Susan George

She trained at the Stage School, Corona Theatre School and has acted since the age of four, appearing on both television and film. Her most notable roles include those of "Amy Sumner" in Straw Dogs (1971) with Dustin Hoffman, and as "Mary Coombs" in Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974), with Peter Fonda. In the early 1970s George came to be associated with rather provocative, sometimes (as in Straw Dogs) controversial, roles and became quite type-cast. Cinema writer Leslie Halliwell's rather terse summary of her career was: "British leading lady, former child actress; usually typed as sexpot".

Her lighter side was apparent in some of her TV appearances, such as in an episode of The Persuaders (1971) with Roger Moore and Tony Curtis. In 1988, George marked her movie producing debut with Stealing Heaven.

George breeds Arabian horses and has a stud farm called Georgian Arabians. In 2007, she was featured in Horse & Hound magazine, in the "Talk Yourself Horse" page.

Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#72). [1995]