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  • The Killing Of Sister George
  • The Killing Of Sister George review by from Bury, Lancashire.
    Rated - 3.0 stars If you like Susannah York you'll like this 29 June 2004
    ...I like Susannah York but then I am in my late 40s. She has a serenely beautiful face. It could be said that a little Beryl Reid goes a long long way which is possibly the ...   Read customer review
  • They Shoot Horses Don't They?
  • They Shoot Horses Don't They? review by noirpanther from London, England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Watch it and see why the title is so appropriate...... 4 April 2006
    ...Astonishing directing of great performances from Susannah York and its star, Jane Fonda, pulled no punches in this harrowing, yet somehow uplifting tale set in America durin...   Read customer review
  • A Man For All Seasons
  • A Man For All Seasons review by from London
    Rated - 5.0 stars Sir Thomas More 25 March 2005
    ... 500 years ago, and the performances of Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, Leo McKern, Susannah York and several others are masterly. The only trouble is that the plot is not exact...   Read customer review

Susannah York - filmography


  • The Calling (2009)
    Starring: Brenda Blethyn,  Chloe Sirene,  Amanda Donohoe
    Director: Jan Dunn
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Brenda Blethyn stars in this comedy drama about a graduate wishing to join a closed order of nuns. With her graduation looming, Joanna (Emily Beecham) shocks her friends, family and boyfriend by revealing her lifelong desire to become a nun. Arriving at the Benedictine convent, however, Joanna soon ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 225 members
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  • The Gigolos on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Sacha Tarter,  Trevor Sather,  Susannah York
    Director: Richard Bracewell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Meet Sacha and Trevor - the smooth-talking favourite young gigolo of the over-50s of Mayfair and Piccadilly, and his awkward valet who takes his management role very seriously. Together, they are a force to be reckoned with. But when Sacha is forced to take a rest, the pressure is on the shy and ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 38% from 686 members
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  • Visitors on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Ray Barrett,  Radha Mitchell,  Dominic Purcell
    Director: Richard Franklin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Australian horror, starring Radha Mitchell. Georgia Perry (Mitchell) is making a solo navigation of the world on her yacht, in an attempt to break the world record. Utterly alone on the high seas, she wakes up one morning to find herself in an unexpected dead calm, in the middle of the Indian Ocean...read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 460 members
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  • Loop on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Tony Selby,  Andy Serkis,  Emer McCourt
    Director: Allan Niblo
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Rachel is pregnant and carrying Bill's baby. Bill is sure that he loves Rachel but is tempted by kinky romps with Jean, causing Rachel to get in Bill's car, take his money and flee to her family. However, Rachel may find that the sexual shenanigans and craziness at home are worse than facing Bill, ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 34% from 65 members
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  • Just Ask For Diamond (1988)
    Starring: Patricia Hodge,  Bill Paterson,  Michael Medwin
    Director: Stephen Bayly
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This spoof on 'The Maltese Falcon' tells the story of a young boy and his brother who are given £200 to guard a box of Maltesers. However, all sorts of nasty villains want to get their hands on that box of deliciously light chocolates.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 128 members
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  • A Christmas Carol - Blu-ray (1984)
    Starring: Lucy Gutteridge,  Michael Carter,  Mark Strickson
    Director: Clive Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    George C. Scott plays the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge in this version of the Dickens Christmas classic. Scrooge is a misanthrope unimpressed by the fuss everyone makes during the festive season. That is, until his sleep is disturbed one Christmas Eve by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future,..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 27 members
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  • A Christmas Carol on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Lucy Gutteridge,  Joanne Whalley,  Michael Carter
    Director: Clive Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    George C. Scott plays the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge in this version of the Dickens Christmas classic. Scrooge is a misanthrope unimpressed by the fuss everyone makes during the festive season. That is, until his sleep is disturbed one Christmas Eve by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future,..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 1,160 member
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  • Falling In Love Again on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Kaye Ballard,  Michelle Pfeiffer,  Elliott Gould
    Director: Steven Paul
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Whilst at a low point in his life, middle-aged New Yorker Harry (Elliot Gould) fondly reminisces about his youth when he dreamt of becoming romantically involved with Sue Wellington (Michelle Pfeiffer in her first film role). Helping him in his amorous pursuits were a match-making friend and a ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 113 members
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  • The Awakening on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Patrick Drury,  Jill Townsend,  Ian McDiarmid
    Director: Mike Newell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Egyptian horror starring Charlton Heston as an American archaeologist who discovers the tomb of an Egyptian Queen. Opening the seal of the tomb, his pregnant wife gives birth. It's not until years later that he realises the two events are linked, his baby daughter possessed by the evil spirit of ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 212 members
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  • The Silent Partner (1979)
    Starring: Elliott Gould,  Christopher Plummer,  Susannah York
    Director: Daryl Duke
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    When a thief holds up the bank where he works, a teller takes advantage of the situation to put aside $50,000 for his own use. The cops think the robber got every penny... but the gunman knows better, and he's determined to get every penny "due him".
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 23 members
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  • The Shout (1978)
    Starring: Robert Stephens,  John Hurt,  Tim Curry
    Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    An asylum director begins telling a visitor to a cricket game the story of one of his better patients, Crossley (Alan Bates) who is able to compete. Some time previously, Crossley accosted Anthony (John Hurt), a composer, just after church and was for some reason invited to dinner. Once at the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 414 members
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  • Superman (1978)
    Starring: Trevor Howar,  Marc McClure,  Terence Stamp
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Richard Donner's big-budget blockbuster Superman: The Movie is an immensely entertaining recounting of the origin of the famous comic book character. Opening on Krypton (where Marlon Brando plays Superman's father), the film follows the Man of Steel (Christopher Reeve) as he's sent to Earth where ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 16,775 members
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  • Superman - Blu-ray (1978)
    Starring: Marc McClure,  Terence Stamp,  Trevor Howard
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    A baby from the planet Krypton develops superhuman powers under Earth's yellow sun. As an adult (Christopher Reeve) he dons red cape and pants, and flies across the world doing good deeds, whilst also hiding behind the alias of mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent. Fellow journalist Lois Lane (Margot ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 1,831 member
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  • Sky Riders (1976)
    Starring: James Coburn,  Susannah York,  Robert Culp
    Director: Douglas Hickox
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Robert Culp plays Bracken, whose life seems perfect until his wife Ellen and their children are kidnapped by terrorists one day. After failed attempts to capture them back by the police, Ellen's ex husband enters the fray and plans his own rescue attempt. James Coburn plays McCabe, Ellen's ex-..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 2 members
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  • Gold on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Bradford Dillman,  Susannah York,  Roger Moore
    Director: Peter R. Hunt
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Rod Slater (Roger Moore) becomes involved in a web of intrigue following a rock fall at a South African gold mine owned by Harry Hirschfeld (Ray Milland), in which general manager and veteran miner Frank Lemmer is killed. Hirschfield's managing director, Manfred Steyner, is plotting with financier ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 305 members
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  • The Maids on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Glenda Jackson,  Vivien Merchant,  Susannah York
    Director: Christopher Miles
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on the play 'Les Bonnes' by French absurdist writer Jean Genet, this theatre-to-screen adaptation is part of the American Film Theatre series. Glenda Jackson and Susannah York play Solange and Claire, two sisters who work for the formidable 'Madame' (Vivien Merchant). The sisters' ambivalent ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 158 members
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  • Pinter's Progress And The Homecoming (2 discs) on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Paul Rogers,  Jonathan Pryce,  Ian Holm
    Director: Peter Hall
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Two films based on the work of playwright Harold Pinter. 'Pinter's Progress' (2009) is a documentary based around a series of interviews with actors, directors and writers who discuss their experiences of working with Pinter. 'The Homecoming' (1973) is a filmed version of the Pinter play. Made as ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 26 members
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  • Zee And Co. on DVD (1972)
    Starring: Elizabeth Taylor,  Michael Caine,  Susannah York
    Director: Brian G. Hutton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    British sex comedy penned by Edna O'Brien. Wealthy middle-aged architect Robert Blakeley (Michael Caine) and his wife Zee (Elizabeth Taylor) belong to the rich international set in late 1960s London. When Robert meets dreamy young fashion designer Stella (Susannah York), he falls head over hells in ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 56 members
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  • Images (1972)
    Starring: Susannah York,  Rene Auberjonois,  Marcel Bozzuffi
    Director: Robert Altman
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Schizophrenic housewife, engulfed by terrorizing apparitions, kills off each, unknowing if these demons are merely figments of her hallucinatory imagination or part of reality.
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 27 members
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  • Jane Eyre (1970)
    Starring: Jack Hawkins,  Ian Bannen,  George C. Scott
    Director: Delbert Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    An adaption of the classic tale of Jane Eyre an orphan, sent to the cruel school institution of Lowood. She is later made a governess to a girl named Adele at Thornfield Hall. Oblivious of her lowly-rank; she makes the best of her situation. But Thornfield is home to many secrets and despite ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 69 members
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  • Battle Of Britain on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Laurence Olivier,  Michael Caine,  Robert Shaw
    Director: Guy Hamilton
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Guy Hamilton's classic war film looks at how England defended itself from the German aerial onslaught of the summer of 1940. Laurence Olivier plays Sir Hugh Dowding, the air chief marshal whose fleet outmanouevre the Luftwaffe, despite a numerical disadvantage; and those few to whom so many owed so ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 5,266 members
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  • A Man For All Seasons on DVD (1966)
    Starring: Orson Welles,  Leo McKern,  Wendy Hiller
    Director: Fred Zinnemann
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Adapted by Robert Bolt and Constance Willis from Bolt's hit stage play, A Man for All Seasons stars Paul Scofield, triumphantly repeating his stage role as Sir Thomas More. The crux of the film is the staunchly Catholic More's refusal to acknowledge King Henry VIII (Robert Shaw)'s break from the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 5,128 members
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  • Kaleidoscope on DVD (1966)
    Starring: Warren Beatty,  Susannah York
    Director: Jack Smight
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Swingin' sixties romantic crime comedy starring Warren Beatty as a playboy gambler eager to beat the odds. Discovering that all the European casinos use the same playing cards, Barney Lincoln (Beatty) breaks into the makers' factory in Geneva, and marks the cards. Now with the upper hand, Barney ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 47 members
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  • Tom Jones (1963)
    Starring: Joan Greenwood,  Diane Cilento,  David Tomlinson
    Director: Tony Richardson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Tony Richardson's adaptation of Henry Fielding's classic novel was one of the most critically acclaimed and popular comedies of its time, winning four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The film follows Tom Jones (Albert Finney), a country boy who becomes one of the wildest playboys in 18th ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 1,659 member
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  • Freud on DVD (1962)
    Starring: Larry Parks,  Montgomery Clift,  Susannah York
    Director: John Huston
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Dramatisation of five years in the life of the vastly influential psychologist and inventor of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud. The film follows Freud (Montgomery Clift) as he attempts to make his mark as a psychologist. Unusually for someone in his field at the time, Freud is prepared to try and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 39 members
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  • The Stranglers - On Stage - Live on DVD
    Starring: Nicholas Ball,  Susannah York,  The Stranglers
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Double bill featuring a live concert by the Stranglers and a movie starring the band's bassist, Jean-Jacques Burnel. The sold-out concert was recorded at the Shepherd's Bush Empire and features a selection of the band's most popular songs, including: 'No More Heroes', 'Peaches', 'Duchess', and many ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 32 members
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  • Armchair Theatre - Vol.3
    Starring: Judy Cornwell,  Susannah York
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    12 plays from the hugely popular ITV drama anthology series that ran from 1956 -1973. The series was broadcast on Sunday nights and featured original scripts dealing with issues of the day from a number of esteemed contemporary writers. This selection of plays, drawn from the years when the show ..read more »
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Susannah York facts

5 most recent films

Franklyn - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
The Calling - 3.0 stars
Franklyn - 2.5 stars
The Gigolos - 2.0 stars
Visitors - 2.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Battle Of Britain - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Battle Of Britain - 3.5 stars
Superman - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
A Man For All Seasons - 3.5 stars
Superman - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Armchair Theatre - Vol.3 - 3 stars
Armchair Theatre - Vol.4 - 3 stars
Sky Riders - 2.5 stars
That Lucky Touch - 2.5 stars
Images - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Michael Caine - 6 times - show films
Trevor Howard - 6 times - show films
David Warner - 4 times - show films
Christopher Plummer - 4 times - show films
Ian Holm - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Christopher Hodson - 5 times - show films
Tony Wharmby - 5 times - show films
Guy Hamilton - 4 times - show films
Richard Donner - 4 times - show films
Peter Hall - 3 times - show films