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Davenport, Iowa, USA
Sue Lyon was an American screen and television actress. She joined the entertainment industry as a model at the age of 13, and later rose to prominence and won a Golden Globe for playing the title role in the film Lolita (1962). Her other notable film appearances included The Night of the Iguana (1964), 7 Women (1966), Tony Rome (1967), and Evel Knievel (1971).
Known for
- Bert Stern - Original Madman2011
- John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick — Self (archive footage)1988
- James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate — Self - 'Lolita' premiere (archive footage) (uncredited)1984
- Alligator — ABC Newswoman1980
- The Astral Factor — Darlene DeLong1978
- Towing — Lynn1978
- Fantasy Island — Jill Nolan1978
- End of the World — Sylvia Boran1977
- Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready — Wendy Sutherland1977
- Crash! — Kim Denne1976
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Key facts
- Born
- Suellyn Lyon , ( 1946-07-10 ) July 10, 1946, Davenport, Iowa , U.S.
- Died
- December 26, 2019 (2019-12-26) (aged 73), Los Angeles, California , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Los Angeles City College , Santa Monica College
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1959–1980
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Davenport
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- American English
- Award
- Golden Globes
- Field of work
- film
- Image
- Kinema-Junpo-1962-September-late-1.jpg
- Height
- 1.60
- Number of children
- 1
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- date of birth
- 1946-07-10
- start of work period
- 1959-00-00
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- Sue Lyon
- name in native language
- Sue Lyon
- birth name
- Suellyn Lyon
- date of death
- 2019-12-26
- end of work period
- 1980-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Suellyn Lyon (July 10, 1946 – December 26, 2019) was an American actress who is most famous today for playing the title role in Stanley Kubrick's 1962 film adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita, for which she was awarded a Golden Globe.
Lyon's early career flourished with appearances in such high-profile films as John Huston's The Night of the Iguana (1964), John Ford's 7 Women (1966), the Frank Sinatra detective film Tony Rome (1967), and the George C. Scott comedy The Flim-Flam Man (1967). However, her career diminished in the 1970s and she subsequently retired from acting after making Alligator, which was released in 1980.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sue Lyon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.