Susannah York

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Susannah York

Susannah York (born January 9, 1939 as Susannah Yolande Fletcher in London , † January 15, 2011 ibid) was a British actress and author .

Life

Susannah York was born the daughter of a commercial banker and a housewife. Her parents divorced when she was five years old. She grew up with her mother, who was the second wife of a Scottish businessman and moved to his home country. At school she was enthusiastic about acting. After training at Marr College in Troon , she studied from 1955 to 1958 at the renowned London drama school Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). She made her film debut alongside Alec Guinness in Once a Hero . In 1960, she drew attention to herself alongside Sean Connery as Abigail in Arthur Miller's Witch Hunt , a television adaptation of the ITV Play of the Week series . Two years later, York played her first leading role alongside Montgomery Clift in John Huston's feature film Freud , for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for best actress in a drama. This was followed by roles in other award-winning film productions, including Tony Richardson's Tom Jones - Between Bed and Galgen (1963), Fred Zinnemann's A Man for Every Season (1966) and the part of Alice in Robert Aldrich's drama The Double Life of Sister George (1968).

She received the British Society of Film and Television Arts Award as well as a further Golden Globe and Oscar nomination in 1970 for the supporting role in Alice in Sydney Pollack's drama Only Horses Are Given the Gunshot, an unsuccessful actress and Jean Harlow copy, who took part in a dance marathon at the time of the Great Depression . At the Golden Globe and Oscar awards, however, York had to admit defeat to the American Goldie Hawn ( The Cactus Blossom ) . In 1972 she received the award for best actress at the Cannes Film Festival for Robert Altman's Reflections . She also wrote the novel for the fantasy film about a woman who is tormented by mysterious memories. During this time, Susannah York was counted among the leading actresses in British cinema , along with fellow actors like Vanessa Redgrave . In the following three decades she was unable to build on her successes in film, television and theater. She continued to act in all genres, but mainly in dramas.

Susannah York was married to actor and writer Michael Wells from 1960 to 1980 . The marriage resulted in the children Sasha (* 1972) and Orlando Wells (* 1973), who also became actors. In addition to her acting activities, York was also successful as an author of children's books in the 1970s. In 1979 she was part of the competition jury in Cannes, alongside Françoise Sagan and Jules Dassin , which awarded Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now and Volker Schlöndorff's The Tin Drum with the Palme d'Or. Almost 13 years later, together with Annie Girardot and Michael Verhoeven , she voted Lawrence Kasdan's drama Grand Canyon - In the Heart of the City the best film at the Berlinale .

Susannah York died in mid-January 2011 at the age of 72 of complications from cancer.

Filmography (selection)

Literary works

  • 1973: In search of unicorns
  • 1976: Lark's Castle
  • 1984: The big one
  • 1984: The ice house
  • 2001: The loves of Shakespeare's women

Awards

Oscar

  • 1970 : nominated as best supporting actress for Only Horses are given the coup de grace

British film award

  • 1971: Best supporting actress for Only Horses is given the coup de grace

Golden Globe Award

  • 1963: nominated in the category Best Actress - Drama for Freud
  • 1970: Nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category for Only Horses, you give the coup de grace

Cannes International Film Festival

  • 1972 : Best Actress for Mirror Images

Laurel Awards

  • 1967: 5th place in the category Best Actress in a Comedy for Der Gentleman-Zinker

Web links

Commons : Susannah York  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b cf. 'They Shoot Horses, Don't They?' Actress Susannah York Dies on hollywoodreporter.com, January 15, 2011 (accessed January 15, 2011)
  2. ↑ cf. British actress Susannah York dies aged 72: report ( memento from January 25, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) at google.com, January 15, 2011 (accessed on January 16, 2011)
  3. ↑ cf. Craig, Olga; Leach, Ben; Nikkah, Roya: Actress Susannah York has died, aged 72 ( memento from January 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) at telegraph.co.uk, January 15, 2011 (accessed January 16, 2011)
  4. ↑ Entry at filmreference.com
personal data
SURNAME York, Susannah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fletcher, Susannah Yolande (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British film actress and author
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH London , England , UK
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 2011
Place of death London , England , UK