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Susannah York

Jan 09, 1939 - Jan 15, 2011 (72 years old) in Chelsea, London, England, UK

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.

Known For

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Casualty
Helen Grant
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The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Liz
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The Ray Bradbury Theater
Nora
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Superman
Lara
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Superman II
Lara
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Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
Countess Josephine
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The Animals Roadshow
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A Man for All Seasons
Margaret More
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Mystery and Imagination
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Alice LeBlanc

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