Obit: Susannah York, British Actress

Subject: Obit: Susannah York, British Actress
From: GUEST,mauvepink
Date: 15 Jan 11 - 09:53 PM

The BBC have reported that Susannah York has died aged 72.

Such a shame. She was always an underrated star in my opinion and played so many diverse roles as can be seen in a quick biography

I remember her best in "The Killing of Sister George" which was way ahead of its time and quite a risque part for any actress back then. She handled it with aplomb as she did all her parts.

RIP

mp

Subject: RE: Obit: Susannah York, British Actress
From: nager
Date: 15 Jan 11 - 11:38 PM

RIP Susannah.

Subject: RE: Obit: Susannah York, British Actress
From: ex-pat
Date: 15 Jan 11 - 11:52 PM

Rest in Peace Susannah. A wonderful actress from my generation.

Subject: RE: Obit: Susannah York, British Actress
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 16 Jan 11 - 03:06 AM

A sort of "folk" connection was her having played the daughter of Alec Guinness's Highland colonel, a lover of pipe music, who lists the "Tunes Of Glory" to be played at his rival predecessor's military funeral in the fine film of that name. Susannah York, as his daughter, has meanwhile been pursuing an illicit affair with the corporal-piper. Pipe music, some original but also much traditional, is a running theme of the film.

I met her once briefly on the set of a film by the Children's Film Unit, run by friends of ours and for whom my wife and I played some small parts, and of which Susannah York was a director and played the mother of the child protagonist in a film called "Daemon".

~Michael~

Subject: RE: Obit: Susannah York, British Actress
From: alanabit
Date: 16 Jan 11 - 03:47 AM

I had not heard anything about her for quite some time. I hope her final years were spent in peace though. Did she play the devotee in the Dora Bryan "Killing of Sister George"? I recall that as being pretty chilling, if not only because I had only been used to seeing Dora Bryan in comedy roles before.

Subject: RE: Obit: Susannah York, British Actress
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 16 Jan 11 - 03:48 AM

O nooooooooo!!!! Sophie Western is dead!

As a teenager I adored her in Tom Jones - she was beautiful, sassy, and still got her man. I loved that she wasn't one of those prissy girlie-girls, and followed Susannah with great interest after that role. I am so sorry to hear this. 72's way, way too young too.

Rest In Peace lovely Susannah

Subject: RE: Obit: Susannah York, British Actress
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 16 Jan 11 - 03:54 AM

Her own recollections regarding that role in Tom Jones are less rosy than mine:

"I'd actually turned it down three times because I really wanted to do some theatre. I had made up my mind to say no once and for all at a lunch I cooked for Tony Richardson, after three or four wooing lunches from him and Vanessa Redgrave. I did all the classic things - salt instead of sugar, burnt the meringues - and, in the midst of all my apologies, I accepted."


After that, she never looked back...

Subject: RE: Obit: Susannah York, British Actress
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 16 Jan 11 - 03:57 AM

Saw her on stage last year and shocked how skeletal she looked.

RtS

Subject: RE: Obit: Susannah York, British Actress
From: alanabit
Date: 16 Jan 11 - 03:59 AM

I have just looked up the obituary and I now realise that I should have remembered her a lot better for her roles in "They Shoot Horses Don't They?" and "The Battle of Britain". The Guardian obituary.

Subject: RE: Obit: Susannah York, British Actress
From: Teribus
Date: 16 Jan 11 - 06:06 AM

"The Killing of Sister George" starred Beryl Reid as Sister George not Dora Bryan

Subject: RE: Obit: Susannah York, British Actress
From: alanabit
Date: 16 Jan 11 - 06:48 AM

Thank-you for the correction. I shall have to look it up.

Subject: RE: Obit: Susannah York, British Actress
From: Fiolar
Date: 16 Jan 11 - 07:35 AM

RIP Susannah.

Subject: RE: Obit: Susannah York, British Actress
From: fat B****rd
Date: 16 Jan 11 - 08:26 AM

RIP Ms York

Subject: RE: Obit: Susannah York, British Actress
From: InOBU
Date: 16 Jan 11 - 09:07 AM

And let us not forget the Billy Brag line....
"if anybody could
help me with my obsession with
the young Susannah York
it was Mary".

Ah my...

Subject: RE: Obit: Susannah York, British Actress
From: GUEST,Alan Whittle
Date: 16 Jan 11 - 10:13 AM

She looked fabulous in an RAF shirt and French knickers in that scene with Christopher Plummer in the Battle of Britain. They were getting on great and then Herman Goering started the blitz.

Others will mourn the great actress, i will mourn lady in French knickers.

The killing of sister George was a great role for Beryl Reid and her. But I was too young to pick up the urbane humour. i liked it fine when I saw it a year ago.