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Susan Beaumont

Susan Beaumont

English actress (1936–2020)

Susan Beaumont (26 February 1936 – 25 February 2020[1]) was an English film actress who enjoyed a relatively brief film career.[2][3]

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Family

Susan Beaumont was born (as Susan Anna Black) in London. She was the daughter of musical comedy actress Roma Beaumont and producer/impresario Alfred Black, as well as the granddaughter of the producer/impresario George Black).

Career

Beaumont attended RADA but after only attending for one term she left and found a job in a pantomime after which she went on to dance for Norman Wisdom at the London Palladium and in the musical Limelight. She became a Rank contractee at nineteen and starred as a leading lady[4] in many films throughout the '50s including Eyewitness, The Spaniard's Curse, No Safety Ahead and Man of the Moment. She appeared in Carry On Nurse as Nurse Frances James.[5]

Selected filmography

References

  1. [1]
    "Susan Beaumont (1936 - 2020)".
  2. [2]
    "Susan Beaumont". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.
  3. [3]
    "Susan Beaumont". IMDb.
  4. [4]
    Kurt Hutton. "British leading lady Susan Beaumont who was contracted to J Arthur..." Getty Images.
  5. [5]
    "Carry On Irregularly B". carryon.org.uk.


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  1. [1]
    "CANNES: FESTIVAL TIME WITH THE STARS". itnsource.com.
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