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). 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.
Filmografi
Raging Bull1980 · Emma - Miss 48's
All That Jazz1979 · Stripper
The Projectionist1970 · Harem Girl (uncredited)
Confessions of a Psycho Cat1968 · Sex Inserts
Some of My Best Friends Are...1971 ·
Diary of a Swinger1967 · Jeannie (as Joanna Cunningham)
Shame, Shame, Everybody Knows Her Name1969 · Go-Go Dancer
Crazy Wild and Crazy1964 · Girl Running in Slow Motion (uncredited)
The Sex Killer1967 · Sunbather
The Bed and How to Make It!1966 · Karen
Too Much Too Often!1968 · Rita
The Secret Dream Models of Oliver Nibble1967 ·
The Love Cult1966 · Cultist
Come Play with Me1968 · Clarice
Sin in the City1966 ·
Lusting Hours1967 · Call Girl (uncredited)
Vibrations1968 · Georgia (uncredited)
Decameron '691969 ·
Going Down for the 3rd Time1969 ·
Flying Acquaintances1973 · Betty
File X for Sex: The Story of the Perverted1967 · Corpse
Nude in Charcoal1961 · Backstage Model
Robert De Niro
Joe Pesci
Wallace Shawn
John Lithgow
Martin Scorsese
CCH Pounder
Jessica Lange
John Turturro
Roy Scheider
Cliff Gorman
Cathy Moriarty
Sandahl Bergman