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Susannah York (born 9 January 1941) is an Academy Award-nominated English film
and television actress.
 Early
life
York was born as Susannah Yolande Fletcher in London. York studied at the Royal
Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Career
In 1960, York appeared in her second movie, Tunes of Glory, costarring with Alec
Guinness and John Mills. She appeared in the films A Man for All Seasons (1966),
The Killing of Sister George (1968) and Battle of Britain (1969). She was nominated
for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969). In
1972 she won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for her role in
Images. She famously snubbed the Academy Awards when, regarding her nomination, she
declared it offended her to be nominated without being asked. Obviously, she did
not attend the ceremony.
Her writing career is less well-known. In the 1970s she wrote two children's
fantasy novels, In Search of Unicorns (1973), revised (1984), allegedly filmed as
Images, and Lark's Castle (1976), revised (1986). She is well known for playing
Superman's mother Lara in Superman (1978) and its sequels, Superman II (1980) and
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987).
York, according to Italian symphonic metal band Rhapsody of Fire website
(previously known as Rhapsody), has been recruited for a narrated part on the
band's next full-length album Triumph or Agony, which will also include Christopher
Lee to return as the Wizard King.
In 2007, York will be appearing on stage in the UK tour of "The Wings of the Dove,"
and will continue performing her internationally acclaimed solo show, "The Loves of
Shakespeare's Women." Also in 2007, she guest starred in the Doctor Who audio play
Valhalla.
Personal
life
In 1960, York married Michael Wells. The couple had two children, Orlando and
Sasha, but they divorced in 1976. In the 1984 TV adaptation of A Christmas Carol,
she played Mrs. Cratchit and both of her children co-starred as Cratchit offspring.
Her son, Orlando Wells, starred in the Channel 4 teen drama, As If. Orlando gave
York her first grandchild, Rafferty Wells, in 2007.
Politically, she is a leftist who has publicly supported Mordechai Vanunu, the
Israeli dissident who revealed Israel's nuclear weapons programme.
While performing The Loves of Shakespeare's Women at the Cameri Theatre in Tel
Aviv in June 2007, York dedicated the performance to Vanunu, evoking both cheers
and jeers from the audience.
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