Rita TushinghamRita Tushingham is an English actress. She was born on 14 March 1940 in Liverpool, and started her career as a stage actress at the Liverpool Playhouse. Her screen debut was in A Taste of Honey in 1961, the groundbreaking movie of the British realist tradition. She had memorable performances in The Leather Boys (1963), The Knack...And How to Get It (1965) and Doctor Zhivago (1965). She was an icon of 1960s Britain, and was popularised again in the 1980s by Morrissey. The Knack (and how to get it) was filmed in the Southam Street area of Notting Hill. This page about Rita Tushingham includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Rita Tushingham News stories about Rita Tushingham External links for Rita Tushingham Videos for Rita Tushingham Wikis about Rita Tushingham Discussion Groups about Rita Tushingham Blogs about Rita Tushingham Images of Rita Tushingham |
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Her screen debut was in A Taste of Honey in 1961, the groundbreaking movie of the British realist tradition. The Horse Whisperer (1998). She was born on 14 March 1940 in Liverpool, and started her career as a stage actress at the Liverpool Playhouse. Bullets Over Broadway (1994) (won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; won Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture). Rita Tushingham is an English actress. Little Man Tate (1991). Edward Scissorhands (1990). Parenthood (1989) (nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; nominated for Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture). The Lost Boys (1987). Radio Days (1987). Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) (won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture). The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985). Footloose (1984). |