Rita Bennett
Rita Bennett
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
Most Rating 0.1635
Birthday 1941-01-26
Place of Birth Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, USA
Also Known As Joanna Cunningham, Rita A. Bennett, Sarah Davenport, Elizabeth Sunburst,
Some of My Best Friends Are...
1971

Some of My Best Friends Are...

All That Jazz
1979

All That Jazz

Prostitutes Protective Society
1966

Prostitutes Protective Society

Decameron '69
1969

Decameron '69

The Diary of Knockers McCalla
1968

The Diary of Knockers McCalla

Come Play with Me
1968

Come Play with Me

Going Down for the 3rd Time
1969

Going Down for the 3rd Time

Teresa... Darling
1969

Teresa... Darling

The Secret Dream Models of Oliver Nibble
1967

The Secret Dream Models of Oliver Nibble

The Love Cult
1966

The Love Cult

Raging Bull
1980

Raging Bull

The Sex Killer
1967

The Sex Killer

Professor Lust
1967

Professor Lust

Crazy Wild and Crazy
1964

Crazy Wild and Crazy

The Projectionist
1970

The Projectionist

Shame, Shame, Everybody Knows Her Name
1969

Shame, Shame, Everybody Knows Her Name

Vibrations
1968

Vibrations

Too Much Too Often!
1968

Too Much Too Often!

Is There Sex After Death?
1971

Is There Sex After Death?

Diary of a Swinger
1967

Diary of a Swinger

Lusting Hours
1967

Lusting Hours

Confessions of a Psycho Cat
1968

Confessions of a Psycho Cat

Sin in the City
1966

Sin in the City

File X for Sex: The Story of the Perverted
1967

File X for Sex: The Story of the Perverted

High Rise
1973

High Rise

Flying Acquaintances
1973

Flying Acquaintances

Nude in Charcoal
1961

Nude in Charcoal

The Bed and How to Make It!
1966

The Bed and How to Make It!