Rita Tushingham
Rita Tushingham (born March 14, 1942 in Liverpool , England ) is a British actress .
Life
Rita Tushingham was already active in the school theater of her convent and then attended acting classes at the Liverpool Playhouse. She made her professional stage debut in 1960 in her hometown. In 1961 she made her film debut with the film Bitter Honey , directed by Tony Richardson , which brought her the Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1962 as well as the Golden Globe and British Film Academy Awards for Best Young Actress . In this film drama belonging to the British New Wave , she played the risky role of a youngster from a poor background who, out of boredom, enters into affairs and finally becomes pregnant. In 1965 she appeared in Doctor Zhivago within the framework of the film as a simple worker whose origins are a mystery. A year later she impressed a year in Like a Scream in the Wind alongside Oliver Reed in a leading role. James Ivory used her image as a representative of " Swinging London " for his film The Guru (1969), which looks at developments in the British music scene.
It was particularly successful in the 1960s and was one of the icons of British cinema of that time. In the 1970s, Tushingham was noticeably less popular in England. so that she was looking for new roles on the European continent. Tushingham played in several Italian comedies. Her first marriage was to Terence William Bicknell. With her second husband, the photographer and director Ousama Rawi , she lived in Canada for 20 years , where they shot the thriller A Judgment in Stone in 1986 . The director Horst Königstein cast her in 1990 in the German television film Hard Days, Hard Nights , once again based on her 1960s image.
In the 1990s, Tushingham lived partly in England and Germany .
Filmography (selection)
- 1961: A Taste of Honey (A Taste of Honey) - Director: Tony Richardson
- 1963: A Place to Go - Directed by Basil Dearden
- 1964: The Leather Boys (The Leather Boys) - Director: Sidney J. Furie
- 1964: The First Night (Girl with Green Eyes) - Directed by Desmond Davis
- 1964: The Knack (The Knack ... and How to Get It) - Director: Richard Lester
- 1965: Doctor Zhivago (Doctor Zhivago) - Director: David Lean
- 1966: Like a Scream in the Wind (The Trap) - Director: Sidney Hayers
- 1967: Smashing Time - Director: Desmond Davis
- 1968 Diamonds for Breakfast - Director: Christopher Morahan
- 1969: The Guru - Director: James Ivory
- 1969: Afterwards (The Bed Sitting Room) - Director: Richard Lester
- 1972: Straight on Til Morning - Director: Peter Collinson
- 1975: The Human Factor - Director: Edward Dmytryk
- 1982: Confessions of the impostor Felix Krull (TV miniseries) - Director: Bernhard Sinkel
- 1986: Dreams Come True (Flying) - Director: Paul Lynch
- 1995: An Awfully Big Adventure - Directed by Mike Newell
- 1997: Under the Skin - Director: Carine Adler
- 1999: Swing - directed by Nick Mead
- 2004: Being Julia - Director: István Szabó
- 2006: The Sittaford Mystery - Director: Paul Unwin
- 2007: Puffball - Director: Nicolas Roeg
- 2007: Il nascondiglio - Director: Pupi Avati
- 2008: Broken Lines - Director: Sallie Aprahamian
- 2008: Telstar: The Joe Meek Story - Director: Nick Moran
- 2009: The Calling - Director: Jan Dunn
- 2011: Seamonsters - Director: Julian Kerridge
- 2012: Outside Bet - directed by Sacha Bennett
- 2013: The Wee Man - Directed by Ray Burdis
- 2014: In The Flesh (TV series, 3 episodes) - Director: Jonny Campbell
- 2017: My Name Is Lenny - Director: Ron Scalpello
- 2018: Vera - A very special case ( Vera ; TV series, episode Home )
Web links
- Rita Tushingham in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Rita Tushingham in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
- Rita Tushingham in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stuart Jeffries: Rita Tushingham on life after A Taste of Honey: 'It was a shock when the 60s ended' . In: The Guardian . January 28, 2020, ISSN 0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed January 28, 2020]).
- ↑ Entry at filmreference.com
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Tushingham, Rita |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1942 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Liverpool , England , UK |