Susan George (actress)

Susan George
George in 2008
Born
Susan Melody George

(1950-07-26) 26 July 1950 (age 74)
Surbiton, Surrey, England
OccupationActress
Years active1962–present
Spouse
(m. 1984; died 2010)

Susan Melody George (born 26 July 1950) is an English film and television actress. 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.[1]

In the early 1970s, George came to be associated with rather provocative, sometimes (as in Straw Dogs) controversial roles and became typecast. Cinema writer Leslie Halliwell's rather terse summary of her career was: "British leading lady, former child actress; usually typed as sexpot".[2]

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.

  1. ^ Paul Brenner (2013). "Mandingo". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013.
  2. ^ Halliwell, Leslie (1984). Filmgoer's Companion, 8th ed, 1984.