Susannah York
English film, stage and television actress (1939-2011) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 72
Susannah Yolande Fletcher, known professionally as Susannah York, was an English actress. Her appearances in various films of the 1960s, including Tom Jones (1963) and They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), formed the basis of her international reputation.
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A life in dates
FranklynFilm, Margaret2004
The Divine MichelangeloSeries, Narrator2003
VisitorsFilm, Carolyn Perry1989
After the WarSeries1988
A Summer StoryFilm, Mrs. Dora Narracombe1987The Animals RoadshowSeries1985
Screen TwoSeries, Amy Wallace1984
A Christmas CarolFilm, Mrs. Cratchit1982
We'll Meet AgainSeries, Dr Helen Dereham
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'Film, 19821980
Falling in Love AgainFilm, Writer1976
Sky RidersFilm, Ellen Bracken1975
Conduct UnbecomingFilm, Marjorie Scarlett1973
Orson Welles' Great MysteriesSeries, Countess Josephine1972
ImagesFilm, Writer1969
Battle of BritainFilm, Section Officer Maggie Harvey1968
The Dick Cavett ShowSeries1966
Hollywood SquaresSeries
A Man for All SeasonsFilm, 1966Margaret More1964
Theatre 625Series, Jane
The 7th DawnFilm, 1964Candace Trumpey1962
Freud: The Secret PassionFilm, Cecily Koertner1960
Tunes of GloryFilm, Morag Sinclair1956
Armchair TheatreSeries, Linda1939Born9 January 1939People around Susannah
Harry Andrews Also in Superman, Sky Riders and Country Dance
Richard Donner Directed Superman and Superman II- Lewis Gilbert Directed The 7th Dawn and The Greengage Summer
Nigel Davenport Also in A Man for All Seasons (1967)
Jeremy Thomas Produced Franklyn and The Shout
Elliott Kastner Produced Zee and Co. and Kaleidoscope
Pierre Spengler Produced Superman and Superman II
Jean-Pierre Cassel Also in Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Orson Welles Directed La Grande Bretèche (1974)
Christopher Plummer Also in The Silent Partner (1980)
Gene Hackman Also in Superman II and Superman
John Williams Wrote Superman, Images and Jane Eyre
Christopher Reeve Also in Superman II and Superman
John Gielgud Also in Oh! What a Lovely War and Sebastian
Margot Kidder Also in Superman (1979)
David Warner Also in Pretty Princess and Tom Jones
Jackie Cooper Also in Superman (1979)
Kenneth More Also in Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Marc McClure Also in Superman II and Superman
Shane Rimmer Also in Superman and Superman II- Allan Cuthbertson Also in Freud: The Secret Passion (1962)
André Maranne Also in Duffy and The Greengage Summer
John Hollis Also in Superman II and Superman
Steven Paul Directed Falling in Love Again (1980)
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 1969
A Christmas Carol 1984
A Man for All Seasons 1966
Superman 1978
The Silent Partner 1978
Filmography 40
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Television 21
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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", who later "proved that she was a real actor of extraordinary emotional range."
