Susan Beaumont (26 February 1936 – 25 February 2020) was an English film actress who enjoyed a relatively brief film career.
Family
Susan Beaumont was born (as Susan Anna Black) in London. She was the daughter of musical comedy actress Roma Beaumont and producer/impresario Alfred Black, as well as the granddaughter of the producer/impresario George Black).
Career
Beaumont attended
RADA
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA; ) is a drama school in London, England, that provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in the Bloomsbury area of Central London, close to the Se ...
but after only attending for one term she left and found a job in a pantomime after which she went on to dance for
Norman Wisdom
Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom, (4 February 1915 – 4 October 2010) was an English actor, comedian, musician and singer best known for a series of comedy films produced between 1953 and 1966 featuring a hapless onscreen character often called Norman ...
at the
London Palladium
The London Palladium () is a Grade II* West End theatre located on Argyll Street, London, in the famous area of Soho. The theatre holds 2,286 seats. Of the roster of stars who have played there, many have televised performances. Between 1955 a ...
and in the musical ''Limelight''. She became a
Rank
Rank is the relative position, value, worth, complexity, power, importance, authority, level, etc. of a person or object within a ranking, such as:
Level or position in a hierarchical organization
* Academic rank
* Diplomatic rank
* Hierarchy
* ...
contractee at nineteen and starred as a leading lady in many films throughout the '50s including '' Eyewitness'', '' The Spaniard's Curse'', ''No Safety Ahead'' and ''Man of the Moment''. She appeared in '' Carry On Nurse'' as Nurse Frances James.
Selected filmography
* ''
Simon and Laura
''Simon and Laura'' is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Muriel Box and starring Peter Finch and Kay Kendall.
Play
Satirising the early days of BBC Television, ''Simon and Laura'' focuses on an argumentative theatrical couple called Simon a ...
High Tide at Noon
''High Tide at Noon'' is a 1957 British drama film directed by Philip Leacock. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. ''High Tide at Noon'' was based on the first of a series of novels by Elisabeth Ogilvie, set in Maine. Location w ...
'' (1957)
* ''
Innocent Sinners
''Innocent Sinners'' is a 1958 British black and white film directed by Philip Leacock and starring Flora Robson.
It was based on the 1955 novel '' An Episode of Sparrows'' by Rumer Godden.
Plot
Olivia Chesney is too sick to leave home, som ...
On the Run
On the Run may refer to:
* "On the run", a phrase often used to describe a fugitive, a person fleeing custody
Literature
* ''On the Run'' (novel), by Nina Bawden
* On the Run (novel series), by Gordon Korman
* ''On the Run'', a novel in the S ...
Web of Suspicion
''Web of Suspicion'' is a 1959 British crime film directed by Max Varnel and starring Philip Friend and Susan Beaumont. It was produced by the Danziger Brothers.No Safety Ahead
''No Safety Ahead'' is a 1959 British film.''No Safety Ahead'' at '' (1959)