Susannah York

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

94

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

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

    The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

  • The Ray Bradbury Theater

    The Ray Bradbury Theater

  • Superman

    Superman

  • A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

  • A Summer Story

    A Summer Story

  • Superman II

    Superman II

  • Sands of the Kalahari

    Sands of the Kalahari

  • Just Ask for Diamond

    Just Ask for Diamond

  • Yellowbeard

    Yellowbeard

  • Tom Jones

    Tom Jones

  • Freud: The Secret Passion

    Freud: The Secret Passion

  • Alphabet: The Story of Writing

    Alphabet: The Story of Writing

  • Lock Up Your Daughters

    Lock Up Your Daughters

  • Mystery and Imagination

    Mystery and Imagination

  • Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

    Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

  • The Higher Mortals

    The Higher Mortals

  • The Importance of Being Earnest

    The Importance of Being Earnest

  • Barbablù, Barbablù

    Barbablù, Barbablù

  • Jane Eyre

    Jane Eyre

  • Montgomery Clift

    Montgomery Clift

  • Loop

    Loop

  • The Fall of the House of Usher

    The Fall of the House of Usher

  • Long Shot

    Long Shot

  • Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

    Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

  • Sky Riders

    Sky Riders

  • Loophole

    Loophole

  • Mio in the Land of Faraway

    Mio in the Land of Faraway

  • Falling in Love Again

    Falling in Love Again

  • Franklyn

    Franklyn

  • Alice

    Alice

  • They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

    They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

  • I Took My Little World Away

    I Took My Little World Away

  • The 7th Dawn

    The 7th Dawn

  • Star Quality

    Star Quality

  • Oh! What a Lovely War

    Oh! What a Lovely War

  • The Calling

    The Calling

  • Visitors

    Visitors

  • The Creditors

    The Creditors

  • That Lucky Touch

    That Lucky Touch

  • Fate

    Fate

  • Diana & Me

    Diana & Me

  • Duffy

    Duffy

  • St. Patrick: The Irish Legend

    St. Patrick: The Irish Legend

  • The Greengage Summer

    The Greengage Summer

  • Brotherly Love

    Brotherly Love

  • A Man for All Seasons

    A Man for All Seasons

  • The Golden Gate Murders

    The Golden Gate Murders

  • Scruggs

    Scruggs

  • Not Quite Hollywood

    Not Quite Hollywood

  • Happy Birthday, Wanda June

    Happy Birthday, Wanda June

  • There Was a Crooked Man

    There Was a Crooked Man

  • The Silent Partner

    The Silent Partner

  • You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

    You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

  • Pretty Princess

    Pretty Princess

  • Sebastian

    Sebastian

  • Melancholia

    Melancholia

  • Illusions

    Illusions

  • Tunes of Glory

    Tunes of Glory

  • Kaleidoscope

    Kaleidoscope

  • We'll Meet Again

    We'll Meet Again

  • After the War

    After the War

  • Conduct Unbecoming

    Conduct Unbecoming

  • Devices and Desires

    Devices and Desires

  • The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

    The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

  • Norfolk Coast

    Norfolk Coast

  • Group Madness

    Group Madness

  • The Book of Eve

    The Book of Eve

  • Gold

    Gold

  • The Killing of Sister George

    The Killing of Sister George

  • Zee and Co.

    Zee and Co.

  • The Man from the Pru

    The Man from the Pru

  • The Animals Roadshow

    The Animals Roadshow

  • Pretty Kill

    Pretty Kill

  • Images

    Images

  • The Shout

    The Shout

  • Jean

    Jean

  • The Awakening

    The Awakening

  • Fallen Angels

    Fallen Angels

  • A Handful of Time

    A Handful of Time

  • Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?)

    Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?)

  • The Gigolos

    The Gigolos

  • The Adventures of Eliza Fraser

    The Adventures of Eliza Fraser

  • The Maids

    The Maids

  • Duhallow Home

    Duhallow Home

  • Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands

    Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands

  • The Stoning

    The Stoning

  • Daemon

    Daemon

  • Late Flowering Love

    Late Flowering Love

  • Scene Nun, Take One

    Scene Nun, Take One

  • A Guest of life

    A Guest of life