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Suzy Kendall
British actress (born 1937)
Suzy Kendall | |
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Kendall in Torso (1973) | |
| Born | Freda Harriet Harrison (1937-01-01) 1 January 1937 (age 88)[1] Belper, Derbyshire, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1965–2012 |
| Spouses | Dudley Moore (m. 1968; div. 1972)Sandy Harper (after 1978) |
| Children | Elodie Harper |
Suzy Kendall (born Freda Harriet Harrison; 1 January 1937[1]) is a British retired actress best known for her film roles in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Early life
Born in Belper, Derbyshire, Kendall attended the Herbert Strutt Grammar School.[2]
Later she attended Derby & District College of Art where she studied painting and design.
Career
Kendall was a fabric designer at British Celanese and then became a photographic model before becoming an actress. She initially appeared in supporting roles before progressing to female leads in a number of Britis
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Suzy Kendall (born Freda Harriet Harrison; January 1, 1937) is a British retired actress best known for her film roles in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Personal Life[]
Born in Belper, Derbyshire, Kendall attended Derby & District College of Art where she studied painting and design. She was a fabric designer at British Celanese and then became a photographic model before becoming an actress. She initially appeared in supporting roles before progressing to female leads in a number of British films in the late 1960s. In the early 1970s, she appeared in several Italian giallo thrillers before returning to Britain and played supporting roles in a few more films until her retirement from screen acting in 1977.
In 1968, Kendall married pianist, comedian and actor Dudley Moore, and though they divorced in 1972, they remained friends until Moore's death in 2002.
Following the divorce she remarried shortly afterwards to Sandy Harper, whom Moore also befriended. Moore was godfather to her daughter Elodie. In 2002 she hosted a memorial service for Moore attended by her secon
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Suzy was surprised when she was offered film roles, due mainly for her looks rather than any particular acting ability, and initially appeared in small parts in The Liquidator, Thunderball and Up Jumped a Swagman in 1965. She next appeared in The Sandwich Man and Circus of Fear in 1966. Stronger roles appeared in The Penthouse and To Sir, With Love in 1967 and Up The Junction and 30 Is A Dangerous Age, Cynthia in 1968.
1967/8 was probably her most successful period with three of her best parts. In The Penthouse she featured as Barbara Willason, an adulterous woman, terrorised in a penthouse when three thugs break in. In Up The Junction she
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