Susan Hampshire
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Susan, Lady Kulukundis (née Hampshire; born 12 May 1937), better known by her maiden name Susan Hampshire, is a British actress best known for her numerous television and film appearances.
She received the Emmy Award in 1970, The First Churchills, and in 1973 for Vanity Fair.
The Pallisers (1974), The Grand (1997–98), and Monarch of the Glen (2000–05) are among her other television appearances.
Early life
Susan Hampshire was born in Kensington, London, to George Kenneth Hampshire and his partner June (née Pavey) and is of Irish descent. She had three sisters and one brother when she was the youngest of five girls. Her mother, a teacher, and her father, a president of Imperial Chemical Industries, was rarely home, and her parents had officially broken away. She had some developmental difficulties as an infant, was unable to spell her name before she was nine years old, and was unable to read properly until she was 12. In 1928, her determined mother established The Hampshire (now Gems Hampshire School), where Susan was taught.
She had intended to be a nurse but she didn't have the O level in Latin, so she decided to become an actress. At the age of 30, she was diagnosed as dyslexic.
Personal life
From 1967 to 1974, Hampshire married French film director Pierre Granier-Deferre. Christopher is the son of the couple. Victoria, their daughter, died within 24 hours of being born.
From 1981 to his death in 2021, she was married to her second husband, theatre impresario Sir Eddie Kulukundis.
In the 1995 Birthday Honours, Hampshire was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to dyslexic people. She was named Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to drama and charity.
Career
Hampshire spent time in the theatre before moving to film and television work as an actor. She appeared on HMV Junior Record Club's dramatized version of Little Black Sambo in 1961 (words by David Croft, music by Cyril Ornadel) and performed on The Midday Show in 1959 (as Anglia Television). In 1960, she appeared in During One Night for the first time. She was later involved in a 1962 BBC adaptation of What Katy Did. She was picked up by Walt Disney and starred in The Three Lives of Thomasina (opposite Patrick McGoohan) and The Fighting Prince of Donegal shortly after. In two episodes of Danger Man, she would appear opposite McGoohan once more. She appeared in Sidney J. Furie's 1964 film Wonderful Life alongside Cliff Richard.
In 1966, she was introduced to American television viewers in The Time Tunnel's pilot episode as a young passenger on the Titanic who befriends Dr. Tony Newman. Joy Adamson, a conservationist, appeared in Living Free, the sequel to Born Free. In 1972, she appeared in Malpertuis, directed by Harry Kumel. She is best known for her television appearances, including The Andromeda Breakthrough (1962) in which she substituted Julie Christie, who was not available for the program but was also a member of Andromeda in the first season of A for Andromeda (1961). In 1967's adaptation of The Forsyte Saga, in which she appeared in Fleur, she had her most notable television appearance in the 1960s.
Hampshire was given Emmy Awards by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for her performance in The Forsyte Saga (1970), The First Churchills (1969) and Vanity Fair (1973). In 1973, she appeared on American television with Kirk Douglas in a musical version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The Pallisers, The Barchester Chronicles, and Coming Home are among the other miniseries in which she appeared. When Michael Aspel at the Ritz Hotel surprised her in 1992, she was the star of This Is Your Life. She appeared on ITV television series The Grand in 1997, where she appeared as a madame residing in the hotel. Molly MacDonald, Lady of Glenbogle, in Monarch of the Glen (2000–05) and an appearance in Casualty (No Goodbyes, 19 November 2011) as Caitlin Northwick are among the new TV roles.
Hampshire has been on stage, appearing in several leading plays. She appeared in The Bargain, based on a meeting between Robert Maxwell and Mother Teresa in 2007. She appeared in pantomime at the New Wimbledon Theatre in 2005-06 and 2006-07 at the New Victoria Theatre in Woking. She was one of a select group of actors who have appeared on two generations in the same production on several occasions in 2008. Lady Catherine Champion-Cheney played in 2008 at the Chichester Festival Theatre in Somerset, Maugham's The Circle, following her appearance in the same play (and venue) as Elizabeth Champion-Cheney in 1976 (Lady Catherine's daughter-in-law) in Lady Catherine's The Circle.