Susannah York

Susannah York

Known for
Acting
Born
January 9, 1939
Died
January 15, 2011 (aged 72)
Birthplace
Chelsea, London, England, UK

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.

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Filmography

2010
The Calling poster

The Calling

Movie · as The Prioress

2008
Franklyn poster

Franklyn

Movie · as Margaret

2008
Not Quite Hollywood poster

Not Quite Hollywood

Movie · as Self

2007
Rhapsody of Fire - Visions from the Enchanted Lands poster

Rhapsody of Fire - Visions from the Enchanted Lands

Movie · as Self

2006
The Gigolos poster

The Gigolos

Movie · as Tessa Harrington

2006
A Guest of life poster

A Guest of life

Movie · as Narrator

2006
The Stoning poster

The Stoning

Movie · as Jean Fielding

2006
Norfolk Coast poster

Norfolk Coast

Movie

2006
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman poster

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

Movie · as Self

2004
The Divine Michelangelo poster

The Divine Michelangelo

TV · as Narrator · 2 eps

2003
Visitors poster

Visitors

Movie · as Carolyn Perry

2002
The Book of Eve poster

The Book of Eve

Movie · as May

2000
Jean poster

Jean

Movie

2000
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend poster

St. Patrick: The Irish Legend

Movie · as Concessa

1997
Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?)

Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?)

Movie · as Mike's Mum

1997
Loop poster

Loop

Movie · as Olivia

1997
Diana & Me poster

Diana & Me

Movie · as Self

1993
Pretty Princess poster

Pretty Princess

Movie · as regina Cristina

1993
The Higher Mortals poster

The Higher Mortals

Movie · as Miss Thorogood

1992
Illusions poster

Illusions

Movie · as Dr. Sinclair

1991
Devices and Desires poster

Devices and Desires

TV · as Meg Dennison · 6 eps

1991
Trainer poster

Trainer

TV · as Rachel Ware · 23 eps

1990
The Man from the Pru

The Man from the Pru

Movie · as Amy Wallace

1990
Fate poster

Fate

Movie

1989
Melancholia poster

Melancholia

Movie · as Catherine Lanham Franck

1989
A Handful of Time poster

A Handful of Time

Movie · as Susanne Walker

1989
Barbablù, Barbablù poster

Barbablù, Barbablù

Movie · as Teresa

1989
After the War poster

After the War

TV · 10 eps

1988
A Summer Story poster

A Summer Story

Movie · as Mrs. Dora Narracombe

1988
Just Ask for Diamond poster

Just Ask for Diamond

Movie · as Lauren Bacardi

1987
Mio in the Land of Faraway poster

Mio in the Land of Faraway

Movie · as The Weaver Woman

1987
Pretty Kill poster

Pretty Kill

Movie · as Toni

1987
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace poster

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Movie · as Lara (voice)

1987
The Animals Roadshow

The Animals Roadshow

TV · 1 ep

1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries poster

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

TV · as Liz · 1 ep

1987
The Struggles for Poland poster

The Struggles for Poland

TV · as Narrator (UK version) · 9 eps

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Helen Grant · 2 eps

1985
Star Quality poster

Star Quality

Movie · as Lorraine Barry

1985
Daemon poster

Daemon

Movie · as Rachel

1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater poster

The Ray Bradbury Theater

TV · as Nora · 1 ep

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Amy Wallace · 1 ep

1984
A Christmas Carol poster

A Christmas Carol

Movie · as Mrs. Cratchit

1983
Yellowbeard poster

Yellowbeard

Movie · as Lady Churchill

1983
Group Madness poster

Group Madness

Movie · as Self

1983
Montgomery Clift poster

Montgomery Clift

Movie · as Self

1982
Alice poster

Alice

Movie · as Queen of Hearts

1982
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' poster

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

Movie · as Self

1982
We'll Meet Again poster

We'll Meet Again

TV · as Dr Helen Dereham · 13 eps

1981
Loophole poster

Loophole

Movie · as Dinah Booker

1981
Late Flowering Love poster

Late Flowering Love

Movie

1981
Second Chance

Second Chance

TV · as Kate Hurst · 6 eps

1980
Superman II poster

Superman II

Movie · as Lara

1980
The Awakening poster

The Awakening

Movie · as Jane Turner

1980
Falling in Love Again poster

Falling in Love Again

Movie · as Sue Lewis (Present Day)

1980
Alphabet: The Story of Writing poster

Alphabet: The Story of Writing

Movie · as Narrator

1979
The Golden Gate Murders poster

The Golden Gate Murders

Movie · as Sister Benecia

1978
Superman poster

Superman

Movie · as Lara

1978
The Silent Partner poster

The Silent Partner

Movie · as Julie

1978
Long Shot poster

Long Shot

Movie · as An Actress

1978
The Shout poster

The Shout

Movie · as Rachel Fielding

1976
Sky Riders poster

Sky Riders

Movie · as Ellen Bracken

1976
The Adventures of Eliza Fraser poster

The Adventures of Eliza Fraser

Movie · as Eliza Fraser

1975
Conduct Unbecoming poster

Conduct Unbecoming

Movie · as Marjorie Scarlett

1975
The Maids poster

The Maids

Movie · as Claire

1975
That Lucky Touch poster

That Lucky Touch

Movie · as Julia Richardson

1974
Gold poster

Gold

Movie · as Terry Steyner

1974
Fallen Angels poster

Fallen Angels

Movie · as Julia Sterroll

1973
Duhallow Home poster

Duhallow Home

Movie · as Sarah’s words spoken

1973
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries poster

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

TV · as Countess Josephine · 1 ep

1972
Images poster

Images

Movie · as Cathryn

1972
Zee and Co. poster

Zee and Co.

Movie · as Stella

1972
The Creditors poster

The Creditors

Movie · as Tekla

1971
Happy Birthday, Wanda June poster

Happy Birthday, Wanda June

Movie · as Penelope Ryan

1970
Brotherly Love poster

Brotherly Love

Movie · as Hilary Dow

1970
Jane Eyre poster

Jane Eyre

Movie · as Jane Eyre

1969
Oh! What a Lovely War poster

Oh! What a Lovely War

Movie · as Eleanor

1969
Battle of Britain poster

Battle of Britain

Movie · as Section Officer Maggie Harvey

1969
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? poster

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Movie · as Alice LeBlanc

1969
Lock Up Your Daughters poster

Lock Up Your Daughters

Movie · as Hilaret

1968
Sebastian poster

Sebastian

Movie · as Rebecca Howard

1968
The Killing of Sister George poster

The Killing of Sister George

Movie · as Alice 'Childie' McNaught

1968
Duffy poster

Duffy

Movie · as Segolene

1968
The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1967
ITV Playhouse poster

ITV Playhouse

TV · as Grace · 1 ep

1966
A Man for All Seasons poster

A Man for All Seasons

Movie · as Margaret More

1966
Kaleidoscope poster

Kaleidoscope

Movie · as Angel McGinnis

1966
The Fall of the House of Usher poster

The Fall of the House of Usher

Movie · as Madeleine Usher

1966
Mystery and Imagination poster

Mystery and Imagination

TV · as Madeleine Usher · 1 ep

1966
Hollywood Squares poster

Hollywood Squares

TV · as Self · 5 eps

1965
Sands of the Kalahari poster

Sands of the Kalahari

Movie · as Grace Munkton

1965
I Took My Little World Away

I Took My Little World Away

Movie · as Mandy Hope

1965
Scruggs

Scruggs

Movie · as Susan

1964
The 7th Dawn poster

The 7th Dawn

Movie · as Candace Trumpey

1964
The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

Movie

1964
Scene Nun, Take One poster

Scene Nun, Take One

Movie · as The Actress

1964
Theatre 625 poster

Theatre 625

TV · as Jane, Bronwen · 1 ep

1964
Thursday Theatre

Thursday Theatre

TV · as Milly Theale · 1 ep

1963
Tom Jones poster

Tom Jones

Movie · as Sophie Western

1962
Freud: The Secret Passion poster

Freud: The Secret Passion

Movie · as Cecily Koertner

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1961
The Greengage Summer poster

The Greengage Summer

Movie · as Joss Grey

1960
Tunes of Glory poster

Tunes of Glory

Movie · as Morag Sinclair

1960
There Was a Crooked Man poster

There Was a Crooked Man

Movie · as Ellen

1956
Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre

TV · as Linda, Anna, Cecily Cardew, Mandy Hope, Tekla · 1 ep