Susannah York

Susannah York

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

Movie
The Calling
as The Prioress
Movie - Released: 4/23/2010

2008

Franklyn
Franklyn
as Margaret
Movie - Released: 10/16/2008
Not Quite Hollywood
Not Quite Hollywood
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/28/2008

2007

Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands
Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/6/2007

2006

The Gigolos
The Gigolos
as Tessa Harrington
Movie - Released: 4/26/2006
A Guest of life
A Guest of life
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 2/5/2006
The Stoning
The Stoning
as Jean Fielding
Movie - Released: 9/9/2006
Movie
Norfolk Coast
Movie - Released: 3/1/2006
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/28/2006

2003

Visitors
Visitors
as Carolyn Perry
Movie - Released: 11/27/2003

2002

The Book of Eve
The Book of Eve
as May
Movie - Released: 9/1/2002

2000

Jean
Jean
Movie - Released: 5/12/2000
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
as Concessa
Movie - Released: 3/12/2000

1997

Movie
Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?)
as Mike's Mum
Movie - Released: 11/1/1997
Loop
Loop
as Olivia
Movie - Released: 9/19/1997
Diana & Me
Diana & Me
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/4/1997

1993

Pretty Princess
Pretty Princess
as regina Cristina
Movie - Released: 12/3/1993
The Higher Mortals
The Higher Mortals
as Miss Thorogood
Movie - Released: 6/1/1993

1992

Illusions
Illusions
as Dr. Sinclair
Movie - Released: 10/14/1992

1991

Devices and Desires
Devices and Desires
as Meg Dennison
TV - Released: 1/4/1991

1990

Movie
The Man from the Pru
as Amy Wallace
Movie - Released: 6/30/1990
Fate
Fate
Movie - Released: 1/1/1990

1989

Melancholia
Melancholia
as Catherine Lanham Franck
Movie - Released: 5/19/1989
A Handful of Time
A Handful of Time
as Susanne Walker
Movie - Released: 10/12/1989
Barbablù, Barbablù
Barbablù, Barbablù
as Teresa
Movie - Released: 11/17/1989
After the War
After the War
TV - Released: 6/16/1989

1988

A Summer Story
A Summer Story
as Mrs. Dora Narracombe
Movie - Released: 8/11/1988
Just Ask for Diamond
Just Ask for Diamond
as Lauren Bacardi
Movie - Released: 9/1/1988

1987

Mio in the Land of Faraway
Mio in the Land of Faraway
as The Weaver Woman
Movie - Released: 7/1/1987
Pretty Kill
Pretty Kill
as Toni
Movie - Released: 3/27/1987
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Lara (voice)
Movie - Released: 7/24/1987
TV
The Animals Roadshow
TV - Released: 3/29/1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Liz
TV - Released: 8/2/1987

1986

Casualty
Casualty
as Helen Grant
TV - Released: 9/6/1986

1985

Star Quality
Star Quality
as Lorraine Barry
Movie - Released: 11/10/1985
Daemon
Daemon
as Rachel
Movie - Released: 12/31/1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater
The Ray Bradbury Theater
as Nora
TV - Released: 5/21/1985

1984

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
as Mrs. Cratchit
Movie - Released: 10/9/1984

1983

Yellowbeard
Yellowbeard
as Lady Churchill
Movie - Released: 6/24/1983
Group Madness
Group Madness
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/11/1983
Montgomery Clift
Montgomery Clift
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/1983

1982

Alice
Alice
as Queen of Hearts
Movie - Released: 3/29/1982
We'll Meet Again
We'll Meet Again
TV - Released: 2/19/1982

1981

Loophole
Loophole
as Dinah Booker
Movie - Released: 6/25/1981

1980

Superman II
Superman II
as Lara
Movie - Released: 12/12/1980
The Awakening
The Awakening
as Jane Turner
Movie - Released: 7/9/1980
Falling in Love Again
Falling in Love Again
as Sue Lewis (Present Day)
Movie - Released: 11/21/1980
Alphabet: The Story of Writing
Alphabet: The Story of Writing
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 1/1/1980
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/1980
The Morecambe and Wise Show
The Morecambe and Wise Show
TV - Released: 9/3/1980

1979

The Golden Gate Murders
The Golden Gate Murders
as Sister Benecia
Movie - Released: 10/3/1979

1978

Superman
Superman
as Lara
Movie - Released: 12/14/1978
The Silent Partner
The Silent Partner
as Julie
Movie - Released: 9/7/1978
Long Shot
Long Shot
as An Actress
Movie - Released: 11/17/1978
The Shout
The Shout
as Rachel Fielding
Movie - Released: 6/16/1978

1976

Sky Riders
Sky Riders
as Ellen Bracken
Movie - Released: 3/26/1976
The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
as Eliza Fraser
Movie - Released: 12/16/1976

1975

Conduct Unbecoming
Conduct Unbecoming
as Marjorie Scarlett
Movie - Released: 10/4/1975
The Maids
The Maids
as Claire
Movie - Released: 4/21/1975
That Lucky Touch
That Lucky Touch
as Julia Richardson
Movie - Released: 8/7/1975

1974

Gold
Gold
as Terry Steyner
Movie - Released: 6/8/1974
Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels
as Julia Sterroll
Movie - Released: 7/18/1974

1973

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
as Countess Josephine
TV - Released: 9/1/1973

1972

Images
Images
as Cathryn
Movie - Released: 12/18/1972
The Creditors
The Creditors
as Tekla
Movie - Released: 10/10/1972

1971

Happy Birthday, Wanda June
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
as Penelope Ryan
Movie - Released: 12/9/1971
Zee and Co.
Zee and Co.
as Stella
Movie - Released: 7/1/1971

1970

Brotherly Love
Brotherly Love
as Hilary Dow
Movie - Released: 1/7/1970
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
as Jane Eyre
Movie - Released: 12/1/1970

1969

Oh! What a Lovely War
Oh! What a Lovely War
as Eleanor
Movie - Released: 3/10/1969
Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain
as Section Officer Maggie Harvey
Movie - Released: 9/15/1969
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
as Alice LeBlanc
Movie - Released: 12/10/1969
Lock Up Your Daughters
Lock Up Your Daughters
as Hilaret
Movie - Released: 3/29/1969

1968

Sebastian
Sebastian
as Rebecca Howard
Movie - Released: 1/24/1968
The Killing of Sister George
The Killing of Sister George
as Alice 'Childie' McNaught
Movie - Released: 9/1/1968
Duffy
Duffy
as Segolene
Movie - Released: 9/16/1968
The Dick Cavett Show
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 6/6/1968

1966

A Man for All Seasons
A Man for All Seasons
as Margaret More
Movie - Released: 12/13/1966
Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope
as Angel McGinnis
Movie - Released: 7/1/1966
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher
as Madeleine Usher
Movie - Released: 2/12/1966
Mystery and Imagination
Mystery and Imagination
TV - Released: 1/29/1966

1965

Sands of the Kalahari
Sands of the Kalahari
as Grace Munkton
Movie - Released: 11/24/1965
Movie
I Took My Little World Away
as Mandy Hope
Movie - Released: 3/14/1965
Movie
Scruggs
as Susan
Movie - Released: 1/1/1965

1964

The 7th Dawn
The 7th Dawn
as Candace Trumpey
Movie - Released: 9/2/1964
Movie
The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie - Released: 11/15/1964
Scene Nun, Take One
Scene Nun, Take One
as The Actress
Movie - Released: 7/14/1964

1963

Tom Jones
Tom Jones
as Sophie Western
Movie - Released: 8/24/1963

1962

Freud: The Secret Passion
Freud: The Secret Passion
as Cecily Koertner
Movie - Released: 12/12/1962
The Merv Griffin Show
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1961

The Greengage Summer
The Greengage Summer
as Joss Grey
Movie - Released: 5/1/1961

1960

Tunes of Glory
Tunes of Glory
as Morag Sinclair
Movie - Released: 9/17/1960
There Was a Crooked Man
There Was a Crooked Man
as Ellen
Movie - Released: 8/31/1960