Susannah York - biography

“Acting and writing go together.  Actors write because they love words and becoming other people - we love to escape into other characters.”

“Seeing the family is a very important part of my weekend.”

“Someone had told me about a house in Wandsworth, southwest London - 21 Blenkarne Road - with an incredible garden, so I went and had a look.  I walked in and just said, ‘I want it.’”

“I feel I’d like to share my luck and my life.  Being in love is the best thing in the world.”

“Men find it difficult because I’ve got so much energy and hardly sleep at night, only four or five hours.  I wake up in the early hours and potter around.”

“A relationship is lovely if you’re happy, comfortable in it and you really like the person.  I can think of nothing better.  But there’s nothing worse than having a relationship in which you feel no interest.”

“I was brought up in Scotland and have always been a country person, although the town means a great deal to me, too.”

“I’ve struggled so hard to reign in my temper because it actually terrifies me.”

“The things that make me very angry are injustice and bullying.  If I see someone bullying a woman or child in the street, or kicking a dog, I go completely mad.”

Susannah York has appeared in the following films:
There Was a Crooked Man (1960)
Tunes of Glory (1960)
The Greengage Summer (1961)
Freud (1962)
Tom Jones (1963)
The 7th Dawn (1964)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Kaleidoscope (1966)
Duffy (1968)
Sebastian (1968)
The Killing of Sister George (1968)
Battle of Britain (1969)
Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969)
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969)
Country Dance (1970)
The Same Skin (1970)
Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971)
Zee and Co. (1972)
Gold (1974)
Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
That Lucky Touch (1975)
The Maids (1975)
Eliza Fraser (1976)
Sky Riders (1976)
Superman (1978)
The Shout (1978)
The Silent Partner (1978)
Superman II (1980)
The Awakening (1980)
Falling in Love Again (1980)
Late Flowering Love (1981)
Loophole (1981)
Alicja (1982)
Yellowbeard (1983)
Barbablú, Barbablú (1987)
Mio min Mio (1987)
Prettykill (1987)
A Summer Story (1988)
The Book of Eve (2002)
Visitors (2003)
The Gigolos (2006)
Franklyn (2008)
The Calling (2009)


Susannah York contributed to the screenplay for the following films:
Falling in Love Again (1980)
Alicja (1982)