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About Sue Lyon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Lyon
Suellyn Lyon (July 10, 1946 – December 26, 2019) was an American actress. She joined the entertainment industry as a model at the age of 13, and later rose to prominence and won a Golden Globe for playing the title role in the film Lolita (1962). Her other film appearances included The Night of the Iguana (1964), 7 Women (1966), Tony Rome (1967), and Evel Knievel (1971).
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Sue Lyon, the actress who was forever tied to her teenage portrayal of the title role in 1962’s
Lolita
died Thursday in Los Angeles. The news was first reported by the New York Times, and no cause of death was immediately given. She was 73.
“How did they ever make a movie of ‘Lolita’?” asked the ads for the film. The movie was director Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial novel about a man in his 40s who became obsessed with a young girl. James Mason, Peter Sellers and Shelley Winters also starred in the film.
“From the first, she was interesting to watch,” Kubrick was quoted as saying of Lyon in Look magazine. “Even in the way she walked in for her interview, casually sat down, walked out. She was cool and non-giggly. She was enigmatic without being dull. She could keep people guessing about how much Lolita knew about life.”
Born July 10, 1946, in Davenport, Iowa, Lyon was just 14 years old and had had only a few minor screen credits when, it is said, she beat out more than 800 other young women for the part in “Lolita.” For her performance, Lyon went on to win a Golden Globe award for most promising female newcomer.
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Sue Lyon's Timeline
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July 10, 1946
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Davenport, Scott County, IA, United States
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