Actress Susannah York has died, aged 72

[The Straight Story]

Actress Susannah York has died, aged 72



Susannah York, the celebrated film and stage actress best known for her role in the film They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, has died aged 72.

She was the blue-eyed English rose with the china-white skin and cupid lips who epitomised the sensuality of the swinging Sixties. Sexy and demure by turn, Susannah York, who died yesterday from cancer at 72, held a generation of male admirers in her thrall.

Her wide-ranging career, which won her both a Bafta and an Oscar nomination, oscillated between powerful portrayals of either the dutiful woman or the wanton wife. The zenith of her career was surely her roles as Thomas More's daughter in A Man For All Seasons, in 1966, and her passionate performance as the feisty section officer who took on Kenneth More in the acclaimed film Battle of Britain in 1966.

But York was not an actress whose career was shaped by her artistic ambition. Instead, as a single mother with two children, she chose roles (at times unwisely) which provided income. But for all that, she was acclaimed as one of our best character actors whose professionalism was legendary.

Last night Ms York's son, the actor Orlando Wells, spoke movingly of his pride in and love for his mother. "She was an absolutely fantastic mother, who was very down to earth," he said. "She loved nothing more than cooking a good Sunday roast and sitting around a fire of a winter's evening. In some sense, she was quite a home girl. Both Sasha and I feel incredibly lucky to have her as a mother.''

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/8262216/Actress-Susannah-York-has-died-aged-72.html

[Raine]

1. Seems like so many going lately

and really not that old, R-I-P.

[bear425]

2. I had a wicked crush on her since the movie Silent Partner.

Sad to hear she's gone. RIP Susannah.

[GTurck]

3. She was perfect...

with Albert Finney in "Tom Jones". There I just dated myself but it is one of my favorite movies and based on one of the first novels written in England in the 1700's by Henry Fielding. I wasn't at that party though. LOL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. I'm with you on "Tom Jones."

It was a wonderful, rollicking sexy story!

Beautifully made, and one of my all-time favorites too...

She and Albert Finney were incandescent in it.

[Hissyspit]

4. "The Killing Of Sister George" and "Oh, What A Lovely War"

[Faygo Kid]

6. She was magnificent as Mrs. Cratchit in "A Christmas Carol"

The George C. Scott version - I can still hear her call Mr. Scrooge "odious" in such a wonderful fashion. She was a great actress and person, and will be missed.