Editing Susannah York

{{short description|English film, stage and television actress (1939–2011)}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Susannah York
| image        = Susannah York.JPG
| birth_name   = Susannah Yolande Fletcher
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1939|1|9|df=y}}
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|2011|1|15|1939|1|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place  = [[Chelsea, London]], England
| death_place  = [[Brompton, London]], England
| occupation   = Actress
| years_active = 1959–2011
| alma mater   = [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]
| television   =
| spouse       = {{marriage|Michael Wells|1959|1976|end=divorced}}
| children     = 2, including [[Orlando Wells]]
}}
'''Susannah Yolande Fletcher''' (9 January 1939<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|title= UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020|work= [[United Press International]] | date= January 9, 2020|access-date=January 16, 2020 |archive-date= January 15, 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200115192229/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|url-status=live|quote=…actor Susannah York in 1939}}</ref><ref>"Births". ''The Times'' (11 January 1939). "FLETCHER. – on Jan. 9, 1939, at 18, Walpole Street, S.W.3. to Joan, wife of Peel Fletcher – a daughter"</ref> – 15 January 2011), known professionally as '''Susannah York''', was an English actress. Her appearances in various films of the 1960s, including ''[[Tom Jones (1963 film)|Tom Jones]]'' (1963) and ''[[They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (film)|They Shoot Horses, Don't They?]]'' (1969), formed the basis of her international reputation.<ref name="guardian-billington"/> An obituary in ''[[The Daily Telegraph|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]]", who later "proved that she was a real actor of extraordinary emotional range".<ref name="telegraph_obit"/>

York's early films included ''[[The Greengage Summer]]'' (1961) and ''[[Freud: The Secret Passion|Freud]]'' (1962). She received a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for ''They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'' She also won the 1972 [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress]] for ''[[Images (film)|Images]]''. Her other film appearances included ''[[Sands of the Kalahari]]'' (1965), ''[[A Man for All Seasons (play)|A Man for All Seasons]]'' (1966), ''[[The Killing of Sister George (film)|The Killing of Sister George]]'' (1968), ''[[Battle of Britain (film)|Battle of Britain]]'' (1969), ''[[Jane Eyre (1970 film)|Jane Eyre]]'' (1970), ''[[X Y & Zee]]'' (1972), ''[[Gold (1974 film)|Gold]]'' (1974), ''[[The Maids (film)|The Maids]]'' (1975), ''[[Conduct Unbecoming (1975 film)|Conduct Unbecoming]]'' (1975), ''[[Eliza Fraser (film)|Eliza Fraser]]'' (1976), ''[[The Shout]]'' (1978), ''[[The Silent Partner (1978 film)|The Silent Partner]]'' (1978) and ''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]'' (1978). She was appointed an [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Officier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] in 1991.<ref name="sunday-telegraph-film-obit"/>

==Early life==
York was born in [[Chelsea, London]], in 1939, the younger daughter of Simon William Peel Vickers Fletcher (1910–2002), a merchant banker and steel magnate, and his first wife, the former Joan Nita Mary Bowring. They married in 1935, and divorced prior to 1943.<ref name="times_2002"/><ref name="independent_1992"/><ref>Marriage between Joan N.M. Bowring and [Simon] William P. Fletcher listed in ''England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916–2005'', accessed on ancestry.com on 16 January 2011</ref><ref>Though York claimed she was born in 1942, the birth of Susannah Y. Fletcher to a mother whose maiden name was Bowring is recorded as having occurred in 1939 in ''England & Wales Birth Index: 1916–2005'', accessed on ancestry.com on 16 January 2011</ref> Her maternal grandfather was Walter Andrew Bowring, [[CBE]], a British diplomat who served as [[Administrator of Dominica]] (1933–1935); she was a great-great-granddaughter of political economist Sir [[John Bowring]].<ref name="telegraph_obit"/><ref name="independent_1992"/><ref name="heraldry-online"/><ref>Arthur Charles Fox Davies, ''Armorial Families'' (Hurst & Blackett, 1929), page 199</ref> York had an elder sister, as well as a half-brother, Eugene Xavier Charles William Peel Fletcher, from her father's second marriage to Pauline de Bearnez de Morton de La Chapelle.<ref name="times_2002"/><ref>''The London Gazette'', 28 August 1942, page 3,799, gives the full maiden name of York's stepmother as Pauline Laura Aylmer Eugenie de Bearnez de Morton de La Chapelle and gives her former married name as Marsh. ''The Nobilities of Europe'' (Elbiron.com, page 327) states that she was a granddaughter of French historian Jean Joseph Xavier Alfred de La Chapelle, Count de La Chapelle and Morton.</ref><ref>Eugene Xavier C. W. P. Fletcher was born to Simon Fletcher and his second wife, née de La Chapelle, in late 1942, in London, according to ''England & Wales Birth Index, 1916–2005'', Volume 1a, page 435, accessed on ancestry.com on 16 January 2011. He is also listed in the same book (Volume 5c, page 5/62), same date, same location, but with the mother's maiden name being given as "Le Bearney Morton de la Chapelle".</ref><ref>''England & Wales Marriage Index, 1916–2005'' (Volume 1a, page 705) states that Simon Fletcher married Pauline E.L.A. de Bearnaz de Morton de La Chapelle (formerly Mrs Marsh) in early 1943. The couple had divorced by early 1949, when Pauline Fletcher married her third husband, Richard G. Williams.</ref><ref name="freer"/>

In early 1943, York's mother married a Scottish businessman, Adam M. Hamilton, and moved, with her daughter, to Scotland.<ref>The marriage between Joan N.M. Bowring Fletcher, and Adam M. Hamilton, took place in London, England, in early 1943, according to ''England and Wales Marriage Index, 1916–2005'', accessed on ancestry.com on 16 January 2010</ref><ref name= "sunday-telegraph-2011-01-16"/> At the age of 11, York entered [[Marr College]] in [[Troon]], [[Ayrshire]].<ref name="telegraph_obit"/><ref name="independent_1997"/> Later, she became a boarder at [[Wispers School]] in Midhurst, Sussex. At 13, she was removed, effectively expelled, from Wispers after admitting to a nude midnight swim in the school pool, and she transferred to [[East Haddon Hall School]] in [[Northamptonshire]].<ref name="telegraph_obit"/><ref name="independent_1997"/>

Enthusiastic about her experiences of acting at school (she had played an [[Ugly sisters|ugly sister]] in ''[[Cinderella]]'' at the age of nine), York first decided to apply to the [[Glasgow College of Dramatic Art]], but after her mother had separated from her stepfather and moved to London, she instead auditioned for the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]].<ref name="sunday-telegraph-film-obit"/><ref name="telegraph_obit"/><ref name="independent_1997"/><ref>[https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800014906/bio Biography @ Yahoo! Movies]</ref> At RADA, where her classmates included [[Peter O'Toole]], [[Albert Finney]], [[Tom Courtenay]] and future [[Beatles]] manager [[Brian Epstein]], she won the Ronson award for most promising student<ref name="guardian"/> before graduating in 1958.<ref name="rada"/>

==Career==

===Film===
[[File:Susannah York-Montgomery Clift in Freud (1962) trailer.jpg|thumb|York with Montgomery Clift in ''Freud: The Secret Passion'', 1962]]
Her film career began with ''[[Tunes of Glory]]'' (1960), co-starring with [[Alec Guinness]] and [[John Mills]]. In 1961, she played the leading role in ''[[The Greengage Summer]]'', which co-starred [[Kenneth More]] and [[Danielle Darrieux]]. In 1962, she performed in ''[[Freud: The Secret Passion]]'' with [[Montgomery Clift]] in the title role.

York played Sophie Western opposite [[Albert Finney]] in the Oscar-winning Best Film ''[[Tom Jones (1963 film)|Tom Jones]]'' (1963). She had turned the part down three times and only agreed to participate because she felt guilty over cooking a disastrous meal for the director [[Tony Richardson]], who was determined not to accept her refusal.<ref name=guardian-billington/> She also appeared in ''[[The 7th Dawn]]'' (1964) with William Holden, ''[[Kaleidoscope (1966 film)|Kaleidescope]]'' (1966), ''[[A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]'' (1966), ''[[The Killing of Sister George (film)|The Killing of Sister George]]'' (1968) and ''[[Battle of Britain (film)|Battle of Britain]]'' (1969). In 1970 she co-starred with [[George C. Scott]] (as [[Edward Rochester]]), playing the title role in an American television movie of ''[[Jane Eyre (1970 film)|Jane Eyre]]'', and played opposite [[Peter O'Toole]] in ''[[Country Dance (film)|Country Dance]]''.

York was nominated for a [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress Oscar]] for ''[[They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (film)|They Shoot Horses, Don't They?]]'' (1969). She snubbed the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|Academy]] when, regarding her nomination, she declared it offended her to be nominated without being asked. She was highly praised for her performance, though she said "I don't think much of the film, or of myself in it." She did attend the ceremony but lost to [[Goldie Hawn]] for her role in ''[[Cactus Flower (film)|Cactus Flower]]''.<ref>{{YouTube|GVtKnZoKbjs|"Goldie Hawn winning Best Supporting Actress for "Cactus Flower"}} Retrieved 13 June 2010</ref>

In 1972, she won the [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress|Best Actress award]] at the [[1972 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]] for her role in ''[[Images (film)|Images]]''.<ref>[http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/1972/awardCompetition.html "List of 1972 Festival de Cannes Winners"] Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 15 January 2011.</ref> She played [[Superman]]'s mother [[Lara (character)|Lara]] on the doomed planet Krypton in ''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]'' (1978) and its sequels, ''[[Superman II]]'' (1980) and ''[[Superman IV: The Quest for Peace]]'' (1987, voice role). York made extensive appearances in British television series, including ''[[Prince Regent (TV series)|Prince Regent]]'' (1979), as [[Maria Fitzherbert]], the clandestine wife of the future [[George IV]], and ''[[We'll Meet Again (TV series)|We'll Meet Again]]'' (1982).

In 1984, York starred as Mrs. Cratchit in ''[[A Christmas Carol (1984 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'' (1984), based on the novel by [[Charles Dickens]]. She again co-starred with [[George C. Scott]] (as [[Ebenezer Scrooge]]), [[David Warner (actor)|David Warner]] ([[Bob Cratchit]]), [[Frank Finlay]] ([[Jacob Marley]]), [[Angela Pleasence]] ([[The Ghost of Christmas Past]]) and Anthony Walters [[Tiny Tim (A Christmas Carol)|(Tiny Tim)]].

In 1992, she was a member of the jury at the [[42nd Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="Berlinale">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1992/04_jury_1992/04_Jury_1992.html |title=Berlinale: 1992 Juries |access-date=27 March 2011 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref>

In 1997, York starred as Olivia in the British comedy ''[[Loop (1997 film)|Loop]]'' co-starring with [[Andy Serkis]], based on the script by [[Tim Pears]].

In 2003, York had a recurring role as hospital manager Helen Grant in the BBC1 television drama series ''[[Holby City]]''. She reprised this role in two episodes of ''Holby City'''s sister series ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' in May 2004. Her last film was ''[[The Calling (2009 film)|The Calling]]'', released in 2010 in the UK.

She was a patron of the [[Children's Film Unit]] and appeared in several of their films.

===Stage===
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In 1978, York appeared on stage at the [[New End Theatre]] in London in ''[[The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs]]'' with [[Lucinda Childs]], directed by French director [[Simone Benmussa]]. This was the first of 10 projects she completed with the producer Richard Jackson.<ref name=guardian-billington/> The following year, she appeared in Paris, [[French language|speaking French]] in a play by [[Henry James]]: ''Appearances'', with [[Sami Frey]]. The play was again directed by Benmussa.<ref name=guardian-billington/>

In the 1980s, again with Benmussa, York played in ''For No Good Reason'', an adaptation of [[George Moore (novelist)|George Moore]]'s short story, with [[Susan Hampshire]]. In 1985, she appeared in ''Fatal Attraction'' by [[Bernard Slade]] at the [[Theatre Royal Haymarket]]. In 1986-87, York starred as Mary in Claire Boothe's ''[[The Women (play)|The Women]]'' at the [[Old Vic]], a production that included [[Maria Aitken]], [[Diana Quick]] and [[Georgina Hale]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jensen |first=Gregory |date=26 December 1986 |title=&#039;The Women&#039; 50 years later UPI Arts & Entertainment - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/12/26/The-Women-50-years-later-UPI-Arts-Entertainment/1594535957200/ |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref>

In 2007, she appeared in the UK tour of ''[[The Wings of the Dove]]'', and continued performing her internationally well-received solo show, ''The Loves of Shakespeare's Women''. Also in 2007, she guest starred in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' audio play ''[[Valhalla (Doctor Who audio)|Valhalla]]''. In 2008, she played the part of Nelly in an adaptation by [[April De Angelis]] of ''[[Wuthering Heights]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Groocock|first1=Veronica|title=My perfect weekend: Susannah York|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3638035/My-perfect-weekend-Susannah-York.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3638035/My-perfect-weekend-Susannah-York.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=28 October 2014|work=The Telegraph|publisher=Telegraph Media Group Limited|date=27 September 2008}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

According to the website of Italian [[symphonic metal]] band [[Rhapsody of Fire]] (previously known as Rhapsody), York had been recruited for a narrated part on the band's next full-length album ''[[Triumph or Agony]]''. In 2009, she starred alongside [[Jos Vantyler]] in the [[Tennessee Williams]] season at the [[New End Theatre]], London for which she received critical acclaim.<ref>[http://www.broadwayworld.com/uk-regional/article/Stage-Screen-Star-Susannah-York-To-Lead-Triple-Bill-Of-Tennessee-Williams-Work-Sept-23-Oct-10-20090821 Dreamers: This Property is Condemned/The Lady of Larkspur Lotion/Talk to Me Like the Rain]</ref>

York's last stage performance was as Jean in [[Ronald Harwood]]'s ''[[Quartet (Harwood play)|Quartet]]'', at the [[Oxford Playhouse]] in August 2010.<ref>[http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/8296975.Quartet__Milton_Keynes_Theatre_and_touring_to_Oxford/ Quartet: Milton Keynes Theatre and touring to Oxford] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912092405/http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/8296975.Quartet__Milton_Keynes_Theatre_and_touring_to_Oxford/ |date=12 September 2011 }}</ref>

===Writing and personal appearances===
In the 1970s, York wrote two children's [[fantasy]] novels, ''In Search of Unicorns'' (1973, revised 1984) which was excerpted in the film ''[[Images (film)|Images]]'', and ''Lark's Castle'' (1976, revised 1986).<ref name="NYT-obit">{{cite news
| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/17/arts/television/17york.html
| title = Susannah York, British Actress, Dies at 72
| author = Margalit Fox
|work=The New York Times
| date = 16 January 2011
| access-date =16 January 2011
}}</ref>

She was a guest, along with [[David Puttnam]] on the [[BBC Radio 4]] documentary ''I Had The Misery Thursday'', a tribute programme to film actor Montgomery Clift, which was aired in 1986, on the 20th anniversary of Clift's death.<ref>{{cite web|title=A Cage to Hold My Dreams|url=http://poetrypoem.com/cgi-bin/index.pl?sitename=terencepettigrew&item=about|website=Terence Pettigrew|access-date=28 October 2014}}</ref> York had co-starred with him in ''Freud: The Secret Passion'', [[John Huston]]'s 1962 film biography of the psychoanalyst.<ref name="NYT-obit"/>

==Personal life==
In 1959, York married Michael Wells, with whom she had two children: daughter Sasha (born May 1972), and son [[Orlando Wells|Orlando]] (born June 1973). They divorced in 1976. In the 1984 TV adaptation of ''[[A Christmas Carol (1984 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'', she played Mrs. Cratchit and both of her children co-starred as Cratchit offspring. York's first grandchild by way of Orlando was born in 2007.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120122050938/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/3638035/My-perfect-weekend-Susannah-York.html "My perfect weekend: Susannah York"] ''The Telegraph'' (27 September 2008).</ref>

Politically, York was [[left-leaning]], and publicly supported [[Mordechai Vanunu]], the Israeli dissident who revealed Israel's [[nuclear weapon]]s programme.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/apr/21/israel3 Vanunu released after 18 years]. ''The Guardian''. 21 April 2004.</ref> While performing ''The Loves of Shakespeare's Women'' at the [[Cameri Theatre]] in [[Tel Aviv]] in June 2007, York dedicated the performance to Vanunu, evoking both cheers and jeers from the audience.<ref>[http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1181228583622&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull "Hijacking Shakespeare"]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''Jerusalem Post'' (10 June 2007).</ref>

==Death==
Diagnosed with cancer late in 2010, York refused [[chemotherapy]] and honoured a contractual obligation to appear in [[Ronald Harwood]]'s ''[[Quartet (Harwood play)|Quartet]]''.<ref name=guardian-billington/> She died at the [[Royal Marsden Hospital]] in London<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/news/tributes-paid-to-wonderful-susannah-york "Tributes paid to 'wonderful' Susannah York"]. Channel4.com. Retrieved 17 January 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite ODNB|author=Michael Billington|title=York, Susannah (1939–2011)|date= Jan 2015 |id=103576|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/public/dnb/103576.html}}</ref> from [[multiple myeloma]] on 15 January 2011, aged 72.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12200725 "Actress Susannah York dies at 72"] "BBC News". 15 January 2011.</ref><ref name="WashPost-obit"/>

==TV and filmography==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|rowspan=3|1960
|''The Richest Man in the World''
| Martine Herrault
| 
|-
| ''[[There Was a Crooked Man (1960 film)|There Was a Crooked Man]]''
| Ellen
|
|-
| ''[[Tunes of Glory]]''
| Morag Sinclair
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1961
| ''ITV Television Playhouse''
| Eva Sinding<br>Abigail Williams
| Episodes: "Midnight", "The Crucible"
|-
| ''[[The Greengage Summer]]''
| Joss Grey
|
|-
|''The First Gentleman''
| Princess Charlotte
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1962
|''The Slaughter of St. Teresa's Day''
|Thelma Maguire
|
|-
| ''[[Freud: The Secret Passion]]''
| Cecily Koertner
| Nominated – [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Tom Jones (1963 film)|Tom Jones]]''
| Sophie Western
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1964
| ''[[The 7th Dawn]]''
| Candace Trumpey
|
|-
| ''Scene Nun, Take One''
| The Actress
| 
|-
|rowspan=3| 1965
|''[[Thursday Theatre]]''
|Milly Theale
|Episode: "The Wings of the Dove"
|-
| ''[[Sands of the Kalahari]]''
| Grace Munkton
|
|-
| ''[[Scruggs]]''
| Susan
|
|-
|rowspan=4| 1966
| ''[[The Fall of the House of Usher (1950 film)|The Fall of the House of Usher]]'' 
| Madeleine Usher
|
|-
| ''[[Kaleidoscope (1966 film)|Kaleidoscope]]''
| Angel McGinnis
| [[Laurel Award| Laurel Award for Favorite Female Comedy Performance]] (5th place)
|-
| ''[[A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]''
| Margaret More
|
|-
|''[[Jackanory]]''
|Storyteller
|[[List of Jackanory episodes|Five episodes]]: "The Children of Green Knowe"
|-
|1966–1967
|''[[Theatre 625]]''
| Bronwen<br>Jane
| Episodes: "The Winner", "Kiss on a Grass Green Pillow"
|-
|rowspan=4| 1968
| ''[[Sebastian (1968 film)|Sebastian]]''
| Rebecca Howard
|
|-
|''[[ITV Playhouse]]''
| Grace
| Episode: "The Photographer"
|-
| ''[[The Killing of Sister George (film)|The Killing of Sister George]]''
| Alice 'Childie' McNaught
|
|-
| ''[[Duffy (film)|Duffy]]''
| Segolene
|
|-
|rowspan=4| 1969
| ''[[Lock Up Your Daughters (1969 film)|Lock Up Your Daughters]]''
| Hilaret
|
|-
| ''[[Oh! What a Lovely War]]''
| Eleanor
|
|-
| ''[[Battle of Britain (film)|Battle of Britain]]''
| Section Officer Maggie Harvey
|
|-
| ''[[They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (film)|They Shoot Horses, Don't They?]]''
| Alice
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role]]<br>Nominated – [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]]<br>Nominated – [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]]
|-
|rowspan=2| 1970
| ''[[Country Dance (film)|Country Dance]]''
| Hilary Dow
|
|-
| ''[[Jane Eyre (1970 film)|Jane Eyre]]''
| Jane Eyre
|Nominated – [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role]]
|-
| 1971
| ''[[Happy Birthday, Wanda June]]''
| Penelope Ryan
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1972
| ''[[X Y & Zee]]''
| Stella
|
|-
| ''[[Images (film)|Images]]''
| Cathryn
| [[Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)]]
|-
| 1959–1972
|''[[Armchair Theatre]]''
| Tekla<br>Mandy Hope<br>Cecily Cardew<br>Kathleen<br>Caroline
| Seven episodes
|-
| 1973
|''[[Orson Welles Great Mysteries]]''
| Countess Josephine
| Episode: "La Grande Breteche"
|-
|rowspan=3| 1974
| ''Fallen Angels''
| Julia Sterroll
|
|-
| ''[[Gold (1974 film)|Gold]]''
| Terry Steyner
|
|-
| ''[[Jackanory]]''
| Storyteller
| [[List of Jackanory episodes|Five episodes]] – Reading from her novel, ''In Search of Unicorns''
|-
| rowspan="3"|1975
| ''[[The Maids (film)|The Maids]]''
| [[The Maids|Claire]]
|
|-
| ''[[That Lucky Touch]]''
| Julia Richardson
|
|-
| ''[[Conduct Unbecoming (1975 film)|Conduct Unbecoming]]''
| Mrs. Marjorie Scarlett
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1976
| ''[[Sky Riders]]''
| Ellen Bracken
|
|-
| ''[[Eliza Fraser (film)|Eliza Fraser]]''
| Eliza Fraser
|
|-
| 1977
| ''A Month in the Country''
| Natalia
|
|-
|rowspan=4| 1978
| ''[[The Shout]]''
| Rachel Fielding
|
|-
| ''[[The Silent Partner (1978 film)|The Silent Partner]]''
| Julie Carver
|
|-
|''Long Shot''
| An Actress
|
|-
| ''[[Superman (1978 film)|Superman]]''
| [[Lara (character)|Lara]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1979
| ''[[Prince Regent (TV series)|Prince Regent]]''
| Maria Fitzherbert
|
|-
| ''[[The Golden Gate Murders]]''
| Sister Benecia
|
|-
|rowspan=3| 1980
| ''[[The Awakening (1980 film)|The Awakening]]''
| Jane Turner
|
|-
| ''[[Falling in Love Again (1980 film)|Falling in Love Again]]''
| Sue Lewis
|
|-
| ''[[Superman II]]''
| [[Lara (character)|Lara]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1981
| ''Second Chance''
| Kate Hurst
| Episode: "April II"
|-
|''[[Loophole (1981 film)|Loophole]]''
| Dinah Booker
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1982
| ''[[We'll Meet Again (TV series)|We'll Meet Again]]''
| Dr. Helen Dereham
| 13 episodes
|-
| ''[[Alice (1982 film)|Alice]]''
| Queenie
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1983
| ''Nelly's Version''
| Narrator (voice)
|
|-
| ''[[Yellowbeard]]''
| Lady Churchill
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[A Christmas Carol (1984 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'' 
| Mrs. Cratchit
|
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1985
| ''Star Quality''
| Lorraine Barry
|
|-
| ''[[The Love Boat]]''
| Kay Webber
| Episodes: "Girl of the Midnight Sun", "There'll Be Some Changes Made", "Too Many Isaacs, "Mr. Smith Goes to Stockholm"
|-
| ''[[Daemon (film)|Daemon]]''
| Rachel
|
|-
|1986
|''[[The Two Ronnies]]''
| My Lady
| Episode 12.2
|-
|rowspan="4"| 1987
|''[[Tomorrow's a Killer|Prettykill]]''
| Toni
|
|-
| ''[[Mio in the Land of Faraway|Mio min Mio]]''
| Seamstress
|
|-
| ''[[Superman IV: The Quest for Peace]]''
| [[Lara (character)|Lara]]
| Voice
|-
| ''Barbablù, Barbablù''
| Teresa
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1988
| ''[[A Summer Story]]''
| Mrs. Narracombe
|
|-
| ''[[Just Ask for Diamond]]''
| Lauren Bacardi
|
|-
|rowspan="4"| 1989
| ''{{ill|Melancholia (1989 film)|de|3=Melancholia (1989)|lt=Melancholia}}''
| Catherine Lanham Franck
|
|-
| ''After the War''
| Irene Jameson
| Episodes: "Yesterday and Tomorrow", "Partners"
|-
| ''[[A Handful of Time]]''
| Susanne Walker
|
|-
|''[[The Ray Bradbury Theater]]''
| Nora
| Episode: "The Haunting of the New"
|-
|rowspan="3"|1990
| ''[[Screen Two]]''
| Amy Wallace
| Episode: "The Man from the Pru"
|-
| ''[[Boon (TV series)|Boon]]''
| Lady Tessa Bolton
| Episode: "Daddy's Girl"
|-
| ''Fate''
|
|
|-
|1991
| ''Devices and Desires''
| Meg Dennison
| Six episodes
|-
| 1991–1992
| ''[[Trainer (TV series)|Trainer]]''
| Rachel Ware
| 23 episodes
|-
| 1992
| ''Illusions''
| Dr. Sinclair
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1993
| ''[[The Higher Mortals]]''
| Miss Thorogood
|
|-
| ''[[Piccolo Grande Amore]]''
| Queen Christina
|
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1997
| ''[[The Ruth Rendell Mysteries]]''
| Liz
| Episode: "A Dark Blue Perfume"
|-
| ''So This Is Romance?''
| Mike's Mum
|
|-
| ''[[Loop (1997 film)|Loop]]''
| Olivia
|
|-
|2000
| ''[[St. Patrick: The Irish Legend]]'' 
| Concessa
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2002
| ''[[Highway (2002 film)|Highway]]''
| 
|
|-
| ''The Book of Eve''
| May
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2003
| ''[[Visitors (2003 film)|Visitors]]''
| Carolyn Perry
| Nominated – [[DVD Exclusive Awards|DVD Exclusive Award]] for Best Actress in a DVD Premiere Movie<!-- <br>Nominated-Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Supporting Actress
 -->
|-
|''[[Holby City]]''
| Helen Grant
| Nine episodes
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''
| Helen Grant
| Episodes: "Don't Go There", "Breaking Point"
|-
| rowspan="2"|2006
| ''[[The Gigolos]]''
| Tessa Harrington
|
|-
|''The Stoning''
|Jean Fielding
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Franklyn]]''
| Margaret
|
|-
| 2009
|''[[The Calling (2009 film)|The Calling]]''
| The Prioress
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2010
|''[[Missing (2009 TV series)|Missing]]''
| Marjorie Claye
| Episode 2.9
|-
| ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]''
| Lorna Robson
| Episode: "Gibberish" (final appearance)
|}

==References==
{{reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name="independent_1992">[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/the-fiftyyear-war-for-a-lost-empire-simon-fletcher-has-devoted-his-life-to-proving-the-establishment-conspired-to-destroy-his-steel-business-1565608.html "The fifty-year war for a lost empire: Simon Fletcher has devoted his life to proving the establishment conspired to destroy his steel business"] ''The Independent'' (27 December 1992)</ref>
<ref name="independent_1997">[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/progiles/passedfailed-susannah-york-1282263.html "PASSED/FAILED: Susannah York"] ''The Independent'' (9 January 1997)</ref>
<ref name="telegraph_obit">Olga Craig, Ben Leach and Roya Nikkhah, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110117052033/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/8262216/Actress-Susannah-York-has-died-aged-72.html "Actress Susannah York has died, aged 72"], ''The Telegraph'', 15 January 2011</ref>
<ref name= "sunday-telegraph-2011-01-16">Ben Leach, Olga Craig and Roya Nikkhah, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110118233708/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/8262247/Family-pay-tribute-to-actress-Susannah-York-who-has-died-aged-72.html 'Family pay tribute to actress Susannah York who has died, aged 72'], ''Sunday Telegraph'', 16 January 2011.</ref>
<ref name="sunday-telegraph-film-obit">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/8262228/Susannah-York.html 'Susannah York'], Film Obituaries, ''The Sunday Telegraph'', 16 January 2011</ref>
<ref name="guardian">Ben Quinn, [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/16/susannah-york-dies-battle-cancer "Susannah York, the gentle star of 1960s cinema, dies after battle against cancer"], 16 January 2011</ref>
!<ref name="guardian-billington">[[Michael Billington (critic)|Michael Billington]], [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/16/susannah-york-obituary Susannah York obituary], ''The Guardian'', 16 January 2011</ref>--The date currently given in the article is 14 January the day before she died-->
<ref name="rada">[http://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles?prof_act=5989 "Susannah York profile at RADA]</ref>
<ref name="times_2002">[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1171008.ece 'Simon Fletcher: Steelworks owner who lost his livelihood during the war and spent the next 57 years trying to sue the Government']{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, obituary in ''The Times'' or ''The Sunday Times'', 15 October 2002.</ref>
<ref name="freer">Alan Freer, [http://www.william1.co.uk/w11.html Descendants of William the Conqueror].</ref>
<ref name="heraldry-online">Stephen J F Plowman, [https://web.archive.org/web/20081121192420/http://www.heraldry-online.org.uk/bowring/bowring-pedigree.htm 'Descendents of Sir John Bowring'], heraldry-online.org.uk.</ref>
<ref name="WashPost-obit">{{cite news
| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/16/AR2011011604232.html
| title = Susannah York, 72, Oscar nominee for role in 'They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'
| author = Emma Brown
|newspaper=The Washington Post
| date = 16 January 2011
| access-date =18 January 2011
}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
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