Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 9, 1939
Place of Birth:
Chelsea, London, England, UK
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Susannah York
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Calling | The Prioress |
| 2008 | Franklyn | Margaret |
| 2008 | Not Quite Hollywood | Self |
| 2007 | Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands | Self |
| 2006 | The Gigolos | Tessa Harrington |
| 2006 | A Guest of life | Narrator |
| 2006 | The Stoning | Jean Fielding |
| 2006 | Norfolk Coast | |
| 2006 | You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman | Self |
| 2003 | Visitors | Carolyn Perry |
| 2002 | The Book of Eve | May |
| 2000 | Jean | |
| 2000 | St. Patrick: The Irish Legend | Concessa |
| 1997 | Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?) | Mike's Mum |
| 1997 | Loop | Olivia |
| 1997 | Diana & Me | Self |
| 1993 | Pretty Princess | regina Cristina |
| 1993 | The Higher Mortals | Miss Thorogood |
| 1992 | Illusions | Dr. Sinclair |
| 1990 | The Man from the Pru | Amy Wallace |
| 1990 | Fate | |
| 1989 | Melancholia | Catherine Lanham Franck |
| 1989 | A Handful of Time | Susanne Walker |
| 1989 | Barbablù, Barbablù | Teresa |
| 1988 | A Summer Story | Mrs. Dora Narracombe |
| 1988 | Just Ask for Diamond | Lauren Bacardi |
| 1987 | Mio in the Land of Faraway | The Weaver Woman |
| 1987 | Pretty Kill | Toni |
| 1987 | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Lara (voice) |
| 1985 | Star Quality | Lorraine Barry |
| 1985 | Daemon | Rachel |
| 1984 | A Christmas Carol | Mrs. Cratchit |
| 1983 | Yellowbeard | Lady Churchill |
| 1983 | Group Madness | Self |
| 1983 | Montgomery Clift | Self |
| 1982 | Alice | Queen of Hearts |
| 1982 | The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' | Self |
| 1981 | Loophole | Dinah Booker |
| 1981 | Late Flowering Love | |
| 1980 | Superman II | Lara |
| 1980 | The Awakening | Jane Turner |
| 1980 | Falling in Love Again | Sue Lewis (Present Day) |
| 1980 | Alphabet: The Story of Writing | Narrator |
| 1979 | The Golden Gate Murders | Sister Benecia |
| 1978 | Superman | Lara |
| 1978 | The Silent Partner | Julie |
| 1978 | Long Shot | An Actress |
| 1978 | The Shout | Rachel Fielding |
| 1976 | Sky Riders | Ellen Bracken |
| 1976 | The Adventures of Eliza Fraser | Eliza Fraser |
| 1975 | Conduct Unbecoming | Marjorie Scarlett |
| 1975 | The Maids | Claire |
| 1975 | That Lucky Touch | Julia Richardson |
| 1974 | Gold | Terry Steyner |
| 1974 | Fallen Angels | Julia Sterroll |
| 1973 | Duhallow Home | Sarah’s words spoken |
| 1972 | Images | Cathryn |
| 1972 | The Creditors | Tekla |
| 1971 | Happy Birthday, Wanda June | Penelope Ryan |
| 1971 | Zee and Co. | Stella |
| 1970 | Brotherly Love | Hilary Dow |
| 1970 | Jane Eyre | Jane Eyre |
| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War | Eleanor |
| 1969 | Battle of Britain | Section Officer Maggie Harvey |
| 1969 | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | Alice LeBlanc |
| 1969 | Lock Up Your Daughters | Hilaret |
| 1968 | Sebastian | Rebecca Howard |
| 1968 | The Killing of Sister George | Alice 'Childie' McNaught |
| 1968 | Duffy | Segolene |
| 1966 | A Man for All Seasons | Margaret More |
| 1966 | Kaleidoscope | Angel McGinnis |
| 1966 | The Fall of the House of Usher | Madeleine Usher |
| 1965 | Sands of the Kalahari | Grace Munkton |
| 1965 | I Took My Little World Away | Mandy Hope |
| 1965 | Scruggs | Susan |
| 1964 | The 7th Dawn | Candace Trumpey |
| 1964 | The Importance of Being Earnest | |
| 1964 | Scene Nun, Take One | The Actress |
| 1963 | Tom Jones | Sophie Western |
| 1962 | Freud: The Secret Passion | Cecily Koertner |
| 1961 | The Greengage Summer | Joss Grey |
| 1960 | Tunes of Glory | Morag Sinclair |
| 1960 | There Was a Crooked Man | Ellen |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Devices and Desires | Meg Dennison |
| 1989 | After the War | |
| 1987 | The Animals Roadshow | |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Liz |
| 1986 | Casualty | Helen Grant |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Nora |
| 1982 | We'll Meet Again | |
| 1973 | Orson Welles' Great Mysteries | Countess Josephine |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest |
| 1966 | Mystery and Imagination | |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self |