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

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

Devices and Desires as Meg Dennison

1990

Fate
The Man from the Pru as Amy Wallace

1989

After the War
A Handful of Time as Susanne Walker
Melancholia as Catherine Lanham Franck
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
Pretty Kill as Toni
The Animals Roadshow

1986

Casualty as Helen Grant

1985

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

We'll Meet Again as Dr. Helen Dereham
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' as Self
Alice as Queen of Hearts

1981

Loophole as Dinah Booker
Late Flowering Love

1980

Superman II as Lara
Falling in Love Again as Sue Lewis (Present Day)
The Awakening as Jane Turner
Alphabet: The Story of Writing as Narrator

1979

The Golden Gate Murders as Sister Benecia

1978

Superman as Lara
The Silent Partner as Julie
The Shout as Rachel Fielding
Long Shot as An Actress

1976

The Adventures of Eliza Fraser as Eliza Fraser
Sky Riders as Ellen Bracken

1975

That Lucky Touch as Julia Richardson
Conduct Unbecoming as Marjorie Scarlett
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

Jane Eyre as Jane Eyre
Brotherly Love as Hilary Dow

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
Scruggs as Susan
I Took My Little World Away as Mandy Hope

1964

Theatre 625 as Jane
The 7th Dawn as Candace Trumpey
The Importance of Being Earnest
Scene Nun, Take One as The Actress

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