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Birthday: March 14, 2040
The daughter of a Liverpool pharmacist, Rita Tushingham developed a flair for acting while attending convent school. At 16, Rita made her first appearance at the Liverpool Rep, playing Rabbit and "Back Legs of Horse" in Toad of Toad Hall. She made her 1961 film debut in somewhat more adult fare: as Jo, the maltreated teenaged heroine of the "kitchen sink" drama A Taste of Honey, she won ...more
- 1965
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or C
- The Knack ... And How to Get It
- nom
- 1962
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- New Star of the Year - Female
- A Taste of Honey
- win
- 1962
- Cannes Film Festival
- Best Actress
- A Taste of Honey
- win
- 1961
- British Academy of Film and Television
- Most Promising Newcomer
- A Taste of Honey
- win
- 2004
- Being Julia
- Aunt Carrie
- 1998
- Swing
- Mags
- 1997
- Under the Skin
- Their mother
- 1996
- The Boy from Mercury
- The Mother
- 1994
- An Awfully Big Adventure
- Aunt Lily
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