Rita Tushingham was born on 14 March 1942 and is a British actress.
15 Facts About Rita Tushingham
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Rita Tushingham is known for her starring roles in films including A Taste of Honey, The Leather Boys, The Knack.
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Rita Tushingham grew up in the Hunt's Cross district of the city.
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Rita Tushingham attended the Heatherlea School in Allerton, the La Sagesse School in Grassendale, and studied shorthand and typing at a secretarial school.
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Rita Tushingham wanted to be an actress from an early age and trained at the Shelagh Elliott-Clarke School, before working as an assistant stage manager at the Liverpool Playhouse.
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Rita Tushingham co-starred as Margaret Sheen in the TV film Green Eyes.
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Rita Tushingham has won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award, and was a member of the jury at the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival in 1972 and at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival in 1990.
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Rita Tushingham appeared in Season 2 of the BBC 3 zombie drama In The Flesh as Mrs Lamb, broadcast in May 2014.
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Rita Tushingham later divided her time between Germany and London with German writer Hans-Heinrich Ziemann, her partner since 1994.
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Rita Tushingham recovered and later gave birth to a son.
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Rita Tushingham subsequently became an activist for breast cancer health and support.
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Rita Tushingham is a prominent supporter of Cancer Research UK's Relay For Life and has given a number of interviews to raise breast cancer awareness.
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In July 2009, Rita Tushingham received an Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University for "outstanding and sustained contributions to the performing arts".
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In June 2022 Rita Tushingham was the guest for BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.
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Rita Tushingham's book choice was Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable and her requested luxury item was a photograph of her family inside a book of Matt cartoons wrapped in a mosquito net.