Susannah York

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1939-01-09 (72 years old)

Deathday

2011-01-15

Place of Birth

Chelsea, London, England, UK

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...

Acting

1966

A Man for All Seasons

as Margaret More

1978

Superman

as Lara

1969

1963

Tom Jones

as Sophie Western

1983

Yellowbeard

as Lady Churchill

1969

Battle of Britain

as Section Officer Maggie Harvey

1980

1978

2008

Franklyn

as Margaret

1968

Sebastian

as Rebecca Howard

1969

1966

Kaleidoscope

as Angel McGinnis

1962

Freud: The Secret Passion

as Cecily Koertner

1987

Mio in the Land of Faraway

as The Weaver Woman

1972

Images

as Cathryn

1976

Sky Riders

as Ellen Bracken

1960

Tunes of Glory

as Morag Sinclair

1980

The Awakening

as Jane Turner

1974

Gold

as Terry Steyner

1980

Falling in Love Again

as Sue Lewis (Present Day)

2003

Visitors

as Carolyn Perry

1971

2006

The Gigolos

as Tessa Harrington

1965

Sands of the Kalahari

as Grace Munkton

1968

The Killing of Sister George

as Alice 'Childie' McNaught

1993

Pretty Princess

as regina Cristina

1968

Duffy

as Segolene

1964

The 7th Dawn

as Candace Trumpey

1975

Conduct Unbecoming

as Marjorie Scarlett

1981

Loophole

as Dinah Booker

1988

A Summer Story

as Mrs. Dora Narracombe

1985

Star Quality

as Lorraine Barry

1971

Zee and Co.

as Stella

1970

Brotherly Love

as Hilary Dow

1970

Jane Eyre

as Jane Eyre

1990

The Man from the Pru

as Amy Wallace

1961

1975

The Maids

as Claire

1985

Daemon

as Rachel

1989

Melancholia

as Catherine Lanham Franck

2010

The Calling

as The Prioress

1984

A Christmas Carol

as Mrs. Cratchit

1989

A Handful of Time

as Susanne Walker

1972

2000

1992

Illusions

as Dr. Sinclair

1982

Alice

as Queen of Hearts

1966

1975

That Lucky Touch

as Julia Richardson

1987

1979

The Golden Gate Murders

as Sister Benecia

1988

Just Ask for Diamond

as Lauren Bacardi

1997

Loop

as Olivia

2006

A Guest of life

as Narrator

2006

The Stoning

as Jean Fielding

1964

Scene Nun, Take One

as The Actress

1978

Long Shot

as An Actress

1990

2002

1983

1965

Scruggs

as Susan

1978

The Shout

as Rachel Fielding

1993

The Higher Mortals

as Miss Thorogood

1997

Diana & Me

as Self

1983

1974

Fallen Angels

as Julia Sterroll

1973

Duhallow Home

as Sarah’s words spoken

Production

1980

1972

Images

as Novel

1982

Alice

as Writer

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