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Susannah York (born January 9, 1942 in London, England as Susannah Yolande Fletcher) is a British actress.

She exposed at a Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Inside 1960 she made her 1st moving picture, Tunes of Glory, costarring with Alec Guinness and John Mills. She appeared in the notable films A Man for All Seasons (1966), The Killing of Sister George (1968) and Battle of Britain (1969). She was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for ''They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969). Around 1972 she won a Better Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for her role in ''.

Her writing career is less easily-known. In the 1970s she wrote two children's fantasy novels, In Search of Unicorns (1973), revised (1984) and ''Lark's Castle (1976), revised (1986).

Around 1960 she married Michael Wells. A few got 2 tykes, Orlando & Sasha, however it divorced around 1976. In the 1984 TV adaptation of A Christmas Carol, she played Mrs. Cratchit & each of her babies co-starred when Cratchit offspring. Her boy, Orlando Wells, currently stars in the Channel 4 teen drama, As If''.

Politically she occurs as left-winger world health organization has publicly supported Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli protester world health organization revealed Israel's nuclear weapons programme.

Filmography

Infoplease.com: Susannah York
A short profile of the actress.

JSR Pages: Susannah York
Original images, video clips, film soundtracks, and filmography.

IMDb: Susannah York
Filmography.






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