Rita Tushingham
Rita Tushingham Actress - The daughter of a Liverpool pharmacist, Rita Tushingham developed a flair for acting while attending convent school. At 16, Rita made her first appearance at the Liverpool Rep, playing Rabbit and "Back Legs of Horse" in Toad of Toad Hall. She made her 1961 film debut in somewhat more adult fare: as Jo, the maltreated teenaged heroine of the "kitchen sink" drama A Taste of Honey, she won the BFA "most promising newcomer" award. Her fey, eccentric characterizations in such films as The Leather Boys (1963) and The Girl With Green Eyes (1963) rapidly elevated Tushingham to "critic's darling" status. By 1970, however, her love affair with the press had ended. Forming a production company with director Desmond Davis, Tushingham hoped to jump-start her film career, but things didn't turn out as planned. After a few so-so foreign films and a starring stint on the TV series No Strings, she retired in 1979, making a comeback in the 1986 film Judgement in Stone, directed by her second husband, Ousama Rawi. More recently, Rita Tushingham made a delightful appearance as Aunt Lily in An Awfully Big Adventure (1995).
Biography
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| Date of birth | 14 March 1942
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| Place of birth | Garston, Liverpool, England
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![Rita Tushingham - Yours Retro Magazine Pictorial [United Kingdom] (December 2021)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/8/4/84v51hu9hbidb8u5.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Rita Tushingham - Film Society Review Magazine Cover [United States] (November 1966)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/m/h/mhop4c63c9ikckco.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Rita Tushingham - Film en televisie Magazine Cover [Belgium] (January 1967)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/g/s/gsnm4i7ty2x6xst4.jpg?skj2io4l)
- Since the mid 1990s, she has divided her time between London and Germany, with her partner Hans-Heinrich Ziemann.
- Lived in Canada for 20 years with husband Ousama Rawi.
- Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1972
- Has two daughters, Dodonna and Aisha Bicknell, from her marriage to photographer Terry Bicknell.
- Attended La Sagesse convent school in Liverpool.
Rita Tushingham is known for her role in the film The Owners (2020) as performer: "Ring a Ring o' Roses".
She is also known for her role in the film The Leather Boys (1964) as Dot.
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