About

Known credits:
28
Birthday:
1941-01-26
Place of birth:
Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA
Website:
N/A

Rita Bennett

Overview

Lovely, shapely, and captivating brunette Rita Bennett was born on January 26, 1941 in Glen Cove, New York. An only child, Rita grew up in a dysfunctional household in Long Island. Unhappy with her turbulent home life, Bennett focused primarily on her burgeoning comely looks as a teenager. Rita left home at age sixteen and moved into a room in a Manhattan apartment with five girls who she barely knew. Bennett soon started modeling and was featured in ads in both newspapers and magazines as well as on billboards (she even was the face of an ad campaign for a Manhattan department store). Rita appeared in her first soft-core film in 1961. Among the notable East Coast soft-core cinema directors that Bennett appeared in films for are Joseph W. Sarno, Barry Mahon, William Rose, and John Amero and Lem Amero. Outside of acting, Rita also worked as a stripper in the tri-state area on the East Coast and managed to land the occasional small role in a major mainstream movie in which she was cast to type as a stripper. Bennett quit acting and stripping in the mid-1980's and went on to focus on fashion and animal welfare instead. Alas, Rita had serious problems with alcoholism throughout her life. Bennett died in 2017. Her body was unclaimed and ultimately wound up buried in a potter's field.

Known for

Acting

1980 Raging Bull Actor Emma - Miss 48's 76
Good
1979 All That Jazz Actor Stripper 67
Fair
1973 High Rise Actor Stripper 59
Average
1973 Flying Acquaintances Actor Betty 58
Average
1971 Some of My Best Friends Are... Actor 58
Average
1971 Is There Sex After Death? Actor Bambi Ferguson (uncredited) 58
Average
1970 The Projectionist Actor Harem Girl (uncredited) 58
Average
1969 Teresa... Darling Actor N/A
N/A
1969 Shame, Shame, Everybody Knows Her Name Actor Go-Go Dancer N/A
N/A
1969 Going Down for the 3rd Time Actor N/A
N/A
1969 Decameron '69 Actor 58
Average
1968 Too Much Too Often! Actor Rita 58
Average
1968 The Diary of Knockers McCalla Actor 59
Average
1968 Confessions of a Psycho Cat Actor Sex Inserts 58
Average
1968 Vibrations Actor Georgia (uncredited) 58
Average
1968 Come Play with Me Actor Clarice 58
Average
1967 Professor Lust Actor 58
Average
1967 Diary of a Swinger Actor Jeannie (as Joanna Cunningham) 59
Average
1967 The Sex Killer Actor Sunbather 58
Average
1967 Lusting Hours Actor Call Girl (uncredited) 58
Average
1967 File X for Sex: The Story of the Perverted Actor Corpse 59
Average
1967 The Secret Dream Models of Oliver Nibble Actor N/A
N/A
1966 The Bed and How to Make It! Actor Karen 58
Average
1966 Sin in the City Actor 59
Average
1966 The Love Cult Actor Cultist 59
Average
1966 Prostitutes Protective Society Actor Prostitute 58
Average
1964 Crazy Wild and Crazy Actor Girl Running in Slow Motion (uncredited) 58
Average
1961 Nude in Charcoal Actor Backstage Model 58
Average