Rita Tushingham

Rita Tushingham

Infobox actor
name = Rita Tushingham


imagesize =
caption = Rita Tushingham at 43rd KVIFF
birthdate = birth date and age|1942|3|14
location = Garston, Liverpool
baftaawards = Best Newcomer
1961 "A Taste of Honey"
goldenglobeawards = Most Promising Newcomer - Female (1963)
awards = Best Actress Award - Cannes Film Festival
1961 "A Taste of Honey"

Rita Tushingham (b. 14 March 1942; erroneously reported by some sources as 1940 [ [http://members.cox.net/rjd0309/tush/1942.htm The Rita Tushingham Home Page - Credits & Photos 1942 - 1961] ] , Liverpool, England) is a noted British actress.

Career

She started her career as a stage actress at the Liverpool Playhouse. Her screen debut was in "A Taste of Honey" (1961), the groundbreaking movie of the British realist tradition. Other performances included "The Leather Boys" (1962), "Girl with Green Eyes" (1963), "The Knack...and How to Get It" (1965), "Doctor Zhivago" (1965), "The Trap" (1966), "Smashing Time" (1967) and "The 'Human' Factor" (1975).

She was an icon of 1960s Britain, and was popularised again in the 1980s by her appearance in Carla Lane's "Bread".

In 1989 she was Mrs Deakin in Resurrected, appearing with David Threwlis & Tom Bell.

She was last seen in the film "Being Julia" (2005) and in "The Sittaford Mystery", a 2006 episode of "Marple".

In 2008 she was reported to be starring in a number of films due for release including a mystery thriller "The Hideout", a romantic drama "Broken Lines", "Telstar" about the tragic life of legendary British record producer Joe Meek, and "The Calling", in which she plays a nun, Sister Gertrude. [ Citation| last = Chapple| first = Mike | title = Actress sticks up for beloved home city| newspaper = Liverpool Daily Post | pages = | year = 2008
date = 15 August 2008| url = http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/08/15/actress-sticks-up-for-beloved-home-city-64375-21537614/
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Clips from her performance in "The Leather Boys" appeared in The Smiths' music video for the single, "Girlfriend in a Coma", in 1987. She is also mentioned in the Franz Ferdinand song "L. Wells" and the Television Personalities song "Favourite Films".

Personal life

Tushingham married the photographer Terry Bicknell in 1962. They had two daughters, Dodonna and Aisha Bicknell. In 1981 she married Iraqi cinematographer Ousama Rawi, spending eight years in Canada with him. She now divides her time between Germany and London, with her partner since the mid-1990s, writer Hans-Heinrich Ziemann.

In April 2005, at the age of 33, her daughter Aisha Bicknell was diagnosed as suffering from breast cancer. Tushingham became an activist for breast cancer health and support [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/health/2006/08/21/hknack21.xml The knack of coping with cancer - Telegraph ] ] . She and her daughter support Cancer Research UK's Relay for Life and have given a number of interviews to raise breast cancer awareness [ [http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/news/celebritynoticeboard/?a=5441 Cancer Research UK : Celebrities supporting Cancer Research UK ] ] .

Awards

* 1966 nominated Best Actress (BAFTA) "The Knack .... and How to Get It"
* 1966 nominated Best Actress (Golden Globe) "The Knack .... and How to Get It"
* 1965 nominated Best Actress (BAFTA) "Girl With Green Eyes"
* 1963 Most promising newcomer (Golden Globe) "A Taste of Honey"
* 1962 Most promising newcomer (BAFTA) "A Taste of Honey"
* 1962 Best Actress (Cannes Film Festival) "A Taste of Honey"

External links

* [http://members.cox.net/rjd0309/tush/ The Rita Tushingham Home Page (fansite)]
*imdb name|id=0878240|name=Rita Tushingham

References

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NAME= Tushingham, Rita
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Film and stage actress
DATE OF BIRTH= 14 March 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH= Garston, Liverpool, England
DATE OF DEATH=
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