  susannah york (9 january 1939"births". the times (11 january 1939). "fletcher. â on jan. 9, 1939, at 18, walpole street, s.w.3. to joan, wife of peel fletcher â a daughter" â 15 january 2011) was an english film, stage and television actress. she was awarded a bafta as best supporting actress for they shoot horses, don't they? (1969) and was nominated for an oscar and golden globe for the same film. she won best actress for images at the 1972 cannes film festival. in 1991 she was appointed an officier de l'ordre des arts et des lettres. her appearances in various hit films of the 1960s formed the basis of her international reputation, and an obituary in the telegraph characterised her as "the blue-eyed english rose with the china-white skin and cupid lips who epitomised the sensuality of the swinging sixties". ==early life== york was born susannah yolande fletcher in chelsea, london, in 1939, the younger daughter of simon william peel vickers fletcher (1910â2002), a merchant banker and steel magnate, and his first wife, the former joan nita mary bowring â they married in 1935 and divorced prior to 1943.simon fletcher's times obituary states that his first marriage produced two daughters, one of whom predeceased him; see "simon fletcher: steelworks owner who lost his livelihood during the war and spent the next 57 years trying to sue the government", obituary in the times or the sunday times, 15 october 2002.marriage between joan n.m. bowring and [simon] william p. fletcher listed in england & wales, marriage index, 1916â2005, accessed on ancestry.com on 16 january 2011though york claimed she was born in 1942, the birth of susannah y. fletcher to a mother whose maiden name was bowring is recorded as having occurred in 1939 in england & wales birth index: 1916â2005, accessed on ancestry.com on 16 january 2011the marriage between joan n.m. bowring fl
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