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 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

Casualty

The Merv Griffin Show

The Dick Cavett Show

Screen Two

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

ITV Playhouse

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

All Movies (83)

• The Calling2010 · as The Prioress
• Franklyn2008 · as Margaret
• Not Quite Hollywood2008 · as Self
• Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands2007 · as Self
• You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman2006 · as Self
• The Stoning2006 · as Jean Fielding
• The Gigolos2006 · as Tessa Harrington
• Norfolk Coast2006
• A Guest of life2006 · as Narrator
• Visitors2003 · as Carolyn Perry
• The Book of Eve2002 · as May
• Jean2000
• St. Patrick: The Irish Legend2000 · as Concessa
• Diana & Me1997 · as Self
• Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?)1997 · as Mike's Mum
• Loop1997 · as Olivia
• Pretty Princess1993 · as regina Cristina
• The Higher Mortals1993 · as Miss Thorogood
• Illusions1992 · as Dr. Sinclair
• The Man from the Pru1990 · as Amy Wallace
• Fate1990
• Barbablù, Barbablù1989 · as Teresa
• A Handful of Time1989 · as Susanne Walker
• Melancholia1989 · as Catherine Lanham Franck
• Just Ask for Diamond1988 · as Lauren Bacardi
• A Summer Story1988 · as Mrs. Dora Narracombe
• Mio in the Land of Faraway1987 · as The Weaver Woman
• Superman IV: The Quest for Peace1987 · as Lara (voice)
• Pretty Kill1987 · as Toni
• Daemon1985 · as Rachel
• Star Quality1985 · as Lorraine Barry
• A Christmas Carol1984 · as Mrs. Cratchit
• Yellowbeard1983 · as Lady Churchill
• Group Madness1983 · as Self
• Montgomery Clift1983 · as Self
• Alice1982 · as Queen of Hearts
• The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'1982 · as Self
• Loophole1981 · as Dinah Booker
• Late Flowering Love1981
• Superman II1980 · as Lara
• Falling in Love Again1980 · as Sue Lewis (Present Day)
• The Awakening1980 · as Jane Turner
• Alphabet: The Story of Writing1980 · as Narrator
• The Golden Gate Murders1979 · as Sister Benecia
• Superman1978 · as Lara
• Long Shot1978 · as An Actress
• The Silent Partner1978 · as Julie
• The Shout1978 · as Rachel Fielding
• The Adventures of Eliza Fraser1976 · as Eliza Fraser
• Sky Riders1976 · as Ellen Bracken
• Conduct Unbecoming1975 · as Marjorie Scarlett
• That Lucky Touch1975 · as Julia Richardson
• The Maids1975 · as Claire
• Fallen Angels1974 · as Julia Sterroll
• Gold1974 · as Terry Steyner
• Duhallow Home1973 · as Sarah’s words spoken
• Images1972 · as Cathryn
• The Creditors1972 · as Tekla
• Zee and Co.1972 · as Stella
• Happy Birthday, Wanda June1971 · as Penelope Ryan
• Jane Eyre1970 · as Jane Eyre
• Brotherly Love1970 · as Hilary Dow
• They Shoot Horses, Don't They?1969 · as Alice LeBlanc
• Battle of Britain1969 · as Section Officer Maggie Harvey
• Lock Up Your Daughters1969 · as Hilaret
• Oh! What a Lovely War1969 · as Eleanor
• Duffy1968 · as Segolene
• The Killing of Sister George1968 · as Alice 'Childie' McNaught
• Sebastian1968 · as Rebecca Howard
• A Man for All Seasons1966 · as Margaret More
• Kaleidoscope1966 · as Angel McGinnis
• The Fall of the House of Usher1966 · as Madeleine Usher
• Sands of the Kalahari1965 · as Grace Munkton
• I Took My Little World Away1965 · as Mandy Hope
• Scruggs1965 · as Susan
• The Importance of Being Earnest1964
• The 7th Dawn1964 · as Candace Trumpey
• Scene Nun, Take One1964 · as The Actress
• Tom Jones1963 · as Sophie Western
• Freud: The Secret Passion1962 · as Cecily Koertner
• The Greengage Summer1961 · as Joss Grey
• Tunes of Glory1960 · as Morag Sinclair
• There Was a Crooked Man1960 · as Ellen

All TV Shows (23)

• The Divine Michelangelo2004 · as Narrator
• Devices and Desires1991 · as Meg Dennison
• After the War1989
• The Ruth Rendell Mysteries1987 · as Liz
• The Animals Roadshow1987
• The Struggles for Poland1987 · as Narrator (UK version)
• Casualty1986 · as Helen Grant
• The Ray Bradbury Theater1985 · as Nora
• Screen Two1985 · as Amy Wallace
• We'll Meet Again1982 · as Dr Helen Dereham
• Orson Welles' Great Mysteries1973 · as Countess Josephine
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• ITV Playhouse1967 · as Grace
• Mystery and Imagination1966 · as Madeleine Usher
• Thursday Theatre1964 · as Milly Theale
• Theatre 6251964 · as Jane
• Theatre 6251964 · as Bronwen
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Linda
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Anna
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Cecily Cardew
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Mandy Hope
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Tekla