10 Things I Learned: A Taste of Honey

• 10 Things I Learned: A Taste of Honey

  By Elizabeth Pauker

  Director Tony Richardson selected Rita Tushingham for the lead role of Jo after auditioning two thousand young women. A Taste of Honey marked Tushingham’s screen debut, and while her performance went on to win the best actress award at Cannes in 1962, she was still so unknown at the festival that she had difficulty getting into the film’s after-party.

   

   

   

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