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better Photo?

She was beautiful. there should be a photo of her when she was young. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.39.35.50 (talk) 03:38, 14 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Surname

Why is she named York? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.250.21.35 (talk) 04:34, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Birth year

1941 is the year usually given in film sources (refrence books, IMDB - not as reliable as people seem to think) but in Miss York's home country of the UK, sources usually support 1942 as her year of birth, eg her entries in Who's Who and Debretts, newspaper listings (Times/Guardian birthdays) and articles (2003 review of her in "Shakespere's Women" referred to her as a "gorgeously youthful 61-year-old", 2004 article on her involvement with Vanunu referred to her as 62). I'm pretty sure that 1942 is the one to go for, especially taking into account that the info in Who's Who entries is initially provided by the biographees themselves (see [1] for more details). Crisso 15:46, 29 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well, here is another source saying 1941. Don't know about its credibility, but that was what I found. EliasAlucard|Talk 19:47, 27 Oct, 2005 (UTC)

The IMDB is simply not a reliable source and should under no circumstances be regarded as such. Yahoo movies isn't great, but it's a lot better. It says 1942[2], and seems trustworthy. Mad Jack 22:17, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Now another user has changed her birth year to 1939, claiming this to be the date on her passport. The only other source I can find which gives this date is David Quinlan's Dictionary of Film Stars. Is there any website where we can find her birth records to confirm once and for all? Crisso 21:30, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As 1942 is the date Ms York is using for her current Who's Who entry, that should be the date on the article, until some more reliable evidence is presented. Though I have have a sneaky suspicion that 1939 is the right year. Crisso 15:22, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"FLETCHER. - On Jan. 9, 1939, at 18, Walpole Street, S.W.3. [Chelsea area] to Joan, wife of Peel Fletcher - a daughter".

York's entry in Debrett's People of Today 2004 says she is the daughter of "(William Peel) Simon Fletcher, and late Joan Nita Mary nee Bowring". It seems 1939 is correct. Crisso (talk) 20:45, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well done, Crisso! Softlavender (talk) 10:01, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nationality

Given the fuss some editors make in other biogs when discussing Scottish, Irish or Welsh entrants and their nationality, I would respectfully suggest that Miss York was British - not English, since England is not a separate nation: it is a constituent part of the UK.

Date of death

York actually died on Friday, January 14th and it was just announced today. But there seems to be no way to edit the top portion of the entry. 68.193.247.210 (talk) 00:22, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a source for that? Some sources are giving the date as Jan. 15th. PatGallacher (talk) 00:44, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Telegraph story, which is referenced to by the BBC link that is in the article's sources was published on the 15th and states ".. Susannah York, who died yesterday .." which would mean her date of death is the 14th, but the Telegraph's obituary states she passed away on the 15th. I would tend to believe the article more than the obituary but I do not know what wikipedia policy would be in such an event AlexJRichards (talk) 13:28, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Telegraph keeps using the copy for the next day's print edition without noticing the inconsistency with the online publication date. The Guardian obituary has the 15th. Philip Cross (talk) 15:13, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

When is a snub not a snub?

She famously snubbed the Academy when, regarding her nomination, she declared it offended her to be nominated without being asked. Surprisingly, she did attend the ceremony but lost to Goldie Hawn for her role in Cactus Flower.

Now, I'd have said that had she not attended the ceremony, that would have been a snub. But simply declaring she was offended not to have been asked about being nominated - in no way would I call that a snub. I'd call that a perfectly normal, assertive expression of offence. If the Academy chose to get all upset about it, that's their thing. -- Jack of Oz [your turn] 02:02, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wispers School

There was some confusion in the article about the school that York went to that was housed in the building called Wispers, which I have removed. The school was called Wispers after the building. It is mentioned in this article about her schoolyears [3]. She did not go to a school called St Cuthman's. 81.129.135.95 (talk) 18:04, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Further clarification. The headmistress of Wispers, Mrs Helen Brown, started the school in 1947 and named it after the house. She moved the school, still called Wispers, to West Dean Park at some time in the late 50s - it may be that after that St Cuthman's School moved into the Wispers building after that. Whatever the exact dates, York went to Wispers from 1955-1956, when it was in Wispers building, and under Mrs Brown (who most definitely would not have approved of naked swimming), not St Cuthman's. 81.129.135.95 (talk) 18:10, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I live in Midhurst, West Sussex and just to inform you that Wispers School was in Haslemere, Surrey- now closed. Haslemere is 7 miles away 2A06:5906:1406:5D00:699C:FCE1:B5F2:5C16 (talk) 21:43, 20 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]