Susan George
| Susan George | ||
 George in October 2008 | ||
| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Susan Melody George | |
| Born | Jul 26, 1950 Surbiton, Surrey, England | |
| Occupation | Actress, producer | |
| Years active | 1962–present | |
| Spouse(s) | Simon MacCorkindale 5 Oct 1984 - 14 Oct 2010 Deceased | |
Susan Melody George (born 26 July 1950) is an English film and television actress.
Acting
She is best known for appearing in such films as "Straw Dogs" (1971) with Dustin Hoffman, "Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry" (1974) with Peter Fonda, and "Mandingo" (1975) with Ken Norton.
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.
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".
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".
External links
- Wikipedia article: Susan George
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