Susannah York

Susannah York

January 9, 1939 · 87 years old

Susannah York (9 January 1939 – 15 January 2011) was a British film, stage and television actress. She was awarded a BAFTA as Best Supporting Actress for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) and was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe for the same film. She won best actress for Images at the 19…

Known For

22 titles
1
Superman

Superman

1978 · 2h 23m · Movie

An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.

7.4
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Superman II

Superman II

1980 · 2h 7m · Movie

Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.

6.8
3
A Man for All Seasons

A Man for All Seasons

1966 · 2h 0m · Movie

The story of English statesman Sir Thomas More who defied King Henry VIII after Henry rejected the Roman Catholic Church in order to obtain a divorce and remarry.

7.7
4
Battle of Britain

Battle of Britain

1969 · 2h 12m · Movie

In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K.

6.9
5
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1984 · 1h 40m · Movie

A bitter old miser who rationalizes his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three spirits visit him on Christmas Eve.

7.8
6
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

1969 · 2h 9m · Movie

The lives of a disparate group of contestants intertwine in a grueling and inhumane dance marathon.

7.8
7
Franklyn

Franklyn

2008 · 1h 38m · Movie

A portrait of the broken lives of four people (a vigilante detective, a worried parent, an awkward man looking for love and a suicidal artist) as they all struggle to cope in their religiously-dystopian city.

6.0
8
Tom Jones

Tom Jones

1963 · 2h 9m · Movie

The romantic and chivalrous adventures of adopted bastard Tom Jones in 18th-century England.

6.4
9
Images

Images

1972 · 1h 44m · Movie

Whilst writing a children's book, a woman interrupted by images unsure if they may, or may not be real

7.0
10
The Silent Partner

The Silent Partner

1978 · 1h 46m · Movie

A timid bank teller anticipates a bank robbery and steals the money himself before the crook arrives. When the sadistic crook realizes he's been fooled, he tracks down the teller and engages him in a cat-and-mouse chase for the cash.

7.4
11
Mio in the Land of Faraway

Mio in the Land of Faraway

1987 · 1h 39m · Movie

A lonely boy who is transferred from his dull life with his adoptive parents to the land where his real father is the King. In that country, he sets out on a quest, together with his new friend, to destroy the evil Knight Kato.

6.3
12
The Shout

The Shout

1978 · 1h 26m · Movie

A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.

6.5
13
Tunes of Glory

Tunes of Glory

1960 · 1h 46m · Movie

After World War II, a Highland Regiment's acting Commanding Officer, who rose from the ranks, is replaced by a peace-time Oxford-educated Commanding Officer, leading to a dramatic conflict between the two.

7.5
14
Freud

Freud

1962 · 2h 20m · Movie

An examination of Czech-Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.

7.2
15
The Awakening

The Awakening

1980 · 1h 41m · Movie

An archeologist discovers his daughter is possessed by the spirit of an Egyptian queen. To save mankind he must destroy her.

4.9
16
The Killing of Sister George

The Killing of Sister George

1968 · 2h 18m · Movie

The life of a soap opera actress begins to unravel as she fears her character will be written out of the series.

7.0
17
Sands of the Kalahari

Sands of the Kalahari

1965 · 1h 59m · Movie

After a small aircraft crashes in the Kalahari Desert, one of the seven passengers decides that his survival chances would increase if he eliminates the other men in the group.

6.7
18
A Summer Story

A Summer Story

1988 · 1h 35m · Movie

Frank Ashton and his best friend are hiking across Dartmoor when he twists his ankle. Frank goes for help at a nearby farmhouse where he stays for a few days and falls in love with Megan.

7.2
19
Conduct Unbecoming

Conduct Unbecoming

1975 · 1h 47m · Movie

At a British Regimental party in Colonial India, the widow of Captain Scarlett is assaulted in the garden, and she accuses one of the newly arrived junior Lieutenants of the crime.

6.5
20
The Maids

The Maids

1975 · 1h 35m · Movie

A film version of Genet's play. Two house cleaners, Solange and Claire, hate their employers and, while they are out, take turns at dressing up as Madame and insulting her.

6.3
21
Falling in Love Again

Falling in Love Again

1980 · 1h 43m · Movie

While struggling with his midlife crisis, Harry receives an invitation for his high school's reunion back so he takes Sue and their teenage kids on a cross-country car trip back to the Big Apple.

5.0
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There Was a Crooked Man

There Was a Crooked Man

1960 · 1h 47m · Movie

Davy Cooper is a law-abiding but down on his luck explosives expert. A chance meeting with a former comrade leads the naive Cooper into a world of crime and ultimately prison. On release though the chance to make amends presents i...

6.6