Susannah York
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1939-01-09
Day of Death
2011-01-15 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Chelsea, London, England, UK
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
Acting
(2010)
The Calling
as The Prioress
(2008)
Franklyn
as Margaret
(2008)
Not Quite Hollywood
as Self
(2007)
(2006)
(2006)
(2006)
The Gigolos
as Tessa Harrington
(2006)
The Stoning
as Jean Fielding
(2006)
A Guest of life
as Narrator
(2003)
Visitors
as Carolyn Perry
(2002)
The Book of Eve
as May
(2000)
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
as Concessa
(2000)
(1997)
Loop
as Olivia
(1997)
Diana & Me
as Self
(1997)
Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?)
as Mike's Mum
(1993)
The Higher Mortals
as Miss Thorogood
(1993)
Pretty Princess
as regina Cristina
(1992)
Illusions
as Dr. Sinclair
(1990)
(1990)
The Man from the Pru
as Amy Wallace
(1989)
Barbablù, Barbablù
as Teresa
(1989)
Melancholia
as Catherine Lanham Franck
(1989)
A Handful of Time
as Susanne Walker
(1988)
A Summer Story
as Mrs. Dora Narracombe
(1988)
Just Ask for Diamond
as Lauren Bacardi
(1987)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Lara (voice)
(1987)
Mio in the Land of Faraway
as The Weaver Woman
(1987)
Pretty Kill
as Toni
(1985)
Star Quality
as Lorraine Barry
(1985)
Daemon
as Rachel
(1984)
A Christmas Carol
as Mrs. Cratchit
(1983)
Yellowbeard
as Lady Churchill
(1983)
Montgomery Clift
as Self
(1983)
Group Madness
as Self
(1982)
Alice
as Queen of Hearts
(1982)
(1981)
Loophole
as Dinah Booker
(1981)
(1980)
Superman II
as Lara
(1980)
Falling in Love Again
as Sue Lewis (Present Day)
(1980)
Alphabet: The Story of Writing
as Narrator
(1980)
The Awakening
as Jane Turner
(1979)
The Golden Gate Murders
as Sister Benecia
(1978)
Superman
as Lara
(1978)
Long Shot
as An Actress
(1978)
The Silent Partner
as Julie
(1978)
The Shout
as Rachel Fielding
(1976)
The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
as Eliza Fraser
(1976)
Sky Riders
as Ellen Bracken
(1975)
That Lucky Touch
as Julia Richardson
(1975)
Conduct Unbecoming
as Marjorie Scarlett
(1975)
The Maids
as Claire
(1974)
Gold
as Terry Steyner
(1974)
Fallen Angels
as Julia Sterroll
(1973)
Duhallow Home
as Sarah’s words spoken
(1972)
The Creditors
as Tekla
(1972)
Zee and Co.
as Stella
(1972)
Images
as Cathryn
(1971)
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
as Penelope Ryan
(1970)
Jane Eyre
as Jane Eyre
(1970)
Brotherly Love
as Hilary Dow
(1969)
Battle of Britain
as Section Officer Maggie Harvey
(1969)
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Eleanor
(1969)
Lock Up Your Daughters
as Hilaret
(1969)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
as Alice LeBlanc
(1968)
Duffy
as Segolene
(1968)
Sebastian
as Rebecca Howard
(1968)
The Killing of Sister George
as Alice 'Childie' McNaught
(1966)
A Man for All Seasons
as Margaret More
(1966)
The Fall of the House of Usher
as Madeleine Usher
(1966)
Kaleidoscope
as Angel McGinnis
(1965)
Sands of the Kalahari
as Grace Munkton
(1965)
Scruggs
as Susan
(1965)
I Took My Little World Away
as Mandy Hope
(1964)
The 7th Dawn
as Candace Trumpey
(1964)
(1964)
Scene Nun, Take One
as The Actress
(1963)
Tom Jones
as Sophie Western
(1962)
Freud: The Secret Passion
as Cecily Koertner
(1961)
The Greengage Summer
as Joss Grey
(1960)
There Was a Crooked Man
as Ellen
(1960)
Tunes of Glory
as Morag Sinclair
Crew
(1982)
Alice
Writer
(1980)
Falling in Love Again
Screenplay
(1972)
Images
Novel