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Susannah York

Susannah York

Birthday: 1939-01-09 | Place of Birth: Chelsea, London, England, UK

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2008
Franklyn

as    Margaret

2003
Visitors

as    Carolyn Perry

1992
Illusions

as    Dr. Sinclair

1991
Devices and Desires

as    Meg Dennison

1990
The Man from the Pru

as    Amy Wallace

1988
A Summer Story

as    Mrs. Dora Narracombe

1987
Mio in the Land of Faraway

as    The Weaver Woman

1985
Daemon

as    Rachel

1984
A Christmas Carol

as    Mrs. Cratchit

1981
Loophole

as    Dinah Booker

1981
Superman II

as    Lara

1980
Falling in Love Again

as    Sue Lewis (Present Day)

1979
The Silent Partner

as    Julie

1979
The Shout

as    Rachel Fielding

1976
The Adventures of Eliza Fraser

as    Eliza Fraser

1976
Sky Riders

as    Ellen Bracken

1975
Conduct Unbecoming

as    Marjorie Scarlett

1974
Gold

as    Terry Steyner

1972
Images

as    Cathryn

1972
Zee and Co.

as    Stella

1970
Brotherly Love

as    Hilary Dow

1969
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

as    Alice LeBlanc

1969
Lock Up Your Daughters

as    Hilaret

1968
The Killing of Sister George

as    Alice 'Childie' McNaught

1968
Sebastian

as    Rebecca Howard

1968
Duffy

as    Segolene

1966
Kaleidoscope

as    Angel McGinnis

1966
A Man for All Seasons

as    Margaret More

1965
Sands of the Kalahari

as    Grace Munkton