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Name: Susannah York  
   
Also Know As:
   
Date of Birth: 9th January 1941
   
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
   
Profession: Actress
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Susannah York to the right together with Ilya Salkind on the set of Superman: The Movie, circa 1977

Susannah York (born January 9, 1942 in London, England as Susannah Yolande Fletcher) is a British actress.

She studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. In 1960 she made her first movie, Tunes of Glory, costarring with Alec Guinness and John Mills. She appeared in the notable films A Man for All Seasons (1966), The Killing of Sister George (1968) and Battle of Britain (1969). She was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969). In 1972 she won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for her role in Images.

Her writing career is less well-known. In the 1970s she wrote two children's fantasy novels, In Search of Unicorns (1973), revised (1984) and Lark's Castle (1976), revised (1986).

In 1960 she married Michael Wells. The couple had two children, Orlando and Sasha, but they divorced in 1976. In the 1984 TV adaptation of A Christmas Carol, she played Mrs. Cratchit and both of her children co-starred as Cratchit offspring. Her son, Orlando Wells, currently stars in the Channel 4 teen drama, As If.

Politically she is a leftist who has publicly supported Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli dissident who revealed Israel's nuclear weapons programme.

Filmography

Year Title character
1960 There Was a Crooked Man Ellen
1960 Tunes of Glory Morag Sinclair
1961 The Greengage Summer Joss Grey
1962 Freud Cecily Koertner
1963 Tom Jones Sophie Western
1964 The 7th Dawn Candace Trumpey
1964 Scene Nun, Take One The Actress
1965 Sands of the Kalahari Grace Munkton
1965 Scruggs Susan
1966 The Fall of the House of Usher (TV) Madeleine Usher
1966 Kaleidoscope Angel McGinnis
1966 A Man for All Seasons Margaret More
1968 Sebastian Rebecca Howard
1968 Duffy Segolene
1968 The Killing of Sister George Alice 'Childie' McNaught
1969 Oh! What a Lovely War Eleanor
1969 Battle of Britain Section Officer Maggie Harvey
1969 Lock Up Your Daughters! Hilaret
1969 They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Alice
1970 Jane Eyre (1970 television) Jane Eyre
1970 Country Dance Hilary Dow
1971 Happy Birthday, Wanda June Penelope Ryan
1972 Zee and Co. Stella
1972 Images Cathryn
1974 Gold Terry Steyner
1974 The Maids Claire
1975 Conduct Unbecoming Mrs. Marjorie Scarlett
1975 That Lucky Touch Julia Richardson
1976 Sky Riders Ellen Bracken
1976 Eliza Fraser Eliza Fraser
1978 The Shout Rachel Fielding
1978 The Silent Partner Julie Carver
1978 Superman: The Movie Lara
1979 "Prince Regent"(mini) TV Series Mrs. Fitzherbert
1979 The Golden Gate Murders(TV) Sister Benecia
1980 Long Shot An Actress
1980 The Awakening Jane Turner
1980 Superman II Lara
1980 Loophole Dinah Booker
1980 Late Flowering Love  
1980 Falling in Love Again Sue Lewis
1981 Second ChanceTV Series Kate Hurst
1982 We'll Meet AgainTV Series Helen Dereham
1982 Alicja Queenie
1983 Yellowbeard Lady Churchill
1983 Nelly's Version(TV) Narrator (voice)
1984 A Christmas Carol(TV) Mrs. Cratchit
1985 Star Quality (TV) Lorraine Barry
1985 Daemon(TV)  
1985 Prettykill Toni
1987 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace Lara (voice)
1987 Mio min Mio Seamstress
1987 Barbablú, Barbablú  
1988 A Summer Story Mrs. Narracombe
1988 Just Ask for Diamond Lauren Bacardi
1989 Melancholia Catherine Lanham Franck
1989 After the War(mini) TV Series Irene Jameson
1989 Quattro piccole donne TV  
1990 The Man from the PVU(TV) Amy Wallace
1990 En HÃ¥ndfull tid Susanne Walker
1990 Fate  
1991 Devices and Desires(mini) TV Series Meg Dennison
1991 TrainerTV Series Rachel Ware
1992 Illusions(TV) Dr. Sinclair
1993 Piccolo grande amore Queen Christina
1997 Loop Olivia
1997 Dark Blue Perfume (TV) Liz
1998 So This Is Romance? Mike's Mum
2000 St. Patrick: The Irish Legend(TV) Concessa
2000 Jean Jean
2002 The Book of Eve  
2003 Visitors Carolyn Perry
2004 Love Is a Survivor Present Day Roma

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