Profile

Janet Suzman

Acting

Born 1939-02-09

Johannesburg, South Africa

Biography

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

Filmography

54 credits across movies and TV

Movie

The Draughtsman's Contract

1982 · Virginia Herbert

Movie

Nuns on the Run

1990 · Sister Superior

Movie

Consecration

2023 · Mother Superior

Movie

A Dry White Season

1989 · Susan du Toit

Movie

Nicholas and Alexandra

1971 · Alexandra

Movie

Priest of Love

1981 · Frieda Lawrence

Movie

Leon the Pig Farmer

1993 · Judith Geller

Movie

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

1972 · Sheila

Movie

Nijinsky

1980 · Emilia Marcus

Movie

The Black Windmill

1974 · Alex Tarrant

Movie

The Wars of the Roses

1965 · Joan la Pucelle

Movie

Miss Nightingale

1974 · Miss Nightingale

Movie

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

1984 · Eleanor of Aquitaine

Movie

Nobody Here But Us Chickens

1989

Movie

Antony and Cleopatra

1975 · Cleopatra

Movie

Macbeth

1970 · Lady Macbeth

Movie

Max

2002 · Max's Mother

Movie

And the Ship Sails On

1983 · Edmea Tutua

Movie

Revolutionary Witness

1989 · Theroign de Mericourt

Movie

Hildegard

1994 · Marchioness

Movie

Hedda Gabler

1972 · Hedda Gabler

Movie

Moominland Tales: The Life of Tove Jansson

2012 · Tove Jansson (voice)

Movie

The House on Garibaldi Street

1979 · Hedda

Movie

The Real Great Escape

2012 · Dorothe Bushell (voice)

Movie

The Three Sisters

1970 · Masha

Movie

Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard

2012 · Self

Movie

Voyage of the Damned

1976 · Leni Strauss

Movie

The Shakespeare Sessions

2003

Movie

Shakespeare or Bust

1973 · Herself

Movie

The Secret Agent

1992 · Margaret, Duchess of Chester

Movie

Manhunt: The Search for the Yorkshire Ripper

1999 · Narrator

Inspector Morse

1987 · Dr. Claire Brewster

Trial & Retribution

1997

Escape

1980

Acting

1987

Labyrinth

2012 · Esclarmonde

BBC Play of the Month

1965 · Masha

Midsomer Murders

1997 · Lady Matilda William

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

1986 · Lady Edwina Mountbatten

Manhunt: The Search for the Yorkshire Ripper

1999 · Narrator

The Dick Cavett Show

1968 · Self - Guest

The Crown

2016 · Literary Agent

The Colour of Magic

2008 · Ninereeds

BBC Play of the Month

1965 · Joan of Arc

BBC Play of the Month

1965 · Lady Macbeth

BBC Play of the Month

1965 · Hedda Gabler

Festival

1963 · Luciana, Adriana's sister

Film '72

1971 · Self

Clayhanger

1976 · Hilda Clayhanger

Clayhanger

1976 · Hilda Lessaways

Theatre 625

1964 · Edith Swan-Neck

Theatre 625

1964 · Mary

Remembers…

2022 · Self

Time for Murder

1985 · Avon Eve