Susannah York
Born: 1939-01-09 in Chelsea, London, England, UK
Died: 2011-01-15
Known For: Acting
Biography
Susannah York (9 January 1939 – 15 January 2011) was a British film, stage and television actress. She was awarded a BAFTA as Best Supporting Actress for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) and was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe for the same film. She won best actress for Images at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. In 1991 she was appointed an Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Her appearances in various hit films of the 1960s formed the basis of her international reputation,and an obituary in The Telegraph characterised her as "the blue-eyed English rose with the china-white skin and cupid lips who epitomised the sensuality of the swinging Sixties". Description above from the Wikipedia article Susannah York, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2010
- The Calling as The Prioress
2008
- Franklyn as Margaret
- Not Quite Hollywood as Self
2007
2006
- The Gigolos as Tessa Harrington
- A Guest of life as Narrator
- You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman as Self
- The Stoning as Jean Fielding
- Norfolk Coast
2004
- The Divine Michelangelo as Narrator
2003
- Visitors as Carolyn Perry
2002
- The Book of Eve as May
2000
- St. Patrick: The Irish Legend as Concessa
- Jean
1997
- Diana & Me as Self
- Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?) as Mike's Mum
- Loop as Olivia
1993
- Pretty Princess as regina Cristina
- The Higher Mortals as Miss Thorogood
1992
- Illusions as Dr. Sinclair
1991
- Trainer as Rachel Ware
- Devices and Desires as Meg Dennison
1990
- The Man from the Pru as Amy Wallace
- Fate
1989
- After the War
- Melancholia as Catherine Lanham Franck
- A Handful of Time as Susanne Walker
- Barbablù, Barbablù as Teresa
1988
- A Summer Story as Mrs. Dora Narracombe
- Just Ask for Diamond as Lauren Bacardi
1987
- The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Liz
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace as Lara (voice)
- Mio in the Land of Faraway as The Weaver Woman
- The Animals Roadshow
- Pretty Kill as Toni
- The Struggles for Poland as Narrator (UK version)
1986
- Casualty as Helen Grant
1985
- Screen Two as Amy Wallace
- The Ray Bradbury Theater as Nora
- Star Quality as Lorraine Barry
- Daemon as Rachel
1984
- A Christmas Carol as Mrs. Cratchit
1983
- Yellowbeard as Lady Churchill
- Group Madness as Self
- Montgomery Clift as Self
1982
- The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' as Self
- We'll Meet Again as Dr Helen Dereham
- Alice as Queen of Hearts
1981
- Loophole as Dinah Booker
- Late Flowering Love
1980
- Superman II as Lara
- The Awakening as Jane Turner
- Falling in Love Again as Sue Lewis (Present Day)
- Alphabet: The Story of Writing as Narrator
1979
- The Golden Gate Murders as Sister Benecia
1978
- Superman as Lara
- The Shout as Rachel Fielding
- The Silent Partner as Julie
- Long Shot as An Actress
1976
- Sky Riders as Ellen Bracken
- The Adventures of Eliza Fraser as Eliza Fraser
1975
- Conduct Unbecoming as Marjorie Scarlett
- That Lucky Touch as Julia Richardson
- The Maids as Claire
1974
- Gold as Terry Steyner
- Fallen Angels as Julia Sterroll
1973
- Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Countess Josephine
- Duhallow Home as Sarah’s words spoken
1972
- Images as Cathryn
- Zee and Co. as Stella
- The Creditors as Tekla
1971
- Happy Birthday, Wanda June as Penelope Ryan
1970
- Brotherly Love as Hilary Dow
- Jane Eyre as Jane Eyre
1969
- Battle of Britain as Section Officer Maggie Harvey
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as Alice LeBlanc
- Oh! What a Lovely War as Eleanor
- Lock Up Your Daughters as Hilaret
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- The Killing of Sister George as Alice 'Childie' McNaught
- Duffy as Segolene
- Sebastian as Rebecca Howard
1967
- ITV Playhouse as Grace
1966
- Mystery and Imagination as Madeleine Usher
- A Man for All Seasons as Margaret More
- Kaleidoscope as Angel McGinnis
- The Fall of the House of Usher as Madeleine Usher
1965
- Sands of the Kalahari as Grace Munkton
- I Took My Little World Away as Mandy Hope
- Scruggs as Susan
1964
- Theatre 625 as Jane
- Thursday Theatre as Milly Theale
- The 7th Dawn as Candace Trumpey
- Scene Nun, Take One as The Actress
- The Importance of Being Earnest
1963
- Tom Jones as Sophie Western
1962
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- Freud: The Secret Passion as Cecily Koertner
1961
- The Greengage Summer as Joss Grey
1960
- Tunes of Glory as Morag Sinclair
- There Was a Crooked Man as Ellen
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Linda