.gif)
Susan George (actress)
Encyclopedia
Susan Melody George is an English film and television actress, and film producer.
and has acted since the age of four, appearing on both television and film. Her most notable roles include those of "Amy Sumner" in Straw Dogs (1971) with Dustin Hoffman
, and as "Mary Coombs" in Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
(1974), with Peter Fonda
. In the early 1970s George came to be associated with rather provocative, sometimes (as in Straw Dogs) controversial, roles and became quite type-cast. Cinema writer Leslie Halliwell
's rather terse summary of her career was: "British leading lady, former child actress; usually typed as sexpot"
Her lighter side was apparent in some of her TV appearances, such as in an episode of The Persuaders
(1971) with Roger Moore
and Tony Curtis
. In 1988, George marked her movie producing debut with Stealing Heaven
.
from 5 October 1984 until his death from cancer on 14 October 2010. They had no children.
magazine, in the "Talk Yourself Horse" page.
Career
She trained at the Stage School, Corona Theatre SchoolCorona Theatre School
Corona Stage Academy was a successful British drama school founded by Rona Knight in the mid 1940s. The school started in Chiswick before later moving to 16 Ravenscourt Avenue, Hammersmith in 1955. The school produced many top names of the British stage and screen, but it closed in 1989 following...
and has acted since the age of four, appearing on both television and film. Her most notable roles include those of "Amy Sumner" in Straw Dogs (1971) with Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Lee Hoffman is an American actor with a career in film, television, and theatre since 1960. He has been known for his versatile portrayals of antiheroes and vulnerable characters....
, and as "Mary Coombs" in Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry is a cult 1974 car chase film starring Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, and Vic Morrow. The film was directed by John Hough...
(1974), with Peter Fonda
Peter Fonda
Peter Henry Fonda is an American actor. He is the son of Henry Fonda, brother of Jane Fonda, and father of Bridget and Justin Fonda...
. In the early 1970s George came to be associated with rather provocative, sometimes (as in Straw Dogs) controversial, roles and became quite type-cast. Cinema writer Leslie Halliwell
Leslie Halliwell
Robert James Leslie Halliwell was a British film encyclopaedist and television impresario who in 1965 compiled The Filmgoer's Companion, the first one-volume encyclopaedia devoted to all aspects of the cinema. He followed it a dozen years later with Halliwell's Film Guide, another monumental work...
's rather terse summary of her career was: "British leading lady, former child actress; usually typed as sexpot"
Her lighter side was apparent in some of her TV appearances, such as in an episode of The Persuaders
The Persuaders!
The Persuaders! is a 1971 action/adventure series, produced by ITC Entertainment for initial broadcast on ITV and ABC. It has been called "the last major entry in the cycle of adventure series that had begun eleven years earlier with Danger Man in 1960", as well as "the most ambitious and most...
(1971) with Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Sir Roger George Moore KBE , is an English actor, perhaps best known for portraying British secret agent James Bond in seven films from 1973 to 1985. He also portrayed Simon Templar in the long-running British television series The Saint.-Early life:Moore was born in Stockwell, London...
and Tony Curtis
Tony Curtis
Tony Curtis was an American film actor whose career spanned six decades, but had his greatest popularity during the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in over 100 films in roles covering a wide range of genres, from light comedy to serious drama...
. In 1988, George marked her movie producing debut with Stealing Heaven
Stealing Heaven
Stealing Heaven is a 1988 film, a costume drama based on the French 12th century medieval romance of Peter Abelard and Héloïse and on a historical novel by Marion Meade...
.
Personal life
Susan George was married to British actor Simon MacCorkindaleSimon MacCorkindale
Simon Charles Pendered MacCorkindale was a British actor, film director, writer and producer. MacCorkindale spent much of his childhood moving around due to his father's commission with the Royal Air Force. Poor eyesight prevented him from following a similar career in the RAF, so he instead...
from 5 October 1984 until his death from cancer on 14 October 2010. They had no children.
As actress
- Swallows and AmazonsSwallows and AmazonsSwallows and Amazons is the first book in the Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome; it was first published in 1930, with the action taking place in the summer of 1929 in the Lake District...
(1963) TV series - Titty Walker - Cup FeverCup FeverCup Fever is a 1965 British family sports film directed by David Bracknell and starring Bernard Cribbins, David Lodge and Susan George.-Cast:* Bernard Cribbins - Policeman* Sonia Graham - Mrs. Davis* Dermot Kelly - Bodger* David Lodge - Mr...
(1965) - Vicky (child) - Davy Jones' Locker (1966)
- Weavers GreenWeavers GreenWeavers Green was a British television soap opera, made in 1966 for ITV by Anglia Television. It was notable for being one of the first television programmes to be shot on location using videotape and outside broadcast equipment, rather than film, as had usually been the case for non-studio...
(1966) TV series - Billion Dollar BrainBillion Dollar BrainBillion Dollar Brain is a 1967 British espionage film directed by Ken Russell and based on the novel Billion-Dollar Brain by Len Deighton. The film features Michael Caine as secret agent Harry Palmer, the anti-hero protagonist of the film versions of The IPCRESS File and Funeral in Berlin...
(1967) - Russian girl on train - The SorcerersThe Sorcerers (film)The Sorcerers is a 1967 British science fiction/horror film directed by Michael Reeves, starring Boris Karloff, Catherine Lacey, Ian Ogilvy, and Susan George...
(1967) - Audrey - DraculaDracula (1968)Dracula is a television adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, part of the series Mystery and Imagination . Denholm Elliott played Count Dracula with Susan George as Lucy Weston Dracula is a television adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, part of the series Mystery and Imagination...
(1968) (TV) - Lucy Weston - The Strange AffairThe Strange AffairThe Strange Affair is a 1968 British crime film directed by David Greene.-Cast:* Michael York - Peter Strange* Jeremy Kemp - Peirce* Susan George - Frederika 'Fred' March* Jack Watson - Quince* George A. Cooper - Kingsley...
(1968) - 'Fred' March - Up the Junction (1968) - Joyce
- All Neat in Black StockingsAll Neat in Black StockingsAll Neat in Black Stockings is a 1968 British comedy film directed by Christopher Morahan and starring Victor Henry, Susan George and Jack Shepherd. It is based on a novel by Jane Gaskell...
(1968) - Jill - The Looking Glass War (1969) - Susan
- TwinkyLola (1969 film)Lola, also known as Twinky outside the United States, was a 1969 film starring Charles Bronson and Susan George. It was directed by Richard Donner.-Plot:...
(1969) - Lola/'Twinky' (Sybil) - EyewitnessEyewitness (1970 film)Eyewitness is a 1970 British drama film directed by John Hough.-Cast:* Mark Lester as Ziggy* Lionel Jeffries as Grandpa* Susan George as Pippa* Jeremy Kemp as Inspector Galleria* Peter Vaughan as Paul Grazzini* Tony Bonner as Tom Jones...
(1970) - Pippa - Spring and Port WineSpring and Port WineSpring and Port Wine is a stage play by Bill Naughton which was turned into a film .It began life under the title My Flesh, My Blood as a BBC Radio play, broadcast on 17 August 1957 in the Saturday Night Theatre strand...
(1970) - Hilda Crompton - Straw Dogs (1971) - Amy Sumner
- Die Screaming, MarianneDie Screaming, MarianneDie Screaming, Marianne is a 1971 British low-budget film by minor cult director Pete Walker. Although Walker’s films were mostly in the horror or sexploitation genres, this is a straight horror-thriller.- Plot :...
(1971) - Marianne - FrightFright (film)Fright is a 1971 British thriller film starring Susan George, Ian Bannen and Honor Blackman.-Plot:Young babysitter Amanda arrives at the Lloyd residence to spend the evening looking after their young son. Soon after the Lloyds leave, a series of frightening occurrences in the gloomy old house have...
(1971) - Amanda - J. and S. - storia criminale del far westLa Banda J.S.: Cronaca criminale del Far WestLa Banda J.S.: Cronaca criminale del Far West is a 1972 Italian Spaghetti Western about a sheriff's relentless effort to stop a robber and his girlfriend...
(1972) - Sonny - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973) (TV) - Anne
- Dirty Mary, Crazy LarryDirty Mary, Crazy LarryDirty Mary, Crazy Larry is a cult 1974 car chase film starring Peter Fonda, Susan George, Adam Roarke, and Vic Morrow. The film was directed by John Hough...
(1974) - Mary Coombs - Mission: Monte Carlo (1974) - Michelle Devigne
- Out of SeasonOut of Season (film)Out of Season is a 1975 British drama film directed by Alan Bridges. It was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Vanessa Redgrave - Ann* Cliff Robertson - Joe Tanner* Susan George - Joanna* Edward Evans - Charlie...
(1975) - Joanna (aka Winter Rates) - MandingoMandingo (film)Mandingo is a 1975 film, based on the novel Mandingo by Kyle Onstott and upon the play based thereon by Jack Kirkland. The film was directed by Richard Fleischer and featured James Mason, Susan George, Perry King, Lillian Hayman, boxer-turned-actor Ken Norton, and bodybuilder and pro...
(1975) - Blanche Maxwell
- A Small Town in TexasA Small Town in TexasA Small Town in Texas is a 1976 filmed in Lockhart, Texas starring Bo Hopkins, Susan George, and Timothy Bottoms and directed by Jack Starrett.- External links :* at the Internet Movie Database...
(1976) - Mary Lee - TintoreraTintoreraTintorera is a 1977 Mexican-British horror directed by René Cardona Jr and starring Susan George, Hugo Stiglitz, Fiona Lewis and Andrés García. It is based on the novel of the same name by oceanographer Ramón Bravo that studied the species of shark known as "tintorera" and discovered the...
(1977) - Gabriella - Tomorrow Never ComesTomorrow Never Comes (film)Tomorrow Never Comes is a 1978 British-Canadian crime film directed by Peter Collinson and starring Oliver Reed and Susan George.-Cast:*Oliver Reed as Jim Wilson*Susan George as Janie*Raymond Burr as Burke*John Ireland as Captain...
(1978) - Janie - Tales of the UnexpectedTales of the Unexpected (TV series)Tales of the Unexpected is a British television series originally aired between 1979 and 1988, made by Anglia Television for ITV. Filming began in 1978.The series was an anthology of different tales...
(TV) (episode "Lamb to the Slaughter", 1979) - Mary Marney - Tales of the UnexpectedTales of the Unexpected (TV series)Tales of the Unexpected is a British television series originally aired between 1979 and 1988, made by Anglia Television for ITV. Filming began in 1978.The series was an anthology of different tales...
(TV) (episode "Royal Jelly", 1980) - Mabel Taylor - Enter the NinjaEnter the NinjaEnter the Ninja is a 1981 martial arts film directed by Menahem Golan and starring Franco Nero, Susan George and Shô Kosugi. Production was started in the Philippines with Emmett Alston directing, but when Charles Bronson refused to allow Menahem Golan to direct Death Wish II, Golan, a co-principal...
(1981) - Mary Ann Landers (aka Ninja I) - VenomVenom (1981 film)Venom is a 1981 horror film directed by Piers Haggard and starring Klaus Kinski, Oliver Reed, Nicol Williamson and Sarah Miles.-Plot:A maid , a psychotic chauffer and an international terrorist attempt to kidnap a wealthy ten-year-old boy from his elegant London townhouse...
(1981) - Louise Andrews - Computercide (1982) (TV) - Lisa Korter (aka The Final Eye)
- Timeslip (1982) WPC Laura Roberts
- The House Where Evil DwellsThe House Where Evil DwellsThe House Where Evil Dwells is a 1982 American/Japanese horror film that stars Edward Albert, Susan George and Doug McClure about an American family that moves into a reputed haunted house in the hills of Japan. It was directed by Kevin Connor and produced by Martin B. Cohen...
(1982) - Laura Fletcher - Kiss My Grits (1982) - Baby (aka Summer Heat)
- The Jigsaw ManThe Jigsaw Man (film)The Jigsaw Man British espionage film starring Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier and Robert Powell. Directed by Terence Young, it was based on a novel by Dorothea Bennett and the screenplay was by Jo Eisinger.-Plot:...
(1983) - Penelope Kimberley (opposite Michael CaineMichael CaineSir Michael Caine, CBE is an English actor. He won Academy Awards for best supporting actor in both Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules ....
and Laurence OlivierLaurence OlivierLaurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered actors of the 20th century. He married three times, to fellow actors Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh, and Joan Plowright...
) - Czech Mate (1984) (TV) - Vicky Duncan
- Pajama Tops (1984) (TV) - Mrs. Chavinet
- Lightning, the White Stallion (1986) - Madame Rene
- Jack the RipperJack the Ripper (1988 TV series)Jack the Ripper is a 1988 four-part television movie/mini-series portraying a fictionalized account of the hunt for Jack the Ripper, the unidentified serial killer responsible for the Whitechapel murders of 1888...
(1988) (TV) - Catherine EddowesCatherine EddowesCatherine Eddowes was one of the victims in the Whitechapel murders. She was the second person killed on the night of Sunday 30 September 1888, a night which already had seen the murder of Elizabeth Stride less than an hour earlier... - Djavolji raj (1989) - Ana (aka That Summer of White RosesThat Summer of White RosesThat Summer of White Roses is a 1989 Yugoslav-British film directed by Rajko Grlić.-External links:* at Filmski-Programi.hr...
) - Stay LuckyStay LuckyStay Lucky is a 1989–1993 British television comedy-drama series. Made by Yorkshire Television and screened on the ITV network, it starred Dennis Waterman and Jan Francis.-Plot:...
(1989) TV series - Samantha Mansfield (1993) - The Castle of AdventureThe Castle of AdventureThe Castle of Adventure is a popular children's book by Enid Blyton. It is the second book in The Adventure Series. The first edition of the book was illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.-Plot summary:...
(1990) (TV) - Allie Mannering - Cluedo (1990) TV series - Mrs. Peacock (IV; Series 3; 1992)
- The House That Mary Bought (1995) (TV) - Mary Close
- EastEndersEastEndersEastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
(2001) (TV) - Margaret Walker - In Your Dreams (2008)
- City of LifeCity of LifeCity of Life is a 2009 multilingual Emirati film written, directed, and produced by Ali F. Mostafa. Set in the United Arab Emirates, the film revolves around three parallel lives, amongst many cultures in one city, namely, Dubai.- Plot :...
(2009)
As executive producer
- Stealing HeavenStealing HeavenStealing Heaven is a 1988 film, a costume drama based on the French 12th century medieval romance of Peter Abelard and Héloïse and on a historical novel by Marion Meade...
(1988) - Djavolji rajThat Summer of White RosesThat Summer of White Roses is a 1989 Yugoslav-British film directed by Rajko Grlić.-External links:* at Filmski-Programi.hr...
(1989) - The House That Mary Bought (1995) (TV)
Equestrian interest
George breeds Arabian horses and has a stud farm called Georgian Arabians. In 2007, she was featured in Horse & HoundHorse & Hound
Horse & Hound is the oldest equestrian magazine in the United Kingdom. It is a weekly magazine with the first edition published in 1884. It is also known by the nickname 'Nag & Dog'. The magazine contains horse industry news, reports from equestrian events, veterinary advice about caring for...
magazine, in the "Talk Yourself Horse" page.