Editing Geoffrey Rush (section)

==Early life and education==
Rush was born on 6 July 1951 in [[Toowoomba]], [[Queensland]], the son of Merle (Bischof), a department store sales assistant, and Roy Baden Rush, an accountant for the [[Royal Australian Air Force]].<ref name=ecn>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/79/Geoffrey-Rush.html|title=Geoffrey Rush biography|website=Film Reference.com}}</ref><ref name="tiscali">{{cite web|title=Geoffrey Rush Biography|website=tiscali.film & tv|url=http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/geoffrey_rush_biog.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030022353/http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/geoffrey_rush_biog.html|archive-date=30 October 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> His father was of English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry, and his mother was of German descent.<ref>Stated on ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (Australian TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'', 4 August 2015</ref> He has an older sister.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Geoffrey Rush: 'Growing up was all about the female figures in my life' {{!}} Family |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/may/20/geoffrey-rush-growing-up-was-all-about-the-female-figures-in-my-life|access-date=2022-02-12|website=The Guardian|date=20 May 2016 }}</ref> His parents divorced when he was five, and his mother subsequently took him to live with her parents in suburban [[Brisbane]].<ref name="yahoo">[https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018920/bio ''Geoffrey Rush biography'']. Yahoo! Movies.</ref> Before he began his acting career, Rush attended [[Everton Park State High School]], and graduated from the [[University of Queensland]] with a bachelor's degree in Arts.<ref name="uni">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060301004618/http://www.alumni.uq.edu.au/index.html?page=286 ''Geoffrey Rush, 1997 Academy award winner'']. Alumni at University of Queensland.</ref> While at university, he was talent-spotted by [[Queensland Theatre Company]] (QTC) in Brisbane. Rush began his career with QTC in 1971, appearing in 17 productions.

In 1975, Rush went to Paris for two years and studied [[mime]], movement and theatre at [[L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq]], before returning to resume his stage career with QTC.<ref name="tiscali"/> In 1979, he shared an apartment with actor [[Mel Gibson]] for four months while they co-starred in a stage production of ''[[Waiting for Godot]]''.<ref name="yahoo"/><ref name="uni"/>