Rita Tushingham
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Rita Tushingham | |
 as Nancy in The Knack...And How to Get It (1965) |
|
| Born | March 14, 1942 (age 65) Garston, Liverpool |
| Spouse(s) | Terry Bicknell (1962 – ?) Ousama Rawi (? – 1996) Hans-Heinrich Ziemann (partner) |
| Official site | Rita Tushingham |
| Notable roles | Jo in A Taste of Honey Dot in The Leather Boys Kate Brady in Girl With Green Eyes Nancy Jones in The Knack...and How to Get It Eve in The Trap |
| Golden Globe Awards | |
|---|---|
| Best Acting Debut 1963 A Taste of Honey Nominated Best actress 1965 The Knack...And How to Get It |
|
| BAFTA Awards | |
| Most promising newcomer 1962 A Taste of Honey Nominated Best actress 1965 The Knack...And How to Get It 1966 Girl With Green Eyes |
|
Rita Tushingham (b. 14 March 1942, Liverpool, England) is an English actress.
Contents |
[edit] 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. She had memorable performances in The Leather Boys (1962), Girl With Green Eyes (1963), The Knack...and How to Get It (1965), Doctor Zhivago (1965) and Smashing Time (1967).
One of her most memorable performances was in The Trap (1966) in which she played the role of a mute woman. She carried the entire film without a single word of dialogue, relying instead upon her hyper-expressive eyes and face.
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 last seen in the film Being Julia (2005) as Julia (Annette Bening)'s aunt.
[edit] Personal life
Tushingham married the photographer Terry Bicknell in 1962. They had two daughters, Dodonna and Aisha Bicknell, together. In 1981, she married Iraqi cinematographer Ousama Rawi, spending 8 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 has became a activist for breast cancer health and support ([1]). She and her daughter support Cancer Research UK's Relay for Life and have given a number of interviews for raising breast cancer awareness ([2]).
[edit] 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
