Rita Bennett

Personal Info

Birthday

January 26, 1941

(84 years old)

Place of Birth

Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA

Also Known As

Joanna Cunningham

Rita A. Bennett

Sarah Davenport

Elizabeth Sunburst

Rita Bennett

Biography

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).

Known For

Raging Bull

All That Jazz

The Sex Killer

The Projectionist

Crazy Wild and Crazy

Vibrations

Too Much Too Often!

Lusting Hours

Filmography

1980
Raging Bull
as Emma - Miss 48's
1979
All That Jazz
as Stripper
1973
High Rise
as Stripper
Flying Acquaintances
as Betty
1971
Is There Sex After Death?
as Bambi Ferguson (uncredited)
1970
The Projectionist
as Harem Girl (uncredited)
1969
Shame, Shame, Everybody Knows Her Name
as Go-Go Dancer
1968
Too Much Too Often!
as Rita
Confessions of a Psycho Cat
as Sex Inserts
Vibrations
as Georgia (uncredited)
Come Play with Me
as Clarice
1967
Diary of a Swinger
as Jeannie (as Joanna Cunningham)
The Sex Killer
as Sunbather
Lusting Hours
as Call Girl (uncredited)
File X for Sex: The Story of the Perverted
as Corpse
1966
The Bed and How to Make It!
as Karen
Prostitutes Protective Society
as Prostitute
The Love Cult
as Cultist
1964
Crazy Wild and Crazy
as Girl Running in Slow Motion (uncredited)
1961
Nude in Charcoal
as Backstage Model