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Susan Melody George (born 26 July 1950) is an English film and television actress.

Susan George
George in 2008
Born	Susan Melody George (1950-07-26) 26 July 1950 (age 72) Surbiton, Surrey, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1962–present
Spouse	Simon MacCorkindale ​ ​ (m. 1984; died 2010)​

Early life

She was born in Surbiton,[1] Surrey (now London), and has recalled many holidays at the caravan park in Font-y-Gary in South Wales as a child.[2] She trained at the Stage School, Corona Theatre School and has acted since the age of four.

Acting

She is best known for appearing in films such as Straw Dogs (1971) with Dustin Hoffman, Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974) with Peter Fonda, and Mandingo (1975) with Ken Norton.[3]

When asked in a 2013 interview about working with Hoffman and director Sam Peckinpah in Straw Dogs, George said:

I had a love-hate relationship with Sam, but he was a brilliant director and a genius of his time. Dustin was a generous actor to work with, who could be intense at times, but had a great personality and an incredibly mischievous sense of humour. Making the film was a fantastic experience and one that I cherish to this day.[4]

In the early 1970s, George came to be associated with rather provocative, sometimes (as in Straw Dogs) controversial roles and became quite typecast. Cinema writer Leslie Halliwell's rather terse summary of her career was: "British leading lady, former child actress; usually typed as sexpot".[5]

Her lighter side was apparent in some of her TV appearances, such as in an episode ("The Gold Napoleon") of The Persuaders (1971) with Roger Moore and Tony Curtis. In 1988, George marked her film-producing debut with Stealing Heaven.

Personal life

Susan George was married to British actor Simon MacCorkindale from 5 October 1984 until his death on 14 October 2010.[6] They did not have any children.[7]

Before her marriage, she had a four-year relationship with American singer Jack Jones,[8] and later spent another four years as the partner of casino manager Derek Webster.[9]

George breeds Arabian horses and has a stud farm called Georgian Arabians.[10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1965	Cup Fever	Vicky Davis
1966	Davy Jones' Locker	Susan Haddock
1967	The Sorcerers	Audrey
1967	Billion Dollar Brain	Russian girl on train	(Uncredited)
1968	Up the Junction	Joyce
1968	The Strange Affair	'Fred' March
1969	All Neat in Black Stockings	Jill
1969	Twinky	Twinky
1970	The Looking Glass War	Susan
1970	Spring and Port Wine	Hilda Crompton
1970	Eyewitness	Pippa
1971	Die Screaming, Marianne	Marianne
1971	Fright	Amanda
1971	Straw Dogs	Amy Sumner
1972	Sonny and Jed	Sonny Lester Trigado
1974	Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry	Mary Coombs
1975	Mandingo	Blanche Maxwell
1975	Out of Season	Joanna
1976	A Small Town in Texas	Mary Lee Carter
1977	Tintorera	Gabriella
1978	Tomorrow Never Comes	Janie
1981	Enter the Ninja	Mary Ann
1981	Venom	Louise Andrews
1982	The House Where Evil Dwells	Laura Fletcher
1982	Kiss My Grits	Baby
1983	The Jigsaw Man	Penelope Kimberley
1986	Lightning, the White Stallion	Madame Rene
1989	That Summer of White Roses	Ana
2008	In Your Dreams	Barbara Wood-Ross
2009	City of Life	Constance

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1963	ITV Television Playhouse	Jane	Episode: "Adam's Apple"
1963	Swallows and Amazons	Kitty Walker	All 6 episodes
1963	ITV Television Playhouse	Jenny Warren	Episode: "December Child"
1965	The Human Jungle	Gina McCutcheon	Episode: "Heartbeats in a Tin Box"
1966	Weavers Green	Barbara Fielding	Episode: #1.25
1967	Armchair Theatre	Shop Girl	Episode: "Compensation Alice"
1967	Theatre 625	Young Barbara	Episode: "The Lost Years of Brian Hooper"
1968	Theatre 625	Angela Buck	Episode: "The Life Class"
1968	Mystery and Imagination	Lucy Weston	Episode: "Dracula"
1970	Doctor in the House	Jenny	Episode: "May The Best Man..."
1970	Tales of Unease	Sarah Stone	Episode: "Ride, Ride"
1971	The Persuaders!	Michelle Devigne	Episode: "The Gold Napoleon"
1973	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Anne	TV film
1979	Tales of the Unexpected	Mary Marney	Episode: "Lamb to the Slaughter"
1980	Tales of the Unexpected	Mabel Taylor	Episode: "Royal Jelly"
1982	Computercide	Lisa Korter	TV film
1983	Pajama Tops	Mrs. Chavinet	TV film
1984	Masquerade	Megan	Episode: "The Defector"
1984	Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense	Vicky Duncan	Episode: "Czech Mate"
1986	Hotel	Barbara Fremont	Episode: "Hearts Divided"
1986	Blacke's Magic	Maggie	Episode: "Wax Poetic"
1988	Jack the Ripper	Catherine Eddowes	Both episodes
1990	The Castle of Adventure	Allie Mannering	All 8 episodes
1990	Counterstrike	Annette Morley	Episode: "The Dealbreaker"
1992	Cluedo	Mrs. Peacock	Episode: "A-Hunting We Will Go"
1993	Stay Lucky	Samantha Mansfield	4 episodes
1995	Tales of Mystery and Imagination	Betty Wilson	Episode: "The Black Cat"
1995	The House That Mary Bought	Mary Close	TV film
2001	EastEnders	Margaret Walker	25 episodes

As executive producer

• Stealing Heaven (1988)
• That Summer of White Roses (1989)
• The House That Mary Bought (1995) (TV)

As miscellaneous crew

• Jackie Brown (1997) ('very special thanks')

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
1983	10th Saturn Awards	Best Actress	The House Where Evil Dwells	Nominated

References

External links

• Susan George at IMDb
• Susan George makes equestrian photography debut – Horse & Hound Online
• Interview with Susan George at Classic Film & TV Cafe

На других языках

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[de] Susan George (Schauspielerin)

Susan Melody George (* 26. Juli 1950 in London) ist eine britische Film- und Fernsehschauspielerin.

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- [en] Susan George (actress)

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[ru] Джордж, Сьюзан (актриса)

Сью́зан Ме́лоди Джордж (англ. Susan Melody George; 26 июля 1950, Лондон, Англия, Великобритания) — английская актриса, кинопродюсер, певица, композитор и коневод.

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