Susannah York
(1942-2011), Actor, writer and directorSitter in 15 portraits
After training at RADA, York acted on stage before making her screen debut in 1960. Her notable films include Greengage Summer (1961), John Huston's Freud (1962) and Tony Richardson's Tom Jones (1963). In 1968 she appeared in the controversial film The Killing of Sister George (1968) playing opposite Beryl Reid and Coral Browne. Nominated for an Oscar for her performance in They Shoot Horses Don't They? (1969) and she won Best Actress prize at Cannes for her performance in Robert Altman's Images (1972).
Actresses (Susannah York; Susan Hampshire; Judi Dench)
by Arnold Newman
colour dye transfer print, 1978?
NPG P150(44)
by Lewis Morley
cibachrome print from original transparency, 1960s
NPG x87162
by Lewis Morley
bromide fibre print, 1961
NPG x38917
by Sandra Lousada
archival pigment print, 1962
NPG x135576
by Patrick Lichfield
archival inkjet print, February 1967
NPG x128489
by Patrick Lichfield
archival inkjet print, 18 July 1967
NPG x128490
Susannah York and Beryl Reid in 'The Killing of Sister George'
by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 1968
NPG x194472
by Norman Parkinson
cibachrome print, 11 December 1985
NPG x126889
published by Columbia Pictures Corporation
colour offset lithograph, published 1967
NPG D48102
published by Columbia Pictures Corporation
colour offset lithograph, published 1967
NPG D48104
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