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Rita Tushingham (born 14 March 1942) is a British actress. She is known for her starring roles in films including A Taste of Honey (1961), The Leather Boys (1964), The Knack ...and How to Get It (1965), Doctor Zhivago (1965), and Smashing Time (1967). For A Taste of Honey, she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, and Most ...
Rita Tushingham was born in Liverpool on March 14, 1942, and did her professional apprenticeship with the Liverpool Playhouse. In 1961, she made her film debut as a teenager in Tony Richardson 's adaption of Shelagh Delaney 's kitchen sink drama, A Taste of Honey (1961) .
Rita Tushingham was born in Liverpool on March 14, 1942, and did her professional apprenticeship with the Liverpool Playhouse. In 1961, she made her film debut as a teenager in Tony Richardson 's adaption of Shelagh Delaney 's kitchen sink drama, A Taste of Honey (1961). For her work in that film, she won a BAFTA and the best actress award at ...
New York Film Critics' Award 1961, for A Taste Of Honey. Variety Club - Best Film Actress of 1964, for Girl With Green Eyes. Mexican Silver Goddess - Best Actress of 1965, for The Knack. BBC Personality of the Year (1988) The People's Actress award - Moscow. The Karlovy Vary Film Festival - Best Actress. Potsdam Film Museum - one of six most ...
May 8, 2013 · WHEN Rita Tushingham’s daughter broke the news that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, they made a pact. News. Dawn Collinson. 01:55, 03 May 2013 Updated 05:42, 08 May 2013
Aug 18, 2020 · O ne day nearly 60 years ago, Rita Tushingham was walking through Soho with her friend, the late British actor Paul Danquah, when a passerby yelled: “Blacks and whites don’t mix!” Tushingham looks troubled by the memory. “It happened to Paul a lot,” she says. “I remember he shouted back, ‘Don’t worry!
Aug 26, 2016 · 1. Director Tony Richardson selected Rita Tushingham for the lead role of Jo after auditioning two thousand young women. A Taste of Honey marked Tushingham’s screen debut, and while her performance went on to win the best actress award at Cannes in 1962, she was still so unknown at the festival that she had difficulty getting into the film’s after-party.
