Susannah York
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Susannah York (born January 9, 1942) 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 was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969).
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).
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 | 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 Håndfull 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 |
Susannah's son, Orlando Wells, stars in the Channel 4 teen drama, As If.