Filmography Film YearĮpisode: "The Lost Years of Brian Hooper" George breeds Arabian horses and has a stud farm called Georgian Arabians. īefore her marriage, she had a four-year relationship with American singer Jack Jones, and had dated both George Best and Rod Stewart, she also spent four years as the partner of casino manager Derek Webster. Susan George was married to British actor Simon MacCorkindale from 5 October 1984 until his death on 14 October 2010. In 1988, George marked her film-producing debut with Stealing Heaven. Her featured TV appearance in Tales of the Unexpected, ("Lamb to the Slaughter") contrasted sharply, with her lighter side that was apparent in some of her other TV appearances, such as in an episode ("The Gold Napoleon") of The Persuaders (1971) with Roger Moore and Tony Curtis. Cinema writer Leslie Halliwell's rather terse summary of her career was: "British leading lady, former child actress usually typed as sexpot". In the early 1970s, George came to be associated with rather provocative, sometimes (as in Straw Dogs) controversial roles and became quite typecast. Making the film was a fantastic experience and one that I cherish to this day. Dustin was a generous actor to work with, who could be intense at times, but had a great personality and an incredibly mischievous sense of humour.
I had a love-hate relationship with Sam, but he was a brilliant director and a genius of his time. When asked in a 2013 interview about working with Hoffman and director Sam Peckinpah in Straw Dogs, George said: She is best known for appearing in films such as Straw Dogs (1971) with Dustin Hoffman, Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974) with Peter Fonda, and Mandingo (1975) with Ken Norton.
She trained at the Stage School, Corona Theatre School and has acted since the age of four. She was born in Surbiton, Surrey (now London), and has recalled many holidays at the caravan park in Font-y-Gary in South Wales as a child.