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'''Rita Tushingham''' (born [[14 March]] [[1940]], [[Liverpool]], [[England]]) is an [[England|English]] [[actor|actress]]. |
'''Rita Tushingham''' (born [[14 March]] [[1940]], [[Liverpool]], [[England]]) is an [[England|English]] [[actor|actress]]. |
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She 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 Girl with Green Eyes'' (1964), ''[[The Knack...And How to Get It]]'' (1965), ''[[Doctor Zhivago (1965 film)|Doctor Zhivago]]'' ([[1965]]) and ''[[Smashing Time]]'' (1967). |
She 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 Girl with Green Eyes'' (1964), ''[[The Knack...And How to Get It]]'' (1965), ''[[Doctor Zhivago (1965 film)|Doctor Zhivago]]'' ([[1965]]) and ''[[Smashing Time]]'' (1967). |
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She was an icon of [[1960s]] Britain, and was popularised again in the [[1980s]] by her appearance in [[Carla Lane]]'s ''[[Bread (television series)|Bread]]''. |
She was an icon of [[1960s]] Britain, and was popularised again in the [[1980s]] by her appearance in [[Carla Lane]]'s ''[[Bread (television series)|Bread]]''. |
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Clips from her performance in ''The Leather Boys'' appear in [[The Smiths]]' video for the single [[Girlfriend in a Coma (song)|Girlfriend in a Coma]] |
Clips from her performance in ''The Leather Boys'' appear in [[The Smiths]]' video for the single, "[[Girlfriend in a Coma (song)|Girlfriend in a Coma]]", in [[1987]]. She is also mentioned in the [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]] song "[[The Fallen / L. Wells|L. Wells]]". |
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She is mentioned in the [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]] song "[[The Fallen / L. Wells|L. Wells]]". |
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She was in a recent film, ''[[Being Julia]]'' (2005) as [[Annette Bening]]'s aunt. |
She was in a recent film, ''[[Being Julia]]'' (2005) as [[Annette Bening]]'s aunt. |
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Revision as of 17:26, 1 December 2006
Rita Tushingham (born 14 March 1940, Liverpool, England) is an English actress.
She 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 Girl with Green Eyes (1964), The Knack...And How to Get It (1965), Doctor Zhivago (1965) and Smashing Time (1967).
She was an icon of 1960s Britain, and was popularised again in the 1980s by her appearance in Carla Lane's Bread.
Clips from her performance in The Leather Boys appear in The Smiths' video for the single, "Girlfriend in a Coma", in 1987. She is also mentioned in the Franz Ferdinand song "L. Wells".
She was in a recent film, Being Julia (2005) as Annette Bening's aunt.
Breast cancer activist
Tushingham became a breast cancer activist when her 33-year-old daughter, Aisha Bicknell, was diagnosed with the disease in April, 2005. [1]
Tushingham and her daughter Aisha Bicknell have been supporting Cancer Research UK's Relay for Life taking part in media interviews to raise breast cancer awareness.[2]
External links
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