Susannah York

ActorWriter Jan 9 (died age 72) Chelsea, London, England, UK 1956–2010 (54 year career)

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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,an…

Known For

Film

Superman

Lara

Film

Superman II

Lara

Film

A Christmas Carol

Mrs. Cratchit

Film

A Man for All Seasons

Margaret More

Film

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Alice LeBlanc

Film

Battle of Britain

Section Officer Maggie Harvey

Film

Franklyn

Margaret

Film

The Silent Partner

Julie

Filmography

Acting (98)

Movies (84)

The Calling

2010

as The Prioress

Franklyn

as Margaret

Not Quite Hollywood

as Self

Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands

as Self

The Gigolos

as Tessa Harrington

A Guest of life

as Narrator

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

as Self

Norfolk Coast

The Stoning

as Jean Fielding

Visitors

as Carolyn Perry

The Book of Eve

as May

St. Patrick: The Irish Legend

2000

as Concessa

5.3

Jean

2000

Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?)

as Mike's Mum

Loop

as Olivia

Diana & Me

as Self

The Higher Mortals

as Miss Thorogood

Pretty Princess

as regina Cristina

Illusions

as Dr. Sinclair

Fate

The Man from the Pru

as Amy Wallace

A Handful of Time

1989

as Susanne Walker

4.6

Melancholia

1989

as Catherine Lanham Franck

5.0

Barbablù, Barbablù

1989

as Teresa

A Summer Story

1988

as Mrs. Dora Narracombe

6.0

Just Ask for Diamond

1988

as Lauren Bacardi

4.3

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

as Lara (voice)

Pretty Kill

as Toni

Mio in the Land of Faraway

as The Weaver Woman

Daemon

as Rachel

Star Quality

as Lorraine Barry

A Christmas Carol

as Mrs. Cratchit

Yellowbeard

as Lady Churchill

Montgomery Clift

as Self

Group Madness

as Self

Alice

1982

as Queen of Hearts

5.0

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

as Self

Loophole

as Dinah Booker

Late Flowering Love

Superman II

as Lara

Alphabet: The Story of Writing

1980

as Narrator

The Awakening

1980

as Jane Turner

5.5

Falling in Love Again

1980

as Sue Lewis (Present Day)

5.7

The Golden Gate Murders

as Sister Benecia

Superman

as Lara

The Shout

as Rachel Fielding

The Silent Partner

as Julie

Long Shot

as An Actress

Sky Riders

1976

as Ellen Bracken

6.1

The Adventures of Eliza Fraser

as Eliza Fraser

That Lucky Touch

as Julia Richardson

Conduct Unbecoming

as Marjorie Scarlett

The Maids

as Claire

Gold

as Terry Steyner

Fallen Angels

as Julia Sterroll

Duhallow Home

as Sarah’s words spoken

The Creditors

as Tekla

Images

as Cathryn

Zee and Co.

as Stella

X, Y & Zee

as Stella

Happy Birthday, Wanda June

as Penelope Ryan

Brotherly Love

as Hilary Dow

Jane Eyre

as Jane Eyre

Battle of Britain

as Section Officer Maggie Harvey

6.9

Oh! What a Lovely War

1969

as Eleanor

6.7

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

1969

as Alice LeBlanc

7.6

Lock Up Your Daughters

as Hilaret

Duffy

as Segolene

The Killing of Sister George

1968

as Alice 'Childie' McNaught

6.2

Sebastian

1968

as Rebecca Howard

6.1

A Man for All Seasons

as Margaret More

Kaleidoscope

as Angel McGinnis

The Fall of the House of Usher

1966

as Madeleine Usher

Sands of the Kalahari

1965

as Grace Munkton

6.2

I Took My Little World Away

1965

as Mandy Hope

Scruggs

1965

as Susan

The 7th Dawn

1964

as Candace Trumpey

6.5

Scene Nun, Take One

1964

as The Actress

The Importance of Being Earnest

1964

Tom Jones

1963

as Sophie Western

5.9

Freud: The Secret Passion

as Cecily Koertner

The Greengage Summer

as Joss Grey

Tunes of Glory

as Morag Sinclair

There Was a Crooked Man

1960

as Ellen

6.1

Television (14)

Devices and Desires

as Meg Dennison

After the War

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Liz

The Animals Roadshow

Casualty

as Helen Grant

The Ray Bradbury Theater

as Nora

We'll Meet Again

as Dr. Helen Dereham

The Morecambe and Wise Show

1980

9.0

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

1973

as Countess Josephine

6.7

The Dick Cavett Show

1968

as Self - Guest

6.8

Mystery and Imagination

as Madeleine Usher

Theatre 625

as Jane

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Armchair Theatre

as Linda

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

Alice

1982

Writer

5.0

Falling in Love Again

Screenplay

Images

Novel