Susannah York

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Susannah York

Acting January 9, 1939

Chelsea, London, England, UK

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…

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Superman

Superman

7.2 1978 Movie
Superman II

Superman II

6.8 1980 Movie
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

4.6 1987 Movie
Casualty

Casualty

6.2 1986 TV Show
The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

6.8 1962 TV Show
The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

6.8 1968 TV Show
A Man for All Seasons

A Man for All Seasons

7.3 1966 Movie
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

7.5 1984 Movie
Franklyn

Franklyn

6.0 2008 Movie
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

7.6 1969 Movie
Battle of Britain

Battle of Britain

6.8 1969 Movie
Screen Two

Screen Two

7.1 1985 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2010
    The Calling

    Movie The Prioress

  2. 2008
    Franklyn

    Movie Margaret

  3. 2008
    Not Quite Hollywood

    Movie Self

  4. 2007
    Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands

    Movie Self

  5. 2006
    You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

    Movie Self

  6. 2006
    The Stoning

    Movie Jean Fielding

  7. 2006
    The Gigolos

    Movie Tessa Harrington

  8. 2006
    Norfolk Coast

    Movie

  9. 2006
    A Guest of life

    Movie Narrator

  10. 2004
    The Divine Michelangelo

    TV show Narrator

  11. 2003
    Visitors

    Movie Carolyn Perry

  12. 2002
    The Book of Eve

    Movie May

  13. 2000
    Jean

    Movie

  14. 2000
    St. Patrick: The Irish Legend

    Movie Concessa

  15. 1997
    Diana & Me

    Movie Self

  16. 1997
    Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?)

    Movie Mike's Mum

More credits
  1. 1997
    Loop

    Movie Olivia

  2. 1993
    Pretty Princess

    Movie regina Cristina

  3. 1993
    The Higher Mortals

    Movie Miss Thorogood

  4. 1992
    Illusions

    Movie Dr. Sinclair

  5. 1991
    Trainer

    TV show Rachel Ware

  6. 1991
    Devices and Desires

    TV show Meg Dennison

  7. 1990
    The Man from the Pru

    Movie Amy Wallace

  8. 1990
    Fate

    Movie

  9. 1989
    Barbablù, Barbablù

    Movie Teresa

  10. 1989
    A Handful of Time

    Movie Susanne Walker

  11. 1989
    After the War

    TV show

  12. 1989
    Melancholia

    Movie Catherine Lanham Franck

  13. 1988
    Just Ask for Diamond

    Movie Lauren Bacardi

  14. 1988
    A Summer Story

    Movie Mrs. Dora Narracombe

  15. 1987
    Mio in the Land of Faraway

    Movie The Weaver Woman

  16. 1987
    The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

    TV show Liz

  17. 1987
    Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

    Movie Lara (voice)

  18. 1987
    The Animals Roadshow

    TV show

  19. 1987
    Pretty Kill

    Movie Toni

  20. 1987
    The Struggles for Poland

    TV show Narrator (UK version)

  21. 1986
    Casualty

    TV show Helen Grant

  22. 1985
    Daemon

    Movie Rachel

  23. 1985
    Star Quality

    Movie Lorraine Barry

  24. 1985
    The Ray Bradbury Theater

    TV show Nora