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Rita Tushingham (born 14 March 1942) is an English actress. Born in Liverpool, Tushingham began her career as a stage actress at the Liverpool Playhouse. Her screen debut was in A Taste of Honey (1961). Other performances included The Leather Boys (1962), Girl with Green Eyes (1963), The Knack …and How to Get It (1965), Doctor Zhivago (1965), The Trap (1966), Smashing Time (1967), The Bed Sitting Room (1969) and The 'Human' Factor (1975). She has won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award. She was a member of the jury at the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival in 1972 and at the 40th... MORE

Rita Tushingham (born 14 March 1942) is an English actress. Born in Liverpool, Tushingham began her career as a stage actress at the Liverpool Playhouse. Her screen debut was in A Taste of Honey (1961). Other performances included The Leather Boys (1962), Girl with Green Eyes (1963), The Knack …and How to Get It (1965), Doctor Zhivago (1965), The Trap (1966), Smashing Time (1967), The Bed Sitting Room (1969) and The 'Human' Factor (1975). She has won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award. She 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. Her last roles to date were in the film Being Julia (2004), starring Annette Bening, and on television in "The Sittaford Mystery" (2006), an episode of Marple. Clips from her performance in The Leather Boys appeared in The Smiths' music video for the single, "Girlfriend in a Coma", in 1987. She is also mentioned in the Franz Ferdinand song "L. Wells", The Cleaners From Venus song "Illya Kuryakin Looked at Me", and the Television Personalities song, "Favourite Films". In 1999 she was featured on This Is Your Life. Tushingham married photographer Terry Bicknell LESS