About

Known credits:
86
Birthday:
1939-01-09
Place of birth:
Chelsea, London, England, UK
Website:
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Susannah York

Overview

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

Acting
2010 The Calling Actor The Prioress N/A
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2008 Franklyn Actor Margaret 59
Average
2008 Not Quite Hollywood Actor Self 60
Fair
2007 Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands Actor Self 59
Average
2006 You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman Actor Self 58
Average
2006 The Stoning Actor Jean Fielding 59
Average
2006 The Gigolos Actor Tessa Harrington 58
Average
2006 Norfolk Coast Actor N/A
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2006 A Guest of life Actor Narrator 59
Average
2003 Visitors Actor Carolyn Perry 58
Average
2002 The Book of Eve Actor May 58
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2000 Jean Actor N/A
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2000 St. Patrick: The Irish Legend Actor Concessa 58
Average
1997 Diana & Me Actor Self 59
Average
1997 Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?) Actor Mike's Mum 58
Average
1997 Loop Actor Olivia 58
Average
1993 Pretty Princess Actor regina Cristina 57
Average
1993 The Higher Mortals Actor Miss Thorogood N/A
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1992 Illusions Actor Dr. Sinclair 59
Average
1991 Devices and Desires Actor Meg Dennison 70
Good
1990 The Man from the Pru Actor Amy Wallace N/A
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1990 Fate Actor 59
Average
1989 A Handful of Time Actor Susanne Walker 58
Average
1989 After the War Actor 70
Good
1989 Melancholia Actor Catherine Lanham Franck 59
Average
1988 Just Ask for Diamond Actor Lauren Bacardi 58
Average
1988 A Summer Story Actor Mrs. Dora Narracombe 59
Average
1987 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace Actor Lara (voice) 49
Bad
1987 Mio in the Land of Faraway Actor The Weaver Woman 59
Average
1987 Pretty Kill Actor Toni 58
Average
1985 Daemon Actor Rachel 59
Average
1985 Star Quality Actor Lorraine Barry 59
Average
1984 A Christmas Carol Actor Mrs. Cratchit 65
Fair
1983 Yellowbeard Actor Lady Churchill 58
Average
1983 Group Madness Actor Self N/A
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1983 Montgomery Clift Actor Self 59
Average
1982 Alice Actor Queen of Hearts 58
Average
1982 We'll Meet Again Actor 69
Fair
1981 Loophole Actor Dinah Booker 59
Average
1980 Superman II Actor Lara 65
Fair
1980 Falling in Love Again Actor Sue Lewis (Present Day) 59
Average
1980 The Awakening Actor Jane Turner 58
Average
1980 Alphabet: The Story of Writing Actor Narrator N/A
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1980 The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' Actor Self 59
Average
1979 The Golden Gate Murders Actor Sister Benecia 59
Average
1978 Superman Actor Lara 69
Fair
1978 Long Shot Actor An Actress N/A
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1978 The Silent Partner Actor Julie 61
Fair
1978 The Shout Actor Rachel Fielding 58
Average
1976 The Adventures of Eliza Fraser Actor Eliza Fraser 58
Average
1976 Sky Riders Actor Ellen Bracken 59
Average
1975 That Lucky Touch Actor Julia Richardson 59
Average
1975 The Maids Actor Claire 58
Average
1975 Conduct Unbecoming Actor Marjorie Scarlett 59
Average
1974 Gold Actor Terry Steyner 58
Average
1972 Images Actor Cathryn 61
Fair
1972 The Creditors Actor Tekla N/A
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1971 Happy Birthday, Wanda June Actor Penelope Ryan 59
Average
1971 Zee and Co. Actor Stella 58
Average
1970 Jane Eyre Actor Jane Eyre 59
Average
1970 Scruggs Actor Susan N/A
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1970 Brotherly Love Actor Hilary Dow 59
Average
1969 They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Actor Alice LeBlanc 65
Fair
1969 Battle of Britain Actor Section Officer Maggie Harvey 62
Fair
1969 Lock Up Your Daughters Actor Hilaret 58
Average
1969 Oh! What a Lovely War Actor Eleanor 59
Average
1968 Duffy Actor Segolene 59
Average
1968 The Killing of Sister George Actor Alice 'Childie' McNaught 59
Average
1968 Sebastian Actor Rebecca Howard 59
Average
1967 The Black Slipper Actor N/A
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1966 A Man for All Seasons Actor Margaret More 65
Fair
1966 Kaleidoscope Actor Angel McGinnis 58
Average
1966 The Fall of the House of Usher Actor Madeleine Usher N/A
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1965 Sands of the Kalahari Actor Grace Munkton 58
Average
1965 I Took My Little World Away Actor Mandy Hope N/A
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1964 The Importance of Being Earnest Actor N/A
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1964 The 7th Dawn Actor Candace Trumpey 59
Average
1964 Scene Nun, Take One Actor The Actress N/A
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1963 Tom Jones Actor Sophie Western 59
Average
1962 Freud: The Secret Passion Actor Cecily Koertner 59
Average
1961 The Greengage Summer Actor Joss Grey 59
Average
1960 Tunes of Glory Actor Morag Sinclair 60
Fair
1960 There Was a Crooked Man Actor Ellen 59
Average

Writing
1982 Alice Writing Writer 58
Average
1980 Falling in Love Again Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1972 Images Writing Novel 61
Fair