Pub | 1968 |
| The Man Outside | Landlady | 1967 |
| To Sir, with Love | Mrs. Joseph | 1967 |
| Cop-Out | Mrs. Plaskett | 1967 |
| Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width | Mrs. Kaplan | 1967 |
| The Idol | Landlady | 1966 |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Lizzie Truckle | 1965 |
| He Who Rides a Tiger | Flower Seller | 1965 |
| The New London Palladium Show | Self | 1965 |
| Till Death Us Do Part | Landlady / Ruby Milligan / Singing Pubgoer | 1965 |
| Mogul | Mrs. Priddle | 1965 |
| The Wednesday Play | Mrs. Hardy / Floss / Britannia Lee | 1964 |
| Theatre 625 | Mrs. Halliday | 1964 |
| Detective | Freda Gomersall | 1964 |
| The Bargee | Onlooker | 1964 |
| The Three Lives of Thomasina | Gypsy Granny | 1963 |
| A Place to Go | Woman in Wash House | 1963 |
| Comedy Four | Mrs. Gutter | 1963 |
| The Small World of Sammy Lee | Cleaner | 1963 |
| Sparrows Can't Sing | Neighbour in Tower Block / Maggie's Neighbor | 1963 |
| Operation Mermaid | Landlady | 1963 |
| The Boys | Mrs. Lee | 1962 |
| Wonderful to Be Young! | Woman in Market | 1962 |
| Steptoe and Son | Auntie Freda / Auntie Ada | 1962 |
| Comedy Playhouse | Woman / Trolley Lady / Charlady | 1961 |
| The Younger Generation | Old Fan | 1961 |
| The Naked Edge | Cleaner | 1961 |
| Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years | Housewife | 1960 |
| The Dickie Henderson Show | Mrs. Doubleday | 1960 |
| Maigret | Léonie | 1959 |
| Bootsie and Snudge | The Shopkeeper | 1960 |
| Police Surgeon | Mrs. Biggs | 1960 |
| Deadline Midnight | Mrs. Condrini | 1960 |
| Urge to Kill | Charwoman | 1960 |
| Suddenly, Last Summer | Asylum Patient / Asylum Inmate | 1959 |
| No Hiding Place | Mrs. Briggs | 1959 |
| Interpol Calling | Landlady | 1959 |
| The Boy and the Bridge | Landlady | 1959 |
| The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre | Charwoman | 1959 |
| No Trees in the Street | Mrs. Brown / Mrs Brown | 1959 |
| The Army Game | Pram Lady | 1957 |
| The Silken Affair | Minor role | 1956 |
| Armchair Theatre | Mrs. Croton / Mrs Beatty / First Woman | 1956 |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | The Fisherwoman | 1956 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | Tea lady / Mrs. Roberts / Mrs Roxbury | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| Dixon of Dock Green | Mrs. Cartwright / Mrs. Noakes / Marge Davies / Ada Barnes | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Cockney Woman | 1954 |
| Moulin Rouge | Woman on Balcony Emptying Bucket | 1952 |
| Holiday Week | Mrs. Slaughter | 1952 |
