Janet Suzman

ActorDirector Feb 9 (age 87) Johannesburg, South Africa 1963–2023 (60 year career)

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Biography

Dame Janet Suzman DBE (born 9 February 1939) is a South African and British actress.

Known For

Film

The Draughtsman's Contract

Virginia Herbert

Film

And the Ship Sails On

Edmea Tutua

Film

A Dry White Season

Susan du Toit

Film

Nuns on the Run

Sister Superior

Film

Nicholas and Alexandra

Alexandra

Film

Consecration

Mother Superior

Film

Max

Max's Mother

Film

The Black Windmill

Alex Tarrant

Filmography

Acting (49)

Movies (31)

Consecration

2023

as Mother Superior

5.6

The Real Great Escape

2012

as Dorothe Bushell (voice)

Moominland Tales: The Life of Tove Jansson

2012

as Tove Jansson (voice)

7.0

Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard

2012

as Self

The Shakespeare Sessions

Max

as Max's Mother

Manhunt: The Search for the Yorkshire Ripper

as Narrator

Hildegard

as Marchioness

Leon the Pig Farmer

as Judith Geller

The Secret Agent

as Margaret, Duchess of Chester

Nuns on the Run

as Sister Superior

A Dry White Season

as Susan du Toit

Nobody Here But Us Chickens

1989

Revolutionary Witness

1989

as Theroign de Mericourt

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

1984

as Eleanor of Aquitaine

5.2

And the Ship Sails On

1983

as Edmea Tutua

7.2

The Draughtsman's Contract

as Virginia Herbert

Priest of Love

as Frieda Lawrence

Nijinsky

as Emilia Marcus

The House on Garibaldi Street

as Hedda

Voyage of the Damned

as Leni Strauss

Antony and Cleopatra

as Cleopatra

The Black Windmill

as Alex Tarrant

Miss Nightingale

as Miss Nightingale

Shakespeare or Bust

1973

as Herself

Hedda Gabler

1972

as Hedda Gabler

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

1972

as Sheila

4.2

Nicholas and Alexandra

as Alexandra

The Three Sisters

as Masha

Macbeth

as Lady Macbeth

The Wars of the Roses

1965

as Joan la Pucelle

8.5

Television (18)

Remembers…

2022

as Self

The Crown

as Literary Agent

Labyrinth

as Esclarmonde

The Colour of Magic

as Ninereeds

Manhunt: The Search for the Yorkshire Ripper

1999

as Narrator

Midsomer Murders

1997

as Lady Matilda William

Trial & Retribution

Inspector Morse

as Dr. Claire Brewster

7.9

Acting

1987

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

1986

as Lady Edwina Mountbatten

Time for Murder

as Avon Eve

Escape

Clayhanger

as Hilda Lessaways

Film '72

as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

BBC Play of the Month

as Joan of Arc

Theatre 625

as Edith Swan-Neck

Festival

as Luciana, Adriana's sister

8.0

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Othello

1989

Director