Suzan Farmer
Biography
Suzan Farmer was an English film and television actress who was regularly cast in Hammer Films productions. Born in Maidstone, Kent, she attended the Central School of Speech and Drama before taking lead roles in 1960s Hammer swashbucklers and horror films. Her first was The Scarlet Blade (1963), followed by The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964), the first of three films she made with Christopher Lee. She also appeared in Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) and Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966), shot back to back, and in Die, Monster, Die! (1965) with Boris Karloff. Other credits included 633 Squadron (1964), Doctor in Clover (1966) and the thriller Persecution (1974). On television she worked on Danger Man, The Saint, The Idiot, The Caesars, Out of the Unknown, Thriller and Blake's 7, and she was a founding member of the London Shakespeare Group, playing Olivia in Twelfth Night.
75years old at death
- Born Kent
- Died
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Also credited as Suzan Maxine Farmer
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 3 years1963 to 1966
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First role
Suzan Farmer's first Hammer lead was in The Scarlet Blade, an English Civil War tale with Lionel Jeffries and Oliver Reed, and her three films with Christopher Lee began with The Devil-Ship Pirates.
Suzan Farmer movies on Netflix
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Don Sharp directed two of these films. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Christopher Lee's page
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Francis Matthews's page
Barbara Shelley's page
Don SharpDirector, 2 films, 1964 to 1966
All films by Don Sharp
Also two films together1 more actor
- Philip LathamDracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) and The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.