Susannah York

Born: 1939-01-09

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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as Lara
Released: 1978-12-14

Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane....

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as Lara (voice)
Released: 1987-07-24

With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade...

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as Lara
Released: 1980-12-09

Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by General...

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A Christmas Carol

as Mrs. Cratchit
Released: 1984-10-09

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own...

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They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

as Alice LeBlanc
Released: 1969-12-10

In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance...

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A Man for All Seasons

as Margaret More
Released: 1966-12-13

A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir...

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Battle of Britain

as Section Officer Maggie Harvey
Released: 1969-09-15

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for...

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Franklyn

as Margaret
Released: 2008-10-16

Set between the parallel worlds of contemporary London and the futuristic faith dominated...

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Yellowbeard

as Lady Churchill
Released: 1983-06-24

For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their...

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Tom Jones

as Sophie Western
Released: 1963-08-24

Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they...

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Oh! What a Lovely War

as Eleanor
Released: 1969-03-10

Satire about the First World War based on a stage musical of the same name, portraying the "Game...

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Freud: The Secret Passion

as Cecily Koertner
Released: 1962-12-12

An examination of Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients...

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The Awakening

as Jane Turner
Released: 1980-07-09

When a British archaeologist violates an Egyptian queen's tomb, her evil spirit enters his daughter.

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Not Quite Hollywood

as Self
Released: 2008-08-28

As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art...

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Images

as Cathryn
Released: 1972-12-18

While holidaying in Ireland, a pregnant children's author finds her mental state becoming...

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Pretty Princess

as regina Cristina
Released: 1993-12-03

A princess from a Nordic European country is obligated to marry the boy her family chose. She...

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The Shout

as Rachel Fielding
Released: 1978-06-16

A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part...

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The Killing of Sister George

as Alice 'Childie' McNaught
Released: 1968-09-01

When June Buckridge arrives at her London flat and announces 'They are going to murder me', her...

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The Silent Partner

as Julie
Released: 1978-09-07

Toronto, Canada. A few days before Christmas, Miles Cullen, a bored teller working at a bank...

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Mio in the Land of Faraway

as The Weaver Woman
Released: 1987-07-01

They're two best friends, a million miles from home. On an incredible adventure, beyond the...

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Jane Eyre

as Jane Eyre
Released: 1970-12-01

Jane Eyre is an orphan, sent to Lowood school, and eventually becomes a governess at Thornfield...

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Gold

as Terry Steyner
Released: 1974-06-08

Rod Slater is the newly appointed general manager of the Sonderditch gold mine, but he stumbles...

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Tunes of Glory

as Morag Sinclair
Released: 1960-09-17

Following World War II in peacetime Scotland, brigade headquarters replaces commanding officer...

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A Summer Story

as Mrs. Dora Narracombe
Released: 1988-08-11

A bittersweet tale of lost love, based on a short story ("The Apple Tree") by John Galsworthy.

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Sky Riders

as Ellen Bracken
Released: 1976-03-26

When an industrialist's wife and kids are kidnapped by terrorists in Greece, the woman's...

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Loophole

as Dinah Booker
Released: 1981-06-25

When architect Stephen Booker loses his partnership, he finds jobs hard to come by, and with...

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Falling in Love Again

as Sue Lewis (Present Day)
Released: 1980-11-21

Harry and Sue Lewis met in the 40s as teenagers living in the Bronx. He was an aspiring...

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Sands of the Kalahari

as Grace Munkton
Released: 1965-11-24

A diverse group of individuals struggle to survive in the Kalahari desert after their passenger...

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Zee and Co.

as Stella
Released: 1971-07-01

The venomous and amoral wife of a wealthy architect tries, any way she can, to break up the...

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Visitors

as Carolyn Perry
Released: 2003-11-27

The story of Georgia Perry, the first woman to sail around the world solo.

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Kaleidoscope

as Angel McGinnis
Released: 1966-07-01

Barney Lincoln is a rambling gambling man who scores sensational wins at poker and chemin de fer...

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The Greengage Summer

as Joss Grey
Released: 1961-05-01

Sensitive story of a British girl's awakening from childhood into life and love on vacation in...

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The 7th Dawn

as Candace Trumpey
Released: 1964-09-02

Political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of...

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Conduct Unbecoming

as Marjorie Scarlett
Released: 1975-01-01

A company of British soldiers in colonial India is shaken when the widow of their most honored...

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Diana & Me

as Self
Released: 1997-12-04

Australian Diana Spencer wins a competition in a women's magazine, and as a prize gets a trip...

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That Lucky Touch

as Julia Richardson
Released: 1975-08-07

A European arms dealer meets a liberated woman journalist, who is writing a story about the...

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Sebastian

as Rebecca Howard
Released: 1968-01-24

Sebastian is an undisciplined mathematics genius who works in the "cipher bureau" of the British...

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The Maids

as Claire
Released: 1975-04-21

A film version of Genet's play. Two maids, Solange and Claire, hate their employers and, while...

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Montgomery Clift

as Self
Released: 1983-01-01

A documentary incorporating footage of Montgomery Clift’s most memorable films; interviews with...

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Group Madness

as Self
Released: 1983-06-11

A behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of 1983's Yellowbeard

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The Golden Gate Murders

as Sister Benecia
Released: 1979-10-03

An elderly, venerable priest goes over the side of the Golden Gate Bridge and everyone except...

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Illusions

as Dr. Sinclair
Released: 1993-05-28

Greg Sanderson is helping his wife, Jan, to recover from a nervous breakdown and revive their...

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Alice

as Queen of Hearts
Released: 1982-03-29

Alice was sitting in the park one day. She sees a jogger called Rabbit. When she first meets him...

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Duffy

as Segolene
Released: 1968-09-16

Half-brothers Stefane and Antony despise their biological father, callous millionaire Charles...

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There Was a Crooked Man

as Ellen
Released: 1960-08-31

When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is...

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Happy Birthday, Wanda June

as Penelope Ryan
Released: 1971-12-09

A hunter back from years in the Amazon finds his wife and life changed.

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The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

as Self
Released: 1980-01-01

Ernie Anderson narrates this look at the making of Richard Donner's blockbuster 1978 film....

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A Handful of Time

as Susanne Walker
Released: 1989-10-12

Gothic thriller about Old Martin who heeds the voice of Anna, who calls him back to the mountain...

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The Adventures of Eliza Fraser

as Eliza Fraser
Released: 1976-12-16

An old captain & his young wife share a lot of adventures after they're shipwrecked and...

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Loop

as Olivia
Released: 1997-09-19

Rachel discovers she is pregnant. Just as she is about to break the news to her stockbroker...

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You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

as Self
Released: 2006-11-28

A 5-part documentary of the history of Superman in the movies. • Origin - Superman in the media...

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The Higher Mortals

as Miss Thorogood
Released: 1993-06-01

This movie deals with the problems suffered by many smaller girls' boarding schools during the...

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St. Patrick: The Irish Legend

as Concessa
Released: 2000-03-12

A young Christian boy attends a druid worship that is attacked by invading Irish tribes. Taken...

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Just Ask for Diamond

as Lauren Bacardi
Released: 1988-09-01

Thirteen-year-old Nick and his slightly dense older brother Herbert run the Diamond Private...

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Brotherly Love

as Hilary Dow
Released: 1970-01-07

Having left her husband, Hilary moves in with her unbalanced brother, Pink, who uses wit and...

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The Book of Eve

as May
Released: 2002-09-01

A Romanian immigrant uses good food, good humor and good conversation to break down the walls...

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Lock Up Your Daughters

as Hilaret
Released: 1969-03-29

Three sailors on leave turn a British town upside down.

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Pretty Kill

as Toni
Released: 1987-03-27

A detective tries to track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes while at the same...

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The Gigolos

as Tessa Harrington
Released: 2006-04-26

Sacha is an aging, well-established London 'male escort' with a select clientèle of weekly...

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Long Shot

as An Actress
Released: 1978-11-17

A budding Scottish film producer tries to get his ambitious Aberdeen-set western financed, and...

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Daemon

as Rachel
Released: 1985-12-31

11-year-old Nick moves into a large old house with his sisters Jennie and Clare, left in the...

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The Creditors

as Tekla
Released: 1972-10-10

Gustave meets Adolph who tries to show him that Gustave’s fiancée doesn’t love him.

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Fate

as uncredited
Released: 1990-01-01

Writer Jake Blackburn and his model girlfriend Chelly are a new couple living together in LA. ...

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A Guest of life

as Narrator
Released: 2006-02-05

'A Guest of life' is inspired by the journey of Alexander Csoma de Koros. The eccentric 19th...

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The Stoning

as Jean Fielding
Released: 2006-09-09

Young American Catherine Mulligan follows her love to Iran and converts to Islam. After being...

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Scene Nun, Take One

as The Actress
Released: 1964-07-14

An actress dressed as a nun flounces off a film set and has a series of encounters on the...

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Melancholia

as Catherine Lanham Franck
Released: 1989-05-19

Art critic Keller, a German ex-pat living in London, is confronted by his radical 1960s past...

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Jean

as uncredited
Released: 2000-05-12

A charming woman and a mysterious young man have a shared past, but what’s the secret?

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Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands

as Self
Released: 2007-07-06

Chronicles the 2005 tour and production for the Rhapsody of Fire albums "Symphony of Enchanted...

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Casualty

as Helen Grant
First aired: 1986-09-06

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...

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The Merv Griffin Show

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran...

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The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1968-06-06

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...

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The Ray Bradbury Theater

as Nora
First aired: 1985-05-21

A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray...

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The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Liz
First aired: 1987-08-02

The Ruth Rendell mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television...

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Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

as Countess Josephine
First aired: 1973-09-01

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries was a British television series The series was an anthology of...

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Mystery and Imagination

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-01-29

Mystery and Imagination is a British television anthology series of classic horror and...

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Devices and Desires

as Meg Dennison
First aired: 1991-01-04

A particularly vicious serial killer is stalking the Norfolk coast in the vicinity of the...

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After the War

as uncredited
First aired: 1989-06-16

John Madden's sweeping drama After the War tells the tale of a quarter-century relationship...

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We'll Meet Again

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-02-19

It's 1943 and the American Air Force has come to Market Weatherby, a small East Anglian town....

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