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Susannah York

SUSANNAH YORK

  (1939 - 2011)
Nationality:    English
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Actress Susannah York has died of cancer at the age of 72. She began her career in the sixties in a series of well-received films. She made her first appearance in Tunes of Glory (1960) with Alec Guinness and John Mills and a year later played the lead in the Greengage Summer. Her first big hit was playing Sophie Western in Tom Jones with Albert Finney (1963) which won the Oscar for Best Film. She went on to appear in A Man for All Seasons (1966), the Killing of Sister George (1968) and Battle of Britain (1969). She was nominated for the Oscar Best Supporting Actress award and won a BAFTA for they Shoot Horses, Don't they?(1969). Other film appearances included Sands of the Kalahari, Kaleidoscope, Oh! What a Lovely War, three of the Superman films (as Superman's mother) and Images(1972) for which she won Best Actress at CAnnes. On TV she played the title role in Jane Eyre (1970) alongside George C. Scott (as Edward Rochester), Ian BAnnen (St. John Rivers), Rachel Kempson (Mrs. Fairfax) and Jack Hawkins (Henry Brocklehurst). In 2003 she had a recurring role as Helen Grant in Holby City, reprising the part a year later in two episodes of Casualty. On stage she toured her one-woman show the Loves of Shakespeare's Women for many years, including a run at the 2001 Edinburgh Fringe (for which the BTG gavefive stars). Other stage apearances included the Singular Life of Albert Nobbs (New End: 1978), the Wings of the Dove (UK tour: 2007), Wuthering Heights(adapted by April De Angelis: 2008) and a Tennessee Williams Triple Bill (New End: 2009). She was left wing politcally, a supporet of CND and Mordechai Vanunu, the technician imprisoned for 18 years for revealing Israel's secret nuclear programme.
Thanks to British Theatre Guide http://www.britishTheatreguide.info/news/Susannahyork.php

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below is a list of Susannah York's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Human Voice, The         Loves Of Shakespeare's Women, The         Potage de Midi
Human Voice, The

Synopsis:
A woman is bleeding to death. Her ex-lover telephones

Notes:
Original Playwright - Jean Cocteau

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Genre:
Adaptation

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Loves Of Shakespeare's Women, The

Synopsis:
speeches and sonnets from Shakespeare's female characters interwoven with the author's commentary and personal reminiscences

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1st Produced:
Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh     2001

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Nick Hern Books, London, 2001   

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Solo Play/Drama

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Potage de Midi

Synopsis:
"the octave of creation"

Notes:
Original Playwright - Paul Claudel

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Genre:
Translation

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