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Susannah York

actress
Born: 1/9/1941
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 1/15/2011

Highly regarded actress best noted for her work playing struggling, psychologically damaged characters. She won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for her portrayal of Cathryn in Images (1972), about a woman who hallucinates at an airport imagining she sees her old lover who had been killed in a plane crash a number of years earlier. York was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of Alice LeBlanc in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), the depression-era movie about a sadistic dance marathon. She has also acted in such noted movies as A Man for All Seasons (1966), Battle of Britain (1969), and the TV mini series, Tender is the Night (1985).


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Asia week in New York: Susannah Woolmer previews the highlights of the art on offer in the fairs and exhibitions of New York's vibrant Asia Week. (Apollo)

Around the galleries: there are several remarkable rarities on offer this month in London and New York, writes Susannah Woolmer, including Ethiopian manuscripts, poignant photographs of a vanished Africa--and a splendid cup to toast Trafalgar Day. (Apollo)

Around the galleries: Susannah Woolmer previews major fall shows in New York, ranging from Wildenstein's splendid benefit show for the New Orleans Museum of Art to new work by Dale Chihuly and Alexander Creswell. (Apollo)

Around the galleries: Susannah Woolmer previews an exhibition of Constable sketches in New York, the Carre Rive Gauche in Paris and a fine range of figurative painting in London. (Apollo)

Around the galleries: Susannah Woolmer and Lin Barton preview photography, drawing and painting in New York and a 'pop-classic' in London.(Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, Frank Auerbach and Derrick Greaves' works) (Apollo)

Around the galleries: Susannah Woolmer looks forward to major exhibitions on Monet in New York, Malfray in Paris and Ivon Hitchens' flowers in London.(Calendar) (Apollo)

Around the galleries: Susannah Woolmer finds art to banish the winter blues in Barcelona, New York, London--and Tunbridge Wells. (Apollo)

Around the galleries: Susannah Woolmer admires spectacular treasures from the Goldmiths' Company in London and tours Asia Week's shows in New York. (Apollo)

Around the galleries: Susannah Woolmer previews Olympia in London, and contemporary photography and Master Drawings in New York. (Apollo)

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