Susannah York
- Acting
- January 9, 1939 · Chelsea, London, England, UK
- January 15, 2011
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
- The Calling · The Prioress
- Franklyn · Margaret
- Not Quite Hollywood · Self
- Rhapsody of Fire - Visions from the Enchanted Lands · Self
- You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman · Self
- The Stoning · Jean Fielding
- The Gigolos · Tessa Harrington
- Norfolk Coast
- A Guest of life · Narrator
- The Divine Michelangelo · Narrator
- Visitors · Carolyn Perry
- The Book of Eve · May
- Jean
- St. Patrick: The Irish Legend · Concessa
- Diana & Me · Self
- Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?) · Mike's Mum
- Loop · Olivia
- Pretty Princess · regina Cristina
- The Higher Mortals · Miss Thorogood
- Illusions · Dr. Sinclair
- Trainer · Rachel Ware
- Devices and Desires · Meg Dennison
- The Man from the Pru · Amy Wallace
- Fate
- Barbablù, Barbablù · Teresa
- A Handful of Time · Susanne Walker
- After the War
- Melancholia · Catherine Lanham Franck
- Just Ask for Diamond · Lauren Bacardi
- A Summer Story · Mrs. Dora Narracombe
- Mio in the Land of Faraway · The Weaver Woman
- The Ruth Rendell Mysteries · Liz
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace · Lara (Voice)
- The Animals Roadshow
- Pretty Kill · Toni
- The Struggles for Poland · Narrator (UK version)
- Casualty · Helen Grant
- Daemon · Rachel
- Star Quality · Lorraine Barry
- The Ray Bradbury Theater · Nora
- Screen Two · Amy Wallace
- A Christmas Carol · Mrs. Cratchit
- Yellowbeard · Lady Churchill
- Group Madness · Self
- Montgomery Clift · Self
- Alice · Queen of Hearts, Writer
- We'll Meet Again · Dr Helen Dereham
- The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' · Self
- Loophole · Dinah Booker
- Late Flowering Love
- Second Chance · Kate Hurst
- Superman II · Lara
- Falling in Love Again · Sue Lewis (Present Day), Screenplay
- The Awakening · Jane Turner
- Alphabet: The Story of Writing · Narrator
- The Golden Gate Murders · Sister Benecia
- Superman · Lara
- Long Shot · An Actress
- The Silent Partner · Julie
- The Shout · Rachel Fielding
- The Adventures of Eliza Fraser · Eliza Fraser
- Sky Riders · Ellen Bracken
- Conduct Unbecoming · Marjorie Scarlett
- That Lucky Touch · Julia Richardson
- The Maids · Claire
- Fallen Angels · Julia Sterroll
- Gold · Terry Steyner
- Orson Welles' Great Mysteries · Countess Josephine
- Duhallow Home · Sarah’s words spoken
- Images · Cathryn, Novel
- The Creditors · Tekla
- Zee and Co. · Stella
- Happy Birthday, Wanda June · Penelope Ryan
- Jane Eyre · Jane Eyre
- Brotherly Love · Hilary Dow
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? · Alice LeBlanc
- Battle of Britain · Section Officer Maggie Harvey
- Lock Up Your Daughters · Hilaret
- Oh! What a Lovely War · Eleanor
- Duffy · Segolene