Susan Melody George (born 26 July 1950) is an English film and television actress. She is best known for appearing in films such as Straw Dogs (1971) with Dustin Hoffman, Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974) with Peter Fonda, and Mandingo (1975) with Ken Norton.^[1]

In the early 1970s, George came to be associated with rather provocative, sometimes (as in Straw Dogs) controversial roles and became quite typecast. Cinema writer Leslie Halliwell's rather terse summary of her career was: "British leading lady, former child actress; usually typed as sexpot".^[2]

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

She was born in Surbiton,^[3] Surrey, to Billie and Norman George, with sister, Pamela Anne George. She has recalled many holidays at the caravan park in Font-y-Gary in South Wales as a child.^[4] She trained at the Stage School, Corona Theatre School and has acted since the age of four.

She appeared in The Dickie Henderson Show in 1962 and started working steadily on television in shows such as ITV Television Playhouse, Swallows and Amazons and Weavers Green.

George had small roles in films such as The Sorcerers (1967) and Up the Junction (1968).

Susan George was married to British actor Simon MacCorkindale from 5 October 1984 until his death on 14 October 2010.^[7] They did not have any children.^[8]

Before her marriage, she had a four-year relationship with American singer Jack Jones,^[9] and, circa 1980,^[10] spent another four years as the partner of casino manager Derek Webster.^[11]

George breeds Arabian horses and has a stud farm called Georgian Arabians.^[12]