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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 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 674 members
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  • Visitors on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Radha Mitchell,  Susannah York,  Ray Barrett
    Director: Richard Franklin
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    For worldclass female yachtsman Georgia Perry (Mitchell), a record breaking solo navigation of the globe in a 44ft state of the art sailboat is akin to a simple Sunday afternoon stroll in the park. There are only two rules she cannot break - never use the engines and never let another living soul ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 456 members
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  • Loop on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Emer McCourt,  Andy Serkis,  Tony Selby
    Director: Allan Niblo
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Rachel is having Bill's baby, and remains unaware that Bill likes experiencing S? with a woman called Jean. When Rachel finds this out she steals Bill's car and takes all his money...
    2 stars out of 5 34% from 60 members
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  • Just Ask For Diamond (1988)
    Starring: Jimmy Nail,  Susannah York,  Peter Eyre
    Director: Stephen Bayly
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    When the man who left a package in his care is found murdered, detective Tim Diamond suddenly has every major gangster in the city after him. With only the package and the help of his little brother, the clueless Diamond sets out to unravel the mysterious plot he has suddenly become the center of.
    3 stars out of 5 54% from 120 members
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  • A Christmas Carol - Blu-ray (1984)
    Starring: George C. Scott,  Frank Finlay,  Susannah York
    Director: Clive Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A musical adaptation of the book by Charles Dickens about an old miser called 'Scrooge', who is visited by the ghosts of his old partners and the ghosts of 'Christmas Past, Present and Future', in the hope that he will change his ways.
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 21 members
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  • Falling In Love Again on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Susannah York,  Elliott Gould,  Michelle Pfeiffer
    Director: Steven Paul
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Mid-life crisis sufferer Harry Lewis (Elliot Gould) is on a cross-country trip to New York, where his high school reunion will take place. During the trek, Harry reminisces about the "good old days" of his 1940's youth, the time when he first fell in love with childhood sweetheart Sue, now his wife ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 110 members
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  • The Awakening on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Charlton Heston,  Susannah York,  Jill Townsend
    Director: Mike Newell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    English archaeologist Matthew Corbeck (played by the emphatically-American Charlton Heston) undertakes an expedition to find the tomb of the Egyptian princess Kara, despite his awareness of a nefarious curse that is said to befall anyone who disturbs the tomb. Eighteen years after Corbeck's ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 160 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 70% from 21 members
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  • Superman on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Christopher Reeve,  Gene Hackman,  Marlon Brando
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    In Richard Donner's blockbuster, the Superman myth is well told, from his birth on the doomed planet Krypton to his childhood in a small Kansas town and beyond. After he comes of age, young Clark Kent, as his Earth parents have named him, learns the truth of his alien birth on a voyage of discovery ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 16,145 members
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  • Superman - HD (1978)
    Starring: Christopher Reeve,  Gene Hackman,  Marlon Brando
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Born on planet Krypton but raised in Kansas, USA, Clark Kent (as his Earth parents have named him) embarks on a voyage of self-discovery to the Arctic, where he learns the truth about his alien origins, superhuman abilities, and responsibility to preserve and protect 'truth, justice and the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 435 members
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  • Superman - Blu-ray (1978)
    Starring: Christopher Reeve,  Marlon Brando,  Gene Hackman
    Director: Richard Donner
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Born on planet Krypton but raised in Kansas, USA, Clark Kent (as his Earth parents have named him) embarks on a voyage of self-discovery to the Arctic, where he learns the truth about his alien origins, superhuman abilities, and responsibility to preserve and protect 'truth, justice and the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 1,719 member
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  • The Shout (1978)
    Starring: Alan Bates,  Susannah York,  John Hurt
    Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A macabre tale about a man who claims he has the power to kill using a horrifying 'death shout'. A composer and his wife agree to letting the man stay, since the husband wishes to hear the 'shout' for himself.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 350 members
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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 1 member
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  • That Lucky Touch (1975)
    Starring: Roger Moore,  Susannah York,  Shelley Winters
    Director: Christopher Miles
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A European arms dealer (Roger Moore) meets a liberated woman journalist (Susannah York), who is writing a story about the ridiculous things men do with the armaments during a NATO war games meeting. Needless to say, the two meet and make sparks.
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 3 members
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  • Gold on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Roger Moore,  Ray Milland,  John Gielgud
    Director: Peter R. Hunt
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    In GOLD, a ruthless tycoon begins manipulating the price of gold on the world market, hoping to shift the odds in his favour. To further improve his chances, he also decides to sabotage one of South Africa's richest mines by having it flooded. However, the mine's foreman, Rod Slater (Roger Moore), ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 279 members
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  • The Maids on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Glenda Jackson,  Susannah York,  Vivien Merchant
    Director: Christopher Miles
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This adaptation of Jean Genet's THE MAIDS was part of the American Film Theatre series. The film stars Glenda Jackson and Susannah York as two sisters named Solange and Claire who work as maids for their strict Madame. However, when Madame leaves the house, the two sisters dress up as their masters ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 143 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
    More commonly known as ZEE AND CO., this cautionary tale of extramarital indiscretions finds a threatened and desperate wife lashing out in order to salvage a faltering marriage. An upper-crust couple living the high-life in post-'60s London, Zee (Elizabeth Taylor) and Robert (Michael Caine) ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 44 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 50% from 25 members
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  • Jane Eyre (1970)
    Starring: Ian Bannen,  Jack Hawkins,  Susannah York
    Director: Delbert Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In Charlotte Bronte's classic Victorian tale of Jane Eyre (Susannah York), an orphan girl secures the position of governess to the ward of Edward Rochester (George C. Scott), Lord of the English manor house Thornfield, whose halls hide a dark and sinister secret. Jane and the moody and tyrannical ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 65 members
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  • Battle Of Britain on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Laurence Olivier,  Michael Caine,  Robert Shaw
    Director: Guy Hamilton
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A powerful, colourful and star-studded re-creation of the epic 1940 battle that took place in the skies over England. Surprised and understaffed, the British forces used determination and guile to valiantly hold off the superior forces of the German Luftwaffe in the early days of World War II. If ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 5,155 members
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  • They Shoot Horses Don't They? on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Jane Fonda,  Gig Young,  Michael Sarrazin
    Director: Sydney Pollack
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A total of nine Academy Award nominations went to this wildly acclaimed, allegorical drama set amongst the contestants in a marathon dance contest during the Great Depression. Gig Young stars as Rocky, the obnoxious emcee for a dance marathon that offers prize money of $1,500, a small fortune ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,711 member
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  • The Killing Of Sister George on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Beryl Reid,  Susannah York,  Ronald Fraser
    Director: Robert Aldrich
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When June Buckridge (Beryl Reid) arrives at her London flat and announces "They're going to murder me", her long-time lover and doll-cuddling flatmate Alice 'Childie' McNaught (Susannah York) realises that things are going to change. For June is referring to her character Sister George, a lovable ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 1,273 member
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  • Kaleidoscope on DVD (1966)
    Starring: Susannah York,  Warren Beatty
    Director: Jack Smight
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This swinging-sixties romantic crime caper stars a suave Warren Beatty as gambling playboy Barney Lincoln. Realising that all European casinos use the same playing card manufacturer, Barney breaks into the company and marks the cards. After embarking on a 'miraculous' winning streak across Europe, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 42 members
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  • A Man For All Seasons on DVD (1966)
    Starring: Robert Shaw,  Paul Scofield,  Orson Welles
    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 4,927 members
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  • Tom Jones (1963)
    Starring: Albert Finney,  Susannah York,  Diane Cilento
    Director: Tony Richardson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Tony Richardson's rousing adaptation of Fielding's classic comic novel, a sharp change of pace for a director of choleric contemporary fare, stars Albert Finney as the eponymous swordsman. A foundling whose mother is thought to be a housemaid (Joyce Redman), he's raised by her employer, the aptly ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 1,620 member
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  • The Stranglers - On Stage - Live on DVD
    Starring: The Stranglers,  Susannah York,  Nicholas Ball
    Director: none
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A double bill of STRANGLERS goodness, this set comprises a live concert performance and the feature film, NORFOLK COAST featuring Jean Jacques Burnel in his first main screen role.Concert tracklisting: 'Waltzinblack', 'Norfolk Coast', 'All Day And All Of The Night', 'Big Thing Coming', 'Peaches', '..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 31 members
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Susannah York facts

5 most recent films

Franklyn - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Franklyn - 2.5 stars
The Calling - 3.0 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 - HD - 3.5 stars
Superman - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
A Man For All Seasons - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Armchair Theatre - Vol.3 - 3 stars
Freud - 1.5 stars
Images - 2.5 stars
That Lucky Touch - 2.5 stars
Freud - The Secret Passion - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Michael Caine - 8 times - show films
Trevor Howard - 8 times - show films
Christopher Plummer - 6 times - show films
Robert Shaw - 5 times - show films
Ned Beatty - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

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