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Rita Tushingham was born on March 14, 1942 in Garston, United Kingdom. Public records list Rita Tushingham as a stage actor and film actor. The age as of 2026 is 84.
My Take
Rita Tushingham burst onto the scene in 1961 with A Taste of Honey, and the haul she collected for it still impresses me: Best Actress at Cannes plus Most Promising Newcomer at both the BAFTAs and the Golden Globes. That is a remarkable debut by any measure. What I appreciate about her run through the British New Wave is how she embodied a more ordinary, unglamorous kind of screen presence at a time when that felt genuinely fresh. She also turned up in Doctor Zhivago, proving she could move between gritty kitchen-sink dramas and sweeping epics. Decades on, she remains an underrated cornerstone of 1960s British cinema to me.
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- Name (English)
- Rita Tushingham
- Name (Japanese)
- リタ・トゥシンハム
- Reading
- りた・とぅしんはむ
- Born
- March 14, 1942 (age 84)
- Origin
- Garston, United Kingdom
- Occupation
- stage actor / film actor
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Horse
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When was Rita Tushingham born?
Born March 14, 1942 (age 84).
Where is Rita Tushingham from?
Rita Tushingham is from Garston, United Kingdom.
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Rita Tushingham works as stage actor, film actor.
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