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Susan Hampshire

December 08, 2023

Susan Hampshire, Lady Kulukundis, CBE (born 12 May 1937) is an English actress known for her many television and film roles.[1] A three-time Emmy Award winner, she won for The Forsyte Saga in 1970, The First Churchills in 1969, and for Vanity Fair in 1973. Her other television credits include The Pallisers (1974), The Grand (1997–98) and Monarch of the Glen (2000–2005).

Susan Hampshire

CBE
Hampshire in a trailer for The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963)
Born (1937-05-12) 12 May 1937 (age 86)
Kensington, London, England, UK
OccupationActress
Years active1947–present
Spouses
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    (m. 1967; div. 1974)​
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    (m. 1981; died 2021)​
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Early life edit

Susan Hampshire was born in Kensington, London,[2] to George Kenneth Hampshire and his wife June (née Pavey) and is of Irish descent.[3] The youngest of five children, she had three sisters and one brother. Her mother was a teacher and her father was a director of Imperial Chemical Industries who was rarely at home, her parents having unofficially separated. As a child, she had some developmental difficulties, unable to spell her name until she was nine and unable to read well until she was 12. Her determined mother founded a small London school in 1928, The Hampshire (now Gems Hampshire School), where Susan was taught.[4]

Her childhood ambition was to be a nurse, but she later decided to become an actress. She was diagnosed as dyslexic at the age of 30.[5]

Career edit

As an actress, Hampshire worked in the theatre before moving to film and television work. She took the title role in a dramatised version of Little Black Sambo recorded by HMV Junior Record Club in 1961 (words by David Croft, music by Cyril Ornadel)[6] and sang on The Midday Show when ITV Anglia began broadcasting (as Anglia Television) in 1959.[7] Her first starring role was in the film During One Night in 1960. She then took the leading role in a 1962 BBC adaptation of What Katy Did. Soon afterwards, she was taken up by Walt Disney and starred in The Three Lives of Thomasina (opposite Patrick McGoohan) and The Fighting Prince of Donegal. She would later appear opposite McGoohan again, in two episodes of Danger Man. She co-starred with Cliff Richard in Sidney J. Furie's 1964 musical Wonderful Life.

In 1966, she was introduced to American TV viewers in the pilot episode of The Time Tunnel as a young passenger on the Titanic who befriends Dr Tony Newman. She later portrayed conservationist Joy Adamson in Living Free, the sequel to Born Free. In 1972, she played three different characters in Malpertuis, directed by Harry Kumel. She is known for her work on television, appearing in several popular television serials, including The Andromeda Breakthrough (1962) in which she replaced Julie Christie who was not available for the show but had played the part of Andromeda in the first season of A for Andromeda (1961). Her most notable television role in the 1960s came in the BBC's 1967 adaptation of The Forsyte Saga, in which she played Fleur.

Hampshire received Emmy Awards from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for her roles in The Forsyte Saga (1970), The First Churchills (1969) and Vanity Fair (1973). In 1973, she appeared again on US television with Kirk Douglas in a musical version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.[8] Other miniseries in which she appeared are The Pallisers, The Barchester Chronicles and Coming Home. She was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1992 when she was surprised by Michael Aspel at the Ritz Hotel.[citation needed] In 1997, she appeared in the ITV television series The Grand where she played a madame residing in the hotel. More recent TV roles include Molly MacDonald, Lady of Glenbogle, in Monarch of the Glen (2000–05)[9] and an appearance in Casualty (Series 26, No Goodbyes, 19 November 2011) as Caitlin Northwick.

Hampshire has been active on the stage, taking the lead roles in many leading plays. In 2007, she was in the play The Bargain, based on a meeting between Robert Maxwell and Mother Teresa. She played the Fairy Godmother in pantomime at the New Wimbledon Theatre in 2005–06 and at the New Victoria Theatre in Woking in 2006–07. In 2008, she joined the relatively small band of actors who have played two generations in the same play on different occasions. Her appearance at the Chichester Festival Theatre in Somerset Maugham's The Circle as Lady Catherine Champion-Cheney in 2008 followed on from her appearance in the same play (and venue) as Elizabeth Champion-Cheney (Lady Catherine's daughter-in-law) in 1976.[10]

Author and charity work edit

Until the publication in 1981 of her autobiography, Susan's Story, few people were aware of Hampshire's struggle with dyslexia. Since then, she has become a prominent campaigner in the UK on dyslexia issues and was president of the Dyslexia Institute from 1995 to 1998.[11]

Her second book, The Maternal Instinct (1984), discussed women and fertility issues and she published a collection of interviews, Every Letter Counts: Winning in Life Despite Dyslexia, in 1990. She has written children's books, including Lucy Jane at the Ballet, Lucy Jane and the Russian Ballet, Lucy Jane and the Dancing Competition, Lucy Jane on Television, Bear's Christmas, Rosie's First Ballet Lesson and Rosie's Ballet Slippers as well as various books and videos about her lifelong hobby of gardening, including Easy Gardening, My Secret Garden and Trouble Free Gardening.

She is a patron of the British Homeopathic Association, HIV charity Body Positive Dorset, The National Osteoporosis Society, Dignity in Dying , children's education charity Life Education Wessex and Thames Valley and population concern charity Population Matters.[12] She is also patron of Mousetrap Theatre Projects in London which supports theatre productions for the enjoyment of disadvantaged and disabled children. She holds the position of vice-president at Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Ltd, UK. She is also a vice-president of The International Tree Foundation.

Personal life edit

Hampshire was married to her first husband, the French film producer Pierre Granier-Deferre, from 1967 until 1974. The couple have a son, Christopher. Their daughter, Victoria, died within 24 hours of her birth.

She was married to her second husband, theatre impresario Sir Eddie Kulukundis, from 1981 until his death in 2021.

Hampshire was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1995 Birthday Honours, for services to dyslexic people. In the 2018 New Year Honours, she was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), for services to drama and charity.[13]

Filmography edit

References edit

  1. ^ Profile of Susan Hampshire; registration required, International Who's Who. Accessed 3 September 2006.
  2. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Live Chat". Monarch of the Glen. BBC Home. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  4. ^ . Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  5. ^ Pamela Coleman (29 March 1996). "Spell of success". TES Magazine.
  6. ^ "45Cat". Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  7. ^ "The History of ITV Part 11: Anglia television". Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Musical Version of 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' Stars Kirk Douglas". The Mexia Daily New. Vol. 74. 3 April 1973.
  9. ^ "Susan Hampshire: Monarch of the TV". Leigh Journal. 17 October 2003. Retrieved 30 January 2016. FAR from being a dotty dowager, Molly - now the Second Lady of Glenbogle - has style...
  10. ^ "Susan Hampshire turns full Circle", Chichester Observer, 30 July 2008.
  11. ^ "Celebrity Support". Dyslexia Institute. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  12. ^ "Our patrons".
  13. ^ Entertainment & Arts team (29 December 2017). "In pictures: Entertainment stars recognised in New Year Honours". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 30 December 2017.

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1974 wbr Eddie Kulukundis m 1981 died 2021 wbr Children2 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Author and charity work 4 Personal life 5 Filmography 6 References 7 External linksEarly life editSusan Hampshire was born in Kensington London 2 to George Kenneth Hampshire and his wife June nee Pavey and is of Irish descent 3 The youngest of five children she had three sisters and one brother Her mother was a teacher and her father was a director of Imperial Chemical Industries who was rarely at home her parents having unofficially separated As a child she had some developmental difficulties unable to spell her name until she was nine and unable to read well until she was 12 Her determined mother founded a small London school in 1928 The Hampshire now Gems Hampshire School where Susan was taught 4 Her childhood ambition was to be a nurse but she later decided to become an actress She was diagnosed as dyslexic at the age of 30 5 Career editAs an actress Hampshire worked in the theatre before moving to film and television work She took the title role in a dramatised version of Little Black Sambo recorded by HMV Junior Record Club in 1961 words by David Croft music by Cyril Ornadel 6 and sang on The Midday Show when ITV Anglia began broadcasting as Anglia Television in 1959 7 Her first starring role was in the film During One Night in 1960 She then took the leading role in a 1962 BBC adaptation of What Katy Did Soon afterwards she was taken up by Walt Disney and starred in The Three Lives of Thomasina opposite Patrick McGoohan and The Fighting Prince of Donegal She would later appear opposite McGoohan again in two episodes of Danger Man She co starred with Cliff Richard in Sidney J Furie s 1964 musical Wonderful Life In 1966 she was introduced to American TV viewers in the pilot episode of The Time Tunnel as a young passenger on the Titanic who befriends Dr Tony Newman She later portrayed conservationist Joy Adamson in Living Free the sequel to Born Free In 1972 she played three different characters in Malpertuis directed by Harry Kumel She is known for her work on television appearing in several popular television serials including The Andromeda Breakthrough 1962 in which she replaced Julie Christie who was not available for the show but had played the part of Andromeda in the first season of A for Andromeda 1961 Her most notable television role in the 1960s came in the BBC s 1967 adaptation of The Forsyte Saga in which she played Fleur Hampshire received Emmy Awards from the Academy of Television Arts amp Sciences for her roles in The Forsyte Saga 1970 The First Churchills 1969 and Vanity Fair 1973 In 1973 she appeared again on US television with Kirk Douglas in a musical version of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 8 Other miniseries in which she appeared are The Pallisers The Barchester Chronicles and Coming Home She was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1992 when she was surprised by Michael Aspel at the Ritz Hotel citation needed In 1997 she appeared in the ITV television series The Grand where she played a madame residing in the hotel More recent TV roles include Molly MacDonald Lady of Glenbogle in Monarch of the Glen 2000 05 9 and an appearance in Casualty Series 26 No Goodbyes 19 November 2011 as Caitlin Northwick Hampshire has been active on the stage taking the lead roles in many leading plays In 2007 she was in the play The Bargain based on a meeting between Robert Maxwell and Mother Teresa She played the Fairy Godmother in pantomime at the New Wimbledon Theatre in 2005 06 and at the New Victoria Theatre in Woking in 2006 07 In 2008 she joined the relatively small band of actors who have played two generations in the same play on different occasions Her appearance at the Chichester Festival Theatre in Somerset Maugham s The Circle as Lady Catherine Champion Cheney in 2008 followed on from her appearance in the same play and venue as Elizabeth Champion Cheney Lady Catherine s daughter in law in 1976 10 Author and charity work editUntil the publication in 1981 of her autobiography Susan s Story few people were aware of Hampshire s struggle with dyslexia Since then she has become a prominent campaigner in the UK on dyslexia issues and was president of the Dyslexia Institute from 1995 to 1998 11 Her second book The Maternal Instinct 1984 discussed women and fertility issues and she published a collection of interviews Every Letter Counts Winning in Life Despite Dyslexia in 1990 She has written children s books including Lucy Jane at the Ballet Lucy Jane and the Russian Ballet Lucy Jane and the Dancing Competition Lucy Jane on Television Bear s Christmas Rosie s First Ballet Lesson and Rosie s Ballet Slippers as well as various books and videos about her lifelong hobby of gardening including Easy Gardening My Secret Garden and Trouble Free Gardening She is a patron of the British Homeopathic Association HIV charity Body Positive Dorset The National Osteoporosis Society Dignity in Dying children s education charity Life Education Wessex and Thames Valley and population concern charity Population Matters 12 She is also patron of Mousetrap Theatre Projects in London which supports theatre productions for the enjoyment of disadvantaged and disabled children She holds the position of vice president at Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Ltd UK She is also a vice president of The International Tree Foundation Personal life editHampshire was married to her first husband the French film producer Pierre Granier Deferre from 1967 until 1974 The couple have a son Christopher Their daughter Victoria died within 24 hours of her birth She was married to her second husband theatre impresario Sir Eddie Kulukundis from 1981 until his death in 2021 Hampshire was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE in the 1995 Birthday Honours for services to dyslexic people In the 2018 New Year Honours she was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE for services to drama and charity 13 Filmography editThe Woman in the Hall 1947 Young Jay Idol on Parade 1959 Martha Upstairs and Downstairs 1959 Arriving Passenger 3 uncredited Expresso Bongo 1959 Cynthia uncredited During One Night 1960 Jean The Long Shadow 1961 Gunilla Adventures in Paradise 1961 US ABC TV Appointment on Tara Bi Estelle Heydin The Andromeda Breakthrough BBC TV series 1962 Andromeda What Katy Did BBC TV mini series 1962 Katy Carr The Three Lives of Thomasina 1963 Lori MacGregor Night Must Fall 1964 Olivia Greyne Wonderful Life US Swingers Paradise 1964 Jenny Taylor A Hard Day s Night 1964 Dancer at Disco uncredited Danger Man episodes You re Not In Any Trouble Are You October 1965 as Lena and Are You Going to be More Permanent December 1965 as Lesley Arden Paris au mois d aout 1966 Patricia Seagrave Time Tunnel 1966 TV series pilot episode Althea Hall The Fighting Prince of Donegal 1966 Kathleen McSweeney The Trygon Factor 1966 Trudy Emberday The Violent Enemy 1967 Hannah Costello The Forsyte Saga BBC TV mini series 1967 Fleur Mont nee Forsyte Vanity Fair BBC TV mini series 1967 Becky Sharp The Lady Is a Liar BBC TV play 1968 Isabella An Ideal Husband BBC TV play 1969 Mabel Chiltern Monte Carlo or Bust 1969 Betty The First Churchills BBC TV mini series 1969 Sarah Churchill Duchess of Marlborough Sarah Churchill Sarah Jennings David Copperfield 1969 TV Movie Agnes Wickfield Malpertuis 1971 Nancy Euryale Alice Nurse Charlotte Living Free 1972 Joy Adamson A Time for Loving 1972 Patricia Robinson Neither the Sea Nor the Sand 1972 Anna Robinson Baffled 1972 TV Movie Michele Brent Le Fils 1973 L Americaine uncredited Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 1973 TV Movie Isabel The Lonely Woman 1973 Elaine The Pallisers BBC TV serial 1974 Glencora Lady Glencora M Cluskie Thriller TV series 1 episode 1975 Sally The Story of David 1976 TV Movie Michal Bang 1977 Cilla Brown Dick Turpin TV series one episode 1981 Lady Melford The Barchester Chronicles BBC TV mini series 1982 La Signora Madeline Vesey Neroni Leaving 1984 1985 TV Series Martha Ford Don t Tell Father BBC TV series 1992 Natasha Bancroft The Grand ITV series 1997 1998 Esme Harkness Coming Home 1998 TV Mini Series Miss Catto Nancherrow 1999 TV Mini Series Miss Catto Monarch of the Glen BBC TV series 2000 2005 Molly MacDonald Eve Buckingham Short film 2001 Sparkling Cyanide 2003 TV Movie Lucilla Drake The Royal ITV series two episodes 2009 Elizabeth Middleditch Any Old Iron Busman s Holiday Casualty BBC TV series two episodes 2011 2013 Sylvia Black Caitlin Northwick No Goodbyes There s No Place Like Home Midsomer Murders 2017 Delphi Hartley Red in Tooth amp Claw Another Mother s Son 2017 Elena Smyrna my Beloved 2021 Lady WhittallReferences edit Profile of Susan Hampshire registration required International Who s Who Accessed 3 September 2006 Index entry FreeBMD ONS Retrieved 18 March 2011 Live Chat Monarch of the Glen BBC Home 29 October 2014 Retrieved 17 March 2015 School website Archived from the original on 14 July 2014 Retrieved 6 July 2014 Pamela Coleman 29 March 1996 Spell of success TES Magazine 45Cat Retrieved 17 March 2015 The History of ITV Part 11 Anglia television Retrieved 25 November 2022 Musical Version of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Stars Kirk Douglas The Mexia Daily New Vol 74 3 April 1973 Susan Hampshire Monarch of the TV Leigh Journal 17 October 2003 Retrieved 30 January 2016 FAR from being a dotty dowager Molly now the Second Lady of Glenbogle has style Susan Hampshire turns full Circle Chichester Observer 30 July 2008 Celebrity Support Dyslexia Institute Retrieved 17 January 2011 Our patrons Entertainment amp Arts team 29 December 2017 In pictures Entertainment stars recognised in New Year Honours BBC News British Broadcasting Corporation Retrieved 30 December 2017 External links editSusan Hampshire at IMDb Susan Hampshire at the TCM Movie Database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Susan Hampshire amp oldid 1188620059, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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