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Suellyn Lyon (July 10, 1946 – December 26, 2019) was an American actress. She joined the entertainment industry as a model at the age of 13, and later rose to prominence and won a Golden Globe for playing the title role in the film Lolita (1962).[1] Her other film appearances included The Night of the Iguana (1964), 7 Women (1966), Tony Rome (1967), and Evel Knievel (1971).

Sue Lyon
Lyon in the film Tony Rome (1967)
Born	Suellyn Lyon (1946-07-10)July 10, 1946 Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
Died	December 26, 2019(2019-12-26) (aged 73) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Los Angeles City College Santa Monica College
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1959–1980
Spouse(s)	Hampton Fancher ​ ​ (m. 1963; div. 1965)​ Roland Harrison ​ ​ (m. 1971; div. 1972)​ Cotton Adamson ​ ​ (m. 1973; div. 1974)​ Edward Weathers ​ ​ (m. 1983; div. 1984)​ Richard Rudman ​ ​ (m. 1985; div. 2002)​
Children	1

Life and career

Suellyn Lyon was born on July 10, 1946, in Davenport, Iowa.[2] She was the youngest of five children, and her father died before her first birthday. Soon after, her mother, Sue Karr Lyon, moved the family to Dallas, then to Los Angeles.[3]

When she was 14 years old, she was cast in the role of Dolores "Lolita" Haze in Stanley Kubrick's film Lolita (1962),[4] starring with James Mason, then aged 53.[5] Nabokov, the book's author, described her as the "perfect nymphet".[5] She was chosen for the role partly because the film makers had to alter the age of the character to an older adolescent rather than the 12-year-old child Lolita in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita. Although Kubrick's film altered the story so as not to be in violation of the Hollywood Production Code, it was still one of the most controversial films of the day.[6]

Lyon was 15 when the film premiered in June 1962,[7] too young to watch the film.[5] She became an instant celebrity and won a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer—Female.[8] She recorded two songs for the film, released on an MGM 45-rpm record. The song "Lolita Ya Ya" (Riddle–Harris) appeared on side A, and "Turn Off the Moon" (Stillman-Harris) appeared on side B.^{[citation needed]}

Lyon was cast as a seductive teenager in John Huston's The Night of the Iguana (1964), competing for the affections of disgraced preacher Richard Burton against the likes of Deborah Kerr and Ava Gardner.[9][10] She played a mission worker in 7 Women (1965), director John Ford's last feature film. Lyon played the female lead in the comedy The Flim-Flam Man (1967) and had a supporting role in Tony Rome (1967), which starred Frank Sinatra. She played the wife of daredevil Evel Knievel in the film Evel Knievel (1971).[9][10][11] By the 1970s, she was relegated to mainly secondary roles. In her final film, she played a news reporter in Alligator (1980).[10][9]

Personal life

Lyon was married five times.[5] Her 1973 marriage to Cotton Adamson in a Colorado state prison where he was incarcerated for robbery and second-degree murder was contentious and ended in 1974 when the recently released Adamson committed another hold-up. She was also the partner of Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan during the mid-1960s.[12]

Her daughter from her marriage with Roland Harrison, Nona Harrison Gomez (née Nona Merrill Harrison), was born in Los Angeles in 1972.[13]

Death

Lyon died in West Hollywood on the morning of December 26, 2019, at the age of 73.[14] While no specific cause of death was given, she was reported to have been in poor health "for some time".[3]

Filmography

Sources:[10][9]

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1962	Lolita	Dolores "Lolita" Haze	Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer
1964	The Night of the Iguana	Charlotte Goodall
1966	7 Women	Emma Clark
1967	The Flim-Flam Man	Bonnie Lee Packard
	Tony Rome	Diana Pines
1969	Arsenic and Old Lace	Elaine Harper	TV movie
	Four Rode Out	Myra Polsen
1970	But I Don't Want to Get Married!	Laura	TV movie
1971	Evel Knievel	Linda
1973	Murder in a Blue World	Ana Vernia
	Tarot	Angela
1976	Smash-Up on Interstate 5	Burnsey	TV movie
	Crash!	Kim Denne
1977	End of the World	Sylvia Boran
	Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready	Wendy Sutherland	TV movie, made in 1969
1978	The Astral Factor	Darlene DeLong	Re-released in 1984 as The Invisible Strangler
	Towing	Lynn
1980	Alligator	NBC Newswoman	(Final film role)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1959	Letter to Loretta	Laurie	1 episode ("Alien Love") as Suellyn Lyon
1969–1974	Love, American Style	Barbara Eric Julie	2 episodes ("Love and the Extra Job/Love and the Flying Finletters/Love and the Golden Worm/Love and the Itchy Condition/Love and the Patrolperson", "Love and the Medium/Love and the Bed/Love and the High School Flop-Out")
1970	The Virginian	Belinda Ballard	1 episode ("Experiment at New Life")
1971	Men at Law	Bunny Phillips	1 episode ("Marathon")
	Night Gallery	Betsy	1 episode ("The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes/Miss Lovecraft Sent Me/The Hand of Borgus Weems/Phantom of What Opera?")
1978	Police Story	Caroline	1 episode ("River of Promises")
	Fantasy Island	Jill Nolan	1 episode ("Reunion/Anniversary")

References

15: http://www.angelfire.com/la2/annettecentral/ - filmography, photos (confirmed link)

External links

• Sue Lyon at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] Sue Lyon

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[es] Sue Lyon

Suellyn Lyon, conocida artísticamente como Sue Lyon (Davenport, Iowa, 10 de julio de 1946-Los Ángeles, California, 26 de diciembre de 2019),[1] fue una actriz estadounidense conocida por su interpretación en la película Lolita (1962) de Stanley Kubrick.[2][3]

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[ru] Лайон, Сью

Сью Лайон (англ. Sue Lyon; 10 июля 1946 — 26 декабря 2019) — американская актриса, исполнившая роль Лолиты в 1962 году в одноимённом фильме Стэнли Кубрика по роману Владимира Набокова и получившая за эту роль премию «Золотой глобус» в категории «Лучший дебют актрисы».

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