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Sue Lyon

Television Actress / Film Actress / Model (person) / Child Actress / Actress | * 07/10/1946 († 73, 12/26/2019) | Davenport, Iowa (United States of America (USA))
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Suellyn Lyon (July 10, 1946 – December 26, 2019) was an American actress who is most famous today for playing Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita in Stanley Kubrick's 1962 film adaptation of Nabokov's eponymous novel, 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 flick Tony Rome (1967), and the George C. Scott comedy The Flim Flam Man (1967), but her career dropped off in the 1970s and she retired from acting after making Alligator, which was released in 1980. In 1991, Lyon featured prominently on the artwork for Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers single 'Stay Beautiful'. ()
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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).

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Thriller

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A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life. ...

The Night of the Iguana

NR

1964 | 3.6/5 | 1h 58min
Drama, Romance / Love
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Tony Rome, a tough Miami PI living on a houseboat, is hired by a local millionaire to find jewelry stolen from his daughter, and in the process has several encounters with local hoods as well as the M ...

Tony Rome

Certification unknown

1967 | 3.2/5 | 1h 50min
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals that have been injected with growth hormones. The now gigantic animal escapes the city sewers and goes on a rampa ...

Alligator

R

1980 | 3.0/5 | 1h 31min
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller, Action
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Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon ...

Lolita

NR

1962 | 3.7/5 | 2h 34min
Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Sue Lyon

Golden Globe Awards Laurel Awards
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Movies with Sue Lyon as Actress(22)

as Self (archive footage)2020 Showbiz Kids
as Self (archive footage)1989 John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Archive Footage1984 James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
as ABC Newswoman1980 Alligator
as Lynn1978 Towing
as Sylvia Boran1977 End of the World
as Burnsey1976 Smash-Up on Interstate 5
as Darlene DeLong1976 The Astral Factor
as Kim Denne1976 Crash!
as Angela1973 Tarot
as Ana Vernia1973 Murder in a Blue World
as Wendy Sutherland1971 Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
as Linda1971 Evel Knievel
as Laura1970 But I Don't Want to Get Married!
as Elaine Harper1969 Arsenic and Old Lace
as Myra Polsen1969 Four Rode Out
as Diana Pines1967 Tony Rome
as Bonnie Lee Packard1967 The Flim-Flam Man
as Emma Clark1966 7 Women
as herself1964 On the Trail of the Iguana
as Charlotte Goodall1964 The Night of the Iguana
as Dolores "Lolita" Haze1962 Lolita

TV Shows/Series with Sue Lyon as Actress(5)

1973 Police Story
1970 Night Gallery
as Blonde with Valentine Card (uncredited)1959 Dennis the Menace
as Laurie1953 Letter to Loretta
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?

Full Name: Sue Suellyn Lyon
Born: Wednesday, 07/10 1946 (July) in Davenport, Iowa (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 12/26 2019 (December) in Los Angeles (aged: 73)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: American English
Educated at: Santa Monica College, Los Angeles City College, Hollywood Professional School
Record Label: MGM Records
Spouses (current/former): Hampton Fancher
Other names for Sue Lyon (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Suellyn Lyon"
Sue Lyon frequently works together with these people:
Loretta Young (117x, Actress)
Ricardo Montalban (11x, Actor)
Kitty Kelly (11x, Actress)
John Newland (9x, Crew)
Dabbs Greer (8x, Actor)
George Nader (8x, Actor)
Regis Toomey (6x, Actor)
Ann Doran (6x, Actress)
Addison Richards (6x, Actor)
Jock Mahoney (6x, Actor)
Hugh Beaumont (6x, Actor)
Ross Elliott (6x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:97246, Added: 05/27/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024