Educating Rita (film) Educating Rita (film) Educating Rita is a British 1983 drama/comedy film directed by Lewis Gilbert with a screenplay by Willy Russell based on his 1980 stage play. The film stars Michael Caine, Julie Walters, and Maureen Lipman. It won multiple major awards for best actor and best actress and was nominated for three Academy Awards. Caine and Walters both won BAFTA and Golden Globe awards for best actor and actress. The British Film Institute ranked "Educating Rita" the 84th greatest British film of the 20th century. A Liverpudlian working-class young hairdresser Rita (Julie Walters) wants to better herself by studying
Willy (TV series) Willy (TV series) Willy is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from September 1954 to June 1955. The series stars June Havoc and was produced by Desilu Productions. June Havoc stars as Wilma "Willy" Dodger, a lawyer from rural New Hampshire who, because of the lack of clientele, relocates to New York City to represent a vaudeville troupe. Mary Treen and Whitfield Connor appeared in two episodes of "Willy" as Emily Dodger, Willy's sister, and Charlie Bush, Willy's boyfriend. "Willy" was produced by William Spier, Havoc's third and last husband. In the premiere episode a young Aaron Spelling plays