Suzanna Leigh
Suzanna Leigh ( born July 26, 1945 in Belgrave, Great Britain, as Suzanna Smyth ) is a retired British actress.
Life
As the daughter of a manufacturer for car engines, they grew up in her hometown of Belgrave in England and later attended a convent school outside London. Her godmother was the actress Vivien Leigh, which Suzanna Leigh came to her later stage and artist name. Even before their teen years, she worked in British film productions as an extra and in smaller supporting roles. Later, she already got bigger roles. A few years later she was leading lady of the French Trois Etoile series with 13 episodes.
For London's Opera Ball Leigh appeared as Madame Dubarry and let specially design a litter. Of the five men in appropriate costumes she was born on this litter through the streets of London. Published in daily newspapers recordings of this artful presentation allowed the producer Hal B. Wallis attention to Suzanna Leigh and he hired the British in 1965 for his film Boeing Boeing, which they had made the leap to Hollywood. In this comedy with Tony Curtis, Jerry Lewis, Thelma Ritter, Christiane Schmidtmer Dany Saval and Leigh played a British stewardess.
During her time in Hollywood she turned, inter alia, with Elvis Presley. She later returned to the UK in order to devote himself here again the film business. Published in 1998 her autobiography under the title Paradise, Suzanna Style.