Sue Lyon

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Suellyn "Sue" Lyon (born July 10, 1946 in Davenport , Iowa , † December 26, 2019 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American film actress . She became known to a wide audience through the impersonation of the title role in Stanley Kubrick's literary film Lolita (1962), for which she received a Golden Globe Award .

life and work

Sue Lyon was 14 when she was discovered and cast as a child actress for one of the most heatedly debated films of the early 1960s. Before that, she had only played a few minor television roles, including on the Loretta Young television show . She played the title role in Lolita directed by Stanley Kubrick . The film is based on the literary model of the same name by Vladimir Nabokov , which is about a man's obsessive love for a precocious girl. Because of the strict application of the US age rating regulations , the almost 16-year-old was not allowed to attend the premiere of Lolita on June 13, 1962 . This couldn't prevent her portrayal of Dolores "Lolita" Haze from being awarded a Golden Globe for best young actress and from making a name for herself as an actress.

In line with her proverbial Lolita image, she was subsequently cast as a nymphomaniac teenager in another film : In John Huston's Night of the Iguana (1964) , she targeted a former clergyman played by Richard Burton . Her role in John Ford's last cinema project Seven Women (1966), in which, as the pastor 's daughter , she becomes the object of the affection of a lesbian doctor, was also daring for the time .

However, the aforementioned films already mark Sue Lyon's career highlights. In the following years she attracted public attention mainly with details from her private life. The first marriage to Hampton Fancher , who later co-wrote Blade Runner , was short-lived. Against the background of the resentment that was still openly expressed at the time, her second marriage to the African-American photographer Roland Harrison was so controversial that the couple emigrated to Spain. Her third marriage, which was also divorced after a short time, to Cotton Adamson, who was incarcerated for murder, made headlines. Lyon later stated that her marriage to Adamson in particular had damaged her film career as producers no longer wanted to cast her.

In the 1970s, Sue Lyon was still involved in a few insignificant film and TV productions, which are primarily to be assigned to the thriller , horror or mystery genre. She last stood in front of the camera in 1980. From 1985 to 2002 she was married to Richard Rudman for the fifth time. In the decades before her death, she lived a secluded life and avoided interviews. Sue Lyon died on December 26, 2019 after a long illness at the age of 73. She leaves behind a daughter, Nona, from her marriage to Harrison.

Filmography

  • 1959: Your star Loretta Young ( Letter to Loretta , TV series, episode: "Alien Love") - still as 'Suellyn Lyon'
  • 1960: Dennis, Tale of a Rascal ( Dennis the Menace , TV series, one episode)
  • 1962: Lolita
  • 1964: The Night of the Iguana (The Night of the Iguana)
  • 1965: Seven women (Seven Women)
  • 1966: The great Mr. Flim-Flam (The Flim-Flam Man)
  • 1967: The Snoop (Tony Rome)
  • 1968: Four Rode Out
  • 1969: Arsenic and Old Lace (TV movie)
  • 1969: Love, American Style (TV series, episode: "Love and the Bed")
  • 1970: But I Don't Want to Get Married (TV movie)
  • 1970: The People from Shiloh Ranch (TV series, episode: "Experiment at New Life")
  • 1970: Evel Knievel
  • 1971: Defense has the word (TV series, episode: "A Long Night")
  • 1971: Rod Serling 's Night Gallery (TV series, episode: "Eat Lovecraft Sent Me")
  • 1972: Dead Angel (Una gota de sangre para morir amando)
  • 1973: the devil shuffles the cards (tarots)
  • 1974: Love, American Style (TV series, episode: "Love and the Extra Job")
  • 1976: Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (TV movie)
  • 1976: Dracula's death race (Crash)
  • 1976: End of the World
  • 1977: Towing / Who Stole My Wheels?
  • 1977: Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready (Movie made for TV)
  • 1978: Fantasy Island (TV series, episode: "Perfect Luck")
  • 1978: Police Story (TV series, episode: "River of Promises")
  • 1980: The Horror Alligator (Alligator)
  • 1984: The Transformer (Invisible Strangler)

Awards

Web links

Commons : Sue Lyon  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sue Lyon, Star of Stanley Kubrick's 'Lolita,' Dies at 73. In: TheWrap. December 28, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019 (American English).
  2. ^ Neil Genzlinger: Sue Lyon, Star of 'Lolita,' Is Dead at 73 . In: The New York Times . December 27, 2019, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed December 28, 2019]).
  3. ^ Neil Genzlinger: Sue Lyon, Star of 'Lolita,' Is Dead at 73 . In: The New York Times . December 27, 2019, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed December 28, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Lyon, Sue
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lyon, Suellyn (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film actress
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Davenport , Iowa , USA
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 2019
Place of death Los Angeles , California