Janet Suzman

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1939-02-09 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Johannesburg, South Africa

Janet Suzman

Biography

Dame Janet Suzman DBE (born 9 February 1939) is a South African and British actress.

Acting

1982

The Draughtsman's Contract

as Virginia Herbert

1990

Nuns on the Run

as Sister Superior

2023

Consecration

as Mother Superior

1989

A Dry White Season

as Susan du Toit

1971

1981

Priest of Love

as Frieda Lawrence

1993

Leon the Pig Farmer

as Judith Geller

1980

Nijinsky

as Emilia Marcus

1965

The Wars of the Roses

as Joan la Pucelle

1974

Miss Nightingale

as Miss Nightingale

1975

1974

The Black Windmill

as Alex Tarrant

1984

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

as Eleanor of Aquitaine

1970

Macbeth

as Lady Macbeth

2002

Max

as Max's Mother

1983

And the Ship Sails On

as Edmea Tutua

1989

Revolutionary Witness

as Theroign de Mericourt

1994

Hildegard

as Marchioness

1972

Hedda Gabler

as Hedda Gabler

2012

The Real Great Escape

as Dorothe Bushell (voice)

1970

1976

Voyage of the Damned

as Leni Strauss

1973

1992

The Secret Agent

as Margaret, Duchess of Chester

Production

1989

Othello

as Director

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