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Susan Hampshire
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Actor Born: May 12, 1938 in London, England, UK Biography:"Susan Hampshire" was an actress from childhood, but stardom eluded her until she played a colorful one-scene bit in the 1958 London stage production "Expresso Bongo". Hampshire was not cast in the 1959 film version of this play, but instead made her "official" starring film debut (after a couple of earlier bit parts) in the class-conscious comedy "Upstairs and Downstairs" (1959). She endeared herself to American audiences with her performance in Disney's "Three Lives of Thomasina" (1963) then went out of her way to avoid being typecast in kiddie-movie parts by playing the scantily clad lady friend of "Albert Finney" in "Night Must Fall" (1964). Two years later, she was seen as the completely un clad leading lady in the French "Paris in the Month of August" (1966), directed by her future husband "Pierre Granier-Deferre". With her portrayal of Agnes Wakefield in the all-star 1969 television adaptation... Full Biography
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