Susannah York

Susannah York

1939-01-09 – 2011-01-15 (age 72) Chelsea, London, England, UK
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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,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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Known For

Superman
Superman

1978

as Lara

Superman II
Superman II

1980

as Lara

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
A Man for All Seasons
A Man for All Seasons

1966

as Margaret More

Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain

1969

as Section Officer Maggie Harvey

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

1969

as Alice LeBlanc

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol

1984

as Mrs. Cratchit

Brotherly Love
Brotherly Love

1970

as Hilary Dow

Mio in the Land of Faraway
Mio in the Land of Faraway

1987

as The Weaver Woman

Franklyn
Franklyn

2008

as Margaret

Tom Jones
Tom Jones

1963

as Sophie Western

Gold
Gold

1974

as Terry Steyner

Freud: The Secret Passion
Freud: The Secret Passion

1962

as Cecily Koertner

Yellowbeard
Yellowbeard

1983

as Lady Churchill

The Gigolos
The Gigolos

2006

as Tessa Harrington

Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope

1966

as Angel McGinnis

Melancholia
Melancholia

1989

as Catherine Lanham Franck

Oh! What a Lovely War
Oh! What a Lovely War

1969

as Eleanor

The Awakening
The Awakening

1980

as Jane Turner

Falling in Love Again
Falling in Love Again

1980

as Sue Lewis (Present Day)