Susannah York
Date of birth: 1939-01-09
Place of birth: Chelsea, London, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Сюзанна Йорк, Susannah Yolande Fletcher
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.
Movie Credits
A Man for All Seasons
1966-12-13
A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas M
Superman
1978-12-14
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Cla
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969-03-10
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the five boys of th
Tom Jones
1963-08-24
Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they find
Yellowbeard
1983-06-24
For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their heart
Battle of Britain
1969-09-15
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for contro
Superman II
1980-12-12
Three Kryptonian criminals led by General Zod team up with Lex Luthor to conquer Earth, forcing a de
The Silent Partner
1978-09-07
Toronto, Canada. A few days before Christmas, Miles Cullen, a bored teller working at a bank branch
Franklyn
2008-10-16
Set between the parallel worlds of contemporary London and the futuristic faith dominated metropolis
Sebastian
1968-01-24
Sebastian is an undisciplined mathematics genius who works in the "cipher bureau" of the British Int
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969-12-10
In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marat
Kaleidoscope
1966-07-01
Barney Lincoln is a rambling gambling man who scores sensational wins at poker and chemin de fer bec
Freud: The Secret Passion
1962-12-12
An examination of Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagn
Mio in the Land of Faraway
1987-07-01
Under the watch of his unkind realtives, lonely Bosse's luck is changed when he is sent to the land
Images
1972-12-18
While holidaying in Ireland, a pregnant children's author finds her mental state becoming increasing
Sky Riders
1976-03-26
When an industrialist's wife and kids are kidnapped by terrorists in Greece, the woman's ex-husband
Tunes of Glory
1960-09-17
Following World War II in peacetime Scotland, brigade headquarters replaces commanding officer Major
The Awakening
1980-07-09
When a British archaeologist violates an Egyptian queen's tomb, her evil spirit enters his daughter.
Gold
1974-06-08
Rod Slater is the newly appointed general manager of the Sonderditch gold mine, but he stumbles acro
Falling in Love Again
1980-11-21
Harry and Sue Lewis met in the 40s as teenagers living in the Bronx. He was an aspiring architect, s
Visitors
2003-11-27
The story of Georgia Perry, the first woman to sail around the world solo.
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
1971-12-09
A hunter back from years in the Amazon finds his wife and life changed.
The Gigolos
2006-04-26
Sacha is an aging, well-established London 'male escort' with a select clientèle of weekly socialite
Sands of the Kalahari
1965-11-24
A diverse group of individuals struggle to survive in the Kalahari desert after their passenger plan
The Killing of Sister George
1968-09-01
When June Buckridge arrives at her London flat and announces 'They are going to murder me', her long
Pretty Princess
1993-12-03
A princess from a Nordic European country is obligated to marry the boy her family chose. She escape
Duffy
1968-09-16
Half-brothers Stefane and Antony despise their biological father, callous millionaire Charles Calver
The 7th Dawn
1964-09-02
Political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of the Se
Conduct Unbecoming
1975-10-04
A company of British soldiers in colonial India is shaken when the widow of their most honored hero
Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?)
1997-11-01
Mike is a composer who dreams of creating symphonies but instead, dashes off jingles for TV commerci
Loophole
1981-06-25
When architect Stephen Booker loses his partnership, he finds jobs hard to come by, and with money i
A Summer Story
1988-08-11
A young lawyer from London, Mr. Ashton, and his best friend are hiking across Dartmoor. When he twis
Star Quality
1985-11-10
Lorraine Barrie, a fading but brilliant actress with a penchant for manipulating every theatrical en
Zee and Co.
1972-01-21
The venomous and amoral wife of a wealthy architect tries, any way she can, to break up the blossomi
Brotherly Love
1970-01-07
Having left her husband, Hilary moves in with her unbalanced brother, Pink, who uses wit and humor t
Jane Eyre
1970-12-01
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happi
The Man from the Pru
1990-06-30
The 20 January 1931 slaying of Julia Wallace remains unsolved, despite an ongoing stream of investig
The Greengage Summer
1961-05-01
Sensitive story of a British girl's awakening from childhood into life and love on vacation in Franc
The Maids
1975-04-21
A film version of Genet's play. Two maids, Solange and Claire, hate their employers and, while they
Lock Up Your Daughters
1969-03-29
Three sailors on leave turn a British town upside down.
Daemon
1985-12-31
11-year-old Nick moves into a large old house with his sisters Jennie and Clare, left in the care of
Melancholia
1989-05-19
Art critic Keller, a German ex-pat living in London, is confronted by his radical 1960s past when he
Rhapsody of Fire: Visions from the Enchanted Lands
2007-07-06
Chronicles the 2005 tour and production for the Rhapsody of Fire albums "Symphony of Enchanted Lands
The Calling
2010-04-23
Joanna - a university student - leaves her course to become a nun.
The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
1976-12-16
An old captain & his young wife share a lot of adventures after they're shipwrecked and captured
The Importance of Being Earnest
1964-11-15
TV adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play. Jack pretends to be his foolish younger brother, Ernest in or
A Christmas Carol
1984-10-09
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable e
A Handful of Time
1989-10-12
Gothic thriller about Old Martin who heeds the voice of Anna, who calls him back to the mountain cab
The Creditors
1972-10-10
Gustave meets Adolph who tries to show him that Gustave’s fiancée doesn’t love him.
I Took My Little World Away
1965-03-14
Mandy is in a dark place on the brink of suicide, can Geoffrey persuade her otherwise?.
Jean
2000-05-12
A charming woman and a mysterious young man have a shared past, but what’s the secret?
Illusions
1992-10-14
Greg Sanderson is helping his wife, Jan, to recover from a nervous breakdown and revive their strain
Alice
1982-03-29
Alice was sitting in the park one day. She sees a jogger called Rabbit. When she first meets him she
St. Patrick: The Irish Legend
2000-03-12
A young Christian boy attends a druid worship that is attacked by invading Irish tribes. Taken capti
The Fall of the House of Usher
1966-02-12
A young man seeks the woman he has fallen in love with at an isolated old house, and comes into conf
There Was a Crooked Man
1960-08-31
When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is caught
That Lucky Touch
1975-08-07
A European arms dealer meets a liberated woman journalist, who is writing a story about the ridiculo
Pretty Kill
1987-03-27
A detective tries to track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes while at the same time
Alphabet: The Story of Writing
1980-01-01
Calligrapher Donald Jackson presents an historical overview of the alphabet from the cave paintings
The Golden Gate Murders
1979-10-03
An elderly, venerable priest goes over the side of the Golden Gate Bridge and everyone except his nu
Just Ask for Diamond
1988-09-01
Thirteen-year-old Nick and his slightly dense older brother Herbert run the Diamond Private Detectiv
Loop
1997-09-19
Rachel discovers she is pregnant. Just as she is about to break the news to her stockbroker boyfrien
A Guest of life
2006-02-05
'A Guest of life' is inspired by the journey of Alexander Csoma de Koros. The eccentric 19th century
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982-01-24
Ernie Anderson narrates this look at the making of Richard Donner's blockbuster 1978 film. Behind-th
The Stoning
2006-09-09
Young American Catherine Mulligan follows her love to Iran and converts to Islam. After being raped
Scene Nun, Take One
1964-07-14
An actress dressed as a nun flounces off a film set and has a series of encounters on the streets of
Long Shot
1978-11-17
Against the backdrop of the 1977 Edinburgh Film Festival, two low-budget filmmakers attempt to talk
Fate
1990-01-01
Writer Jake Blackburn and his model girlfriend Chelly are a new couple living together in LA. When
The Book of Eve
2002-09-01
A Romanian immigrant uses good food, good humor and good conversation to break down the walls around
Group Madness
1983-06-11
A behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of 1983's Yellowbeard
Norfolk Coast
2006-03-01
Norfolk Coast is inspired by the album of the same name by The Stranglers. It stars Jean-Jacques Bur
Not Quite Hollywood
2008-08-28
As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art hou
Scruggs
1965-01-01
Ben Scruggs is an intellectual gangster who lives his life like a poker game.
The Shout
1978-06-16
A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of
The Higher Mortals
1993-06-01
This movie deals with the problems suffered by many smaller girls' boarding schools during the early
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987-07-24
With global superpowers engaged in an increasingly hostile arms race, Superman leads a crusade to ri
Diana & Me
1997-12-04
Australian Diana Spencer wins a competition in a women's magazine, and as a prize gets a trip for tw
Montgomery Clift
1983-01-01
A documentary incorporating footage of Montgomery Clift’s most memorable films; interviews with fami
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
2006-11-28
A 5-part documentary of the history of Superman in the movies. • Origin - Superman in the media and
Fallen Angels
1974-07-18
Two men go off on a golfing trip, leaving their wives to amuse themselves as best they can. The wive
Barbablù, Barbablù
1989-11-17
An old patriarch at the gates of death, who has been married five times, reunites his family and ind
Duhallow Home
1973-06-15
A Lady raised in the idyllic Cork countryside returns from London to her former childhood home, and
Late Flowering Love
1981-06-21
Light dramatisation of four poems by poet laureete Sir John Betjeman, set on location in the south o