Susannah York
Known for Acting · 100 credits
- Born
- 1939-01-09
- Died
- 2011-01-15
- Place of birth
- Chelsea, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Сюзанна Йорк · Susannah Yolande Fletcher
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
TV Shows (17)
Casualty
1986
as Helen Grant
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Screen Two
1985
as Amy Wallace
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Grace
Theatre 625
1964
as Jane / Bronwen
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Liz
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
as Nora
Mystery and Imagination
1966
as Madeleine Usher
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as Countess Josephine
We'll Meet Again
1982
as Dr Helen Dereham
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Linda / Anna / Cecily Cardew / Mandy Hope / Tekla
Thursday Theatre
1964
as Milly Theale
After the War
1989
Devices and Desires
1991
as Meg Dennison
The Animals Roadshow
1987
The Struggles for Poland
1987
as Narrator (UK version)
Movies (83)
Superman
1978
as Lara
Superman II
1980
as Lara
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
as Lara (voice)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969
as Alice LeBlanc
Battle of Britain
1969
as Section Officer Maggie Harvey
Images
1972
as Cathryn
Franklyn
2008
as Margaret
Yellowbeard
1983
as Lady Churchill
The Shout
1978
as Rachel Fielding
A Man for All Seasons
1966
as Margaret More
A Christmas Carol
1984
as Mrs. Cratchit
Jane Eyre
1970
as Jane Eyre
Tom Jones
1963
as Sophie Western
Group Madness
1983
as Self
Alice
1982
as Queen of Hearts
Brotherly Love
1970
as Hilary Dow
The Silent Partner
1978
as Julie
Mio in the Land of Faraway
1987
as The Weaver Woman
Gold
1974
as Terry Steyner
Freud: The Secret Passion
1962
as Cecily Koertner
Not Quite Hollywood
2008
as Self
Kaleidoscope
1966
as Angel McGinnis
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
as Eleanor
Falling in Love Again
1980
as Sue Lewis (Present Day)
Pretty Princess
1993
as regina Cristina
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982
as Self
The Awakening
1980
as Jane Turner
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
2006
as Self
Sebastian
1968
as Rebecca Howard
Duffy
1968
as Segolene
Loophole
1981
as Dinah Booker
The Killing of Sister George
1968
as Alice 'Childie' McNaught
Sky Riders
1976
as Ellen Bracken
Tunes of Glory
1960
as Morag Sinclair
Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?)
1997
as Mike's Mum
A Summer Story
1988
as Mrs. Dora Narracombe
Diana & Me
1997
as Self
Long Shot
1978
as An Actress
Pretty Kill
1987
as Toni
The Greengage Summer
1961
as Joss Grey
Sands of the Kalahari
1965
as Grace Munkton
Conduct Unbecoming
1975
as Marjorie Scarlett
The 7th Dawn
1964
as Candace Trumpey
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
2000
as Concessa
The Maids
1975
as Claire
The Golden Gate Murders
1979
as Sister Benecia
Zee and Co.
1972
as Stella
Montgomery Clift
1983
as Self
The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
1976
as Eliza Fraser
Loop
1997
as Olivia
Just Ask for Diamond
1988
as Lauren Bacardi
Visitors
2003
as Carolyn Perry
The Book of Eve
2002
as May
The Man from the Pru
1990
as Amy Wallace
Lock Up Your Daughters
1969
as Hilaret
That Lucky Touch
1975
as Julia Richardson
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
1971
as Penelope Ryan
Norfolk Coast
2006
Illusions
1992
as Dr. Sinclair
Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands
2007
as Self
The Stoning
2006
as Jean Fielding
The Higher Mortals
1993
as Miss Thorogood
The Gigolos
2006
as Tessa Harrington
Fate
1990
The Importance of Being Earnest
1964
The Calling
2010
as The Prioress
Fallen Angels
1974
as Julia Sterroll
There Was a Crooked Man
1960
as Ellen
Melancholia
1989
as Catherine Lanham Franck
Star Quality
1985
as Lorraine Barry
The Fall of the House of Usher
1966
as Madeleine Usher
Scene Nun, Take One
1964
as The Actress
Alphabet: The Story of Writing
1980
as Narrator
Barbablù, Barbablù
1989
as Teresa
Scruggs
1965
as Susan
Late Flowering Love
1981
Daemon
1985
as Rachel
The Creditors
1972
as Tekla
I Took My Little World Away
1965
as Mandy Hope
Jean
2000
A Guest of life
2006
as Narrator
A Handful of Time
1989
as Susanne Walker
Duhallow Home
1973
as Sarah’s words spoken
About Susannah York
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… With 100 credits spanning from 1956 to 2010, Susannah York has appeared in 83 films and 17 TV shows.
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Most Popular Susannah York Movies
- Superman (1978) — as Lara
- Superman II (1980) — as Lara
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) — as Lara (voice)
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) — as Alice LeBlanc
- Battle of Britain (1969) — as Section Officer Maggie Harvey
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