Suzy Kendall
Suzy Kendall , born Frieda Harrison , (born January 1, 1944 in Belper , Derbyshire , England ) is a British actress .
Life
Frieda Harrison trained as a fashion illustrator at Derby & District College of Art and attended a course in fabric pattern painting. At the age of 19, she opened a restaurant with the help of inherited money, which she sold again two years later for a large profit. She then moved to London, worked as a model and took private acting lessons. The attractive blonde was soon also receiving small film offers.
After Harrsion was cast as Gillian Blanchard under the stage name Suzy Kendall and directed by James Clavell in 1966, alongside Sidney Poitier in the film drama Young Thorns , the Englishwoman reached the 1967 crime thriller The Penthouse , in which she was the mistress of a considerably older man represented further notoriety. Peter Collinson's film was an official entry at the Berlin Film Festival. She worked with Collinson again the following year, this time in the drama Node London , in which she led the cast list.
She then received other leading roles, mostly in crime novels, horror films, thrillers and comedies. Her most demanding task was in 1969 the title role in the Italian-Yugoslav production Fräulein Doktor by Alberto Lattuada , where she played a German agent during the First World War . She also had the female lead in Dario Argento's mystery thriller The Secret of the Black Gloves (1970), as well as in the Italian horror film Die Teufel von 1973. In the German production Bis zur bitteren Neige , a Johannes Mario Simmel film adaptation , Kendall was cast in the role of the mother of Shirley Jordan, a multimillionaire played by Susanne Uhlen . In the 70s, Kendall also worked in numerous television productions.
Kendall was married to the pianist, comedian and actor Dudley Moore from June 1968 to September 1972 , then to Sandy Harper. When Moore died in 2002, she reappeared in public after a long time. Her daughter Elodie Harper works as a journalist.
Filmography (selection)
- 1965: L - Der Lautlose (The Liquidator)
- 1965: James Bond 007 - Thunderball
- 1966: The Mystery of the Silver Triangle (Circus of Fear)
- 1966: Young Thorns (To Sir, With Love)
- 1967: The Penthouse (The Penthouse)
- 1968: London Junction (Up the Junction)
- 1968: Don't Trust Anyone Over 30 (30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia)
- 1969: Miss Doctor
- 1969: Color Me Dead
- 1970: The secret of the black gloves (L 'uccello dalle piume di cristallo)
- 1970: McGee the Tiger (Darker Than Amber)
- 1971: The 2 episode 14: The Lord is gone
- 1972 Fear Is the Key
- 1973: Tales That Witness Madness
- 1973: The Nonnenspiegel (Storia di una monaca di clausura)
- 1973: The Devil's Saw (I corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale)
- 1974: Demon of Horror (Craze)
- 1975: To the bitter end
- 1977: My dear boss, you are a bottle (Adventures of a Private Eye)
Web links
- Suzy Kendall in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Suzy Kendall in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ^ New Film-Kurier No. 158: Until bitter end - Susy Kendall, October series 1975, p. 6, Verlag Neues Filmprogramm, Vienna.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kendall, Suzy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Harrison, Frieda (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Belper , Derbyshire , England , UK |