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{{Short description|British actress (born 1937)}}
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| caption = Hampshire in a trailer for ''[[The Three Lives of Thomasina]]'' (1963)
| location = [[London]], [[England]]
| name = Susan Hampshire
| notable role = '''Molly MacDonald''' in ''[[Monarch of the Glen]]'' (2000-2005)
| honorific_suffix = [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]]
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|5|12|df=y}}
| spouse = [[Eddie Kulukundis]] (1981-present)
| birth_place = [[Kensington]], [[London]], England, UK
=[[Pierre Granier-Deferre]] (1967-1974)
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1947–present
| spouse = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|[[Pierre Granier-Deferre]]|1967|1974|end=div}}|{{marriage|[[Eddie Kulukundis]]|1981|2021|end=his death}}}}
| children = 2
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'''Susan Hampshire, Lady Kulukundis''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} (born 12 May 1937) is an English actress.<ref>[http://www.worldwhoswho.com/views/entry.html?id=sl312575 Profile of Susan Hampshire; registration required], ''International Who's Who''. Accessed 3 September 2006.</ref> She is a three-time [[Emmy Award]] winner, winning for the television dramas, ''[[The Forsyte Saga (1967 series)|The Forsyte Saga]]'' in 1970, ''[[The First Churchills]]'' in 1971, and for ''[[Vanity Fair (1967 TV serial)|Vanity Fair]]'' in 1973. Her film credits include ''[[During One Night]]'' (1961), ''[[The Long Shadow (1961 film)|The Long Shadow]]'' (1961), ''[[The Three Lives of Thomasina]]'' (1963), ''[[Night Must Fall (1964 film)|Night Must Fall]]'' (1964), ''[[Wonderful Life (1964 film)|Wonderful Life]]'' (1964), ''[[The Fighting Prince of Donegal]]'' (1966), ''[[The Trygon Factor]]'' (1966), ''[[The Violent Enemy]]'' (1967), ''[[Malpertuis (film)|Malpertuis]]'' (1971), ''[[Living Free]]'' (1972), ''[[Neither the Sea Nor the Sand]]'' (1972) and ''[[Bang! (film)|Bang!]]'' (1977).
'''Susan Hampshire, Lady Kulukundis''', [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (born on [[12 May]] [[1937]] in [[London]]) is an [[England|English]] [[Actor|actress]] best known for her many [[television]] and film roles. <ref>[http://www.worldwhoswho.com/views/entry.html?id=sl312575 HAMPSHIRE, Susan] International Who's Who. Accessed [[2006-09-03]].</ref> Her appeal has always been that of an "English rose".


She is also known for her other television roles, such as ''[[The Pallisers]]'' (1974), ''[[The Grand (TV series)|The Grand]]'' (1997–98), and as Molly MacDonald in the long running [[BBC One]] drama ''[[Monarch of the Glen (TV series)|Monarch of the Glen]]'' (2000–2005).
== Early life ==


==Early life==
Susan Hampshire was born in 1937, the youngest of four children. She had two sisters and one brother. Her mother was a teacher and her father was also a professional person. Her parents separated before she was born. From early in her life, Susan struggled with reading. Only as an adult with her own child would she be diagnosed with dyslexia. Having the undiagnosed learning disorder caused her great problems, especially as her parents were both educated people. But her mother was determined to give her the best start she could. Therefore she was educated at the school her mother founded and ran.
Susan Hampshire was born in [[Kensington]], London,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=kCyd3Aurz19NFZBObLvWuw&scan=1|title=Index entry|access-date=18 March 2011|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref> to George Kenneth Hampshire and his wife June (née Pavey) and is of Irish descent.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/tv/monarch/chat/index.shtml?chat=susan_series4|title=Live Chat|website=Monarch of the Glen|publisher=BBC Home|date=29 October 2014|access-date=17 March 2015}}</ref> The youngest of five children, she had three sisters and one brother. Her mother was a teacher and her father was a director of [[Imperial Chemical Industries]] who was rarely at home, her parents having unofficially separated. As a child, she had some developmental difficulties, unable to spell her name until she was nine and unable to read well until she was 12. Her determined mother founded a small London school in 1928, The Hampshire (now Gems Hampshire School), where Susan was taught.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ths.westminster.sch.uk/contents.php?pageid=1816&parentid=504|title=School website|access-date=6 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714195908/http://www.ths.westminster.sch.uk/contents.php?pageid=1816&parentid=504|archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref>


Her childhood ambition was to be a nurse, but she later decided to become an actress. She was diagnosed as [[dyslexic]] at the age of 30.<ref name="TES_19960329">{{cite news|title=Spell of success|url=http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=109727|newspaper=TES Magazine|date=29 March 1996|author=Pamela Coleman}}</ref>
The dyslexia continued to hamper her in her search for a career. Young Susan Hampshire originally wanted to be a nurse but found it impossible, and she found the theatre in her teens.


==Career==
== Theatre, television and film career ==
As an actress, Hampshire worked in the theatre before moving to film and television work. She took the title role in a dramatised version of ''[[Little Black Sambo]]'' recorded by [[His Masters Voice|HMV]] Junior Record Club in 1961 (words by [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]], music by [[Cyril Ornadel]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.45cat.com/record/7eg125|title=45Cat|access-date=17 March 2015}}</ref> and sang on ''The Midday Show'' when [[ITV Anglia]] began broadcasting (as Anglia Television) in 1959.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.teletronic.co.uk/pages/history_of_itv_11.html|title=The History of ITV Part 11: Anglia television |access-date=25 November 2022}}</ref> Her first starring role was in the film ''[[During One Night]]'' in 1960. She then took the leading role in a 1962 [[BBC]] adaptation of ''[[What Katy Did]]''. Soon afterwards, she was taken up by [[Walt Disney]] and starred in ''[[The Three Lives of Thomasina]]'' (opposite [[Patrick McGoohan]]) and ''[[The Fighting Prince of Donegal]]''. She would later appear opposite McGoohan again, in two episodes of ''[[Danger Man]]''. She co-starred with [[Cliff Richard]] in [[Sidney J. Furie]]'s 1964 musical ''[[Wonderful Life (1964 film)|Wonderful Life]]''.


In 1966, she was introduced to American TV viewers in the pilot episode of ''[[The Time Tunnel]]'' as a young passenger on the ''Titanic'' who befriends Dr Tony Newman. She later portrayed conservationist [[Joy Adamson]] in ''[[Living Free]]'', the sequel to ''[[Born Free]]''. In 1972, she played three different characters in ''[[Malpertuis (film)|Malpertuis]]'', directed by [[Harry Kumel]]. She is known for her work on television, appearing in several popular television serials, including ''[[The Andromeda Breakthrough]]'' (1962) in which she replaced [[Julie Christie]] who was not available for the show but had played the part of Andromeda in the first season of ''[[A for Andromeda]]'' (1961). Her most notable television role in the 1960s came in the [[BBC]]'s 1967 adaptation of ''[[The Forsyte Saga]]'', in which she played Fleur.
Susan Hampshire's first film appearance was in the movie ''[[The Woman in the Hall]]''. She decided to become an actress as a child and worked in a theatre before moving on to film and television work.


Hampshire received [[Emmy Awards]] from the [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] for her roles in ''[[The Forsyte Saga (1967 TV series)|The Forsyte Saga]]'' (1970), ''[[The First Churchills]]'' (1969) and ''[[Vanity Fair (1967 TV serial)|Vanity Fair]]'' (1973). In 1973, she appeared again on US television with [[Kirk Douglas]] in a musical version of ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''.<ref>{{Cite news|date=3 April 1973|title=Musical Version of 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' Stars Kirk Douglas|work=The Mexia Daily New|volume=74}}</ref> Other miniseries in which she appeared are ''[[The Pallisers]]'', ''[[The Barchester Chronicles]]'' and ''[[Coming Home (TV serial)|Coming Home]]''. She was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1992 when she was surprised by [[Michael Aspel]] at the [[The Ritz London Hotel|Ritz Hotel]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} In 1997, she appeared in the ITV television series ''[[The Grand (TV series)|The Grand]]'' where she played a madame residing in the hotel. More recent TV roles include [[Molly MacDonald|Molly MacDonald, Lady of Glenbogle]], in ''[[Monarch of the Glen (TV series)|Monarch of the Glen]]'' (2000–05)<ref>{{cite web|title=Susan Hampshire: Monarch of the TV|url=http://www.leighjournal.co.uk/news/423563.display/|publisher=Leigh Journal |date=17 October 2003|access-date=30 January 2016|quote=FAR from being a dotty dowager, Molly - now the Second Lady of Glenbogle - has style...}}</ref> and an appearance in ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' (Series 26, No Goodbyes, 19 November 2011) as Caitlin Northwick.
Hampshire first became famous after playing the lead in a 1962 [[BBC]] adaptation of ''[[What Katy Did]]''. Soon afterwards, she was taken up by [[Walt Disney]], and starred in ''[[The Three Lives of Thomasina]]'' opposite [[Patrick McGoohan]] and ''[[The Fighting Prince of Donegal]]''. She would later appear opposite McGoohan in two linked episodes of ''[[Danger Man]]''. Later, she portrayed conservationist [[Joy Adamson]] in the [[1972]] film ''[[Living Free]]'', sequel to the 1966 classic Born Free. She has also ventured into musicals, starring opposite Cliff Richard, in 'Wonderful Life', in' Follow That Girl' and more recently (1991) in The King and I.


Hampshire has been active on the stage, taking the lead roles in many leading plays. In 2007, she was in the play ''The Bargain'', based on a meeting between [[Robert Maxwell]] and [[Mother Teresa]]. She played the Fairy Godmother in [[pantomime]] at the [[New Wimbledon Theatre]] in 2005–06 and at the [[New Victoria Theatre]] in [[Woking]] in 2006–07. In 2008, she joined the relatively small band of actors who have played two generations in the same play on different occasions. Her appearance at the [[Chichester Festival Theatre]] in [[Somerset Maugham]]'s ''The Circle'' as Lady Catherine Champion-Cheney in 2008 followed on from her appearance in the same play (and venue) as Elizabeth Champion-Cheney (Lady Catherine's daughter-in-law) in 1976.<ref>[http://www.chichester.co.uk/news/susan-hampshire-turns-full-circle-1-1506614 "Susan Hampshire turns full Circle"], ''Chichester Observer'', 30 July 2008.</ref>
Susan Hampshire is best known for her work on television. She appeared in several popular television serials, notably in the [[BBC]]'s blockbuster, ''[[The Forsyte Saga]]'' (1967), in which she played Fleur. The popularity of this series was a factor in the creation of the [[PBS]] program [[Masterpiece Theatre]]. Her most recent TV role was as Molly Macdonald, in the highly popular ''[[Monarch of the Glen]]'' (2000–2006).


==Author and charity work==
Miss Hampshire received [[Emmy Awards]] from the [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] for her roles in ''The Forsyte Saga'' (1970), ''The First Churchills'' (1971), and ''[[Vanity Fair (1967 TV serial)|Vanity Fair]]'' (1973). Other miniseries in which she appeared are The Pallisers and The Barchester Chronicles.
Until the publication in 1981 of her autobiography, ''Susan's Story'', few people were aware of Hampshire's struggle with [[dyslexia]]. Since then, she has become a prominent campaigner in the UK on dyslexia issues and was president of the [[Dyslexia Action|Dyslexia Institute]] from 1995 to 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dyslexia-inst.org.uk/celebrity.htm|title=Celebrity Support|publisher =Dyslexia Institute|access-date=17 January 2011}}</ref>


Her second book, ''The Maternal Instinct'' (1984), discussed women and fertility issues and she published a collection of interviews, ''Every Letter Counts: Winning in Life Despite Dyslexia'', in 1990. She has written children's books, including ''Lucy Jane at the Ballet'', ''Lucy Jane and the Russian Ballet'', ''Lucy Jane and the Dancing Competition'', ''Lucy Jane on Television'', ''Bear's Christmas'', ''Rosie's First Ballet Lesson'' and ''Rosie's Ballet Slippers'' as well as various books and videos about her lifelong hobby of gardening, including ''Easy Gardening'', ''My Secret Garden'' and ''Trouble Free Gardening''.
Susan Hampshire has been active on the stage over the years, taking the lead roles in many leading plays, such as Relative Values, Lady in the Van, and The Importance of Being Earnest. In 2007 she was in a ground breaking play The Bargain, based on a meeting between Robert Maxwell and Mother Teresa. She even ventured into the British pantomime tradition, playing the Fairy Godmother at the [[New Wimbledon Theatre]] in 2005–2006 and at the New Victoria Theatre in Woking in 2006–2007.


She is a patron of the [[British Homeopathic Association]], HIV charity [[Body Positive Dorset]], [[The National Osteoporosis Society]], [[Dignity in Dying]], children's education charity Life Education Wessex and Thames Valley and population concern charity [[Population Matters]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://populationmatters.org/our-patrons/|title=Our patrons}}</ref> She is also patron of Mousetrap Theatre Projects in London which supports theatre productions for the enjoyment of disadvantaged and disabled children. She holds the position of vice-president at Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Ltd, UK. She is also a vice-president of The International Tree Foundation.
== Books ==


==Personal life==
Until the publication of her [[autobiography]], ''Susan's Story'', few people were aware of her struggle with [[dyslexia]]. She was undiagnosed until she was an adult and since has become a prominent campaigner in the UK on dyslexia issues. Her book on Dyslexia, 'Every Letter Counts', was highly acclaimed. In 1995, she was appointed an OBE ([[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]]) in connection with that work.
Hampshire was married to her first husband, the French film producer [[Pierre Granier-Deferre]], from 1967 until 1974. The couple have a son, Christopher. Their daughter, Victoria, died within 24 hours of her birth.


She was married to her second husband, theatre [[impresario]] Sir [[Eddie Kulukundis]], from 1981 until his death in 2021.
Susan Hampshire has also published a book called ''The Maternal Instinct'', which is about women and fertility issues. She herself suffered a number of miscarriages over the years. Her other books include a series of children's books about 'Rosie' and her ballet adventures, and various books and videos about her lifelong hobby, gardening.


Hampshire was appointed [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the [[1995 Birthday Honours]], for services to dyslexic people. In the [[2018 New Year Honours]], she was made [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE), for services to drama and charity.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42503068|title=In pictures: Entertainment stars recognised in New Year Honours|author=Entertainment & Arts team|work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=29 December 2017|access-date=30 December 2017}}</ref>
== Personal life ==


==Filmography==
Ms Hampshire was married to the [[France|French]] film producer [[Pierre Granier-Deferre]] from 1967 to 1974. From this first marriage she has a son, Christopher. Her prematurely born daughter, Victoria, died shortly after birth. She has been the wife of Theater impresario Sir [[Eddie Kulukundis]] since 1981. She recently became a grandmother for the first time.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Film
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1947
| ''[[The Woman in the Hall]]''
| Young Jay
|
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Idol on Parade]]''
| Martha
|
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Upstairs and Downstairs]]''
| Arriving Passenger
| Uncredited
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Expresso Bongo (film)|Expresso Bongo]]''
| Cynthia
| Uncredited
|-
| 1960
| ''[[During One Night]]''
| Jean
|
|-
| 1961
| ''[[The Long Shadow (1961 film)|The Long Shadow]]''
| Gunilla
|
|-
| 1963
| ''[[The Three Lives of Thomasina]]''
| Lori MacGregor
|
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Night Must Fall (1964 film)|Night Must Fall]]''
| Olivia Greyne
|
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Wonderful Life (1964 film)|Wonderful Life]]''
| Jenny Taylor
|
|-
| 1964
| ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]''
| Dancer at Disco
| Uncredited
|-
| 1966
| ''Paris au mois d'août''
| Patricia Seagrave
| ''Paris in August'' (English title)
|-
| 1966
| ''[[The Fighting Prince of Donegal]]''
| Kathleen McSweeney
|
|-
| 1966
| ''[[The Trygon Factor]]''
| Trudy Emberday
|
|-
| 1967
| ''[[The Violent Enemy]]''
| Hannah Costello
|
|-
| 1969
| ''[[Monte Carlo or Bust!]]''
| Betty
|
|-
| 1971
| ''[[A Time for Loving]]''
| Patricia Robinson
|-
| 1971
| ''[[Malpertuis (film)|Malpertuis]]''
| Nancy / Euryale / Alice (Alecto) / Nurse / Charlotte
|
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Living Free]]''
| Joy Adamson
|
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Neither the Sea Nor the Sand]]''
| Anna Robinson
|
|-
| 1973
| ''Le fils''
| L'Américaine
| Uncredited; ''The Son'' (English title)
|-
| 1973
| ''[[The Lonely Woman|No encontré rosas para mi madre]]''
| Elaine
| ''The Lonely Woman'' (English title)
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Bang! (film)|Bang!]]''
| Cilla Brown
|
|-
| 2001
| ''Eve Buckingham''
| Eve Buckingham
| Short
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Another Mother's Son]]''
| Elena Le Fevre
|
|-
| 2018
| ''An Ideal Husband''
| Lady Markby
|
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Smyrna my Beloved|Smyrni mou agapimeni]]''
| Lady Whittall
| ''Smyrna, my Beloved'' (English title)
|-
| {{TBA}}
| ''Maurice's Jubilee''
| Helena
| Pre-production
|}


{| class="wikitable"
== Trivia ==
|+Television
{{trivia|date=October 2007}}
|-
Suprisingly she has been the second choice for several of her most famous roles. The role of [[Sarah Churchill]] in [[The First Churchills]] was to be with [[Judi Dench]], but Susan Hampshire was called in at the last minute to take over. It was the first series aired on Masterpiece Theatre. Then, in [[1973]], Susan gave birth to a baby girl, around the same time that [[Hayley Mills]] gave birth to her son. Mills was originally cast as Glencora Palliser in ''[[The Pallisers]]'', but she thought that taking care of her baby and playing the role would be too strenuous. However, at the same time, Susan Hampshire's prematurely-born daughter, Victoria, had died, and was advised by her doctor that work would be the best thing for her.
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1958
| ''Theatre Night''
| Ensemble
| Series 2, Episode 4
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Probation Officer (TV series)|Probation Officer]]''
| Jane
| Series 1, Episode 6
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Armchair Theatre]]''
| Gerta Blake
| Series 5, Episode 33
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Adventures in Paradise (TV series)|Adventures in Paradise]]''
| Estelle Heydin
| Series 3, Episode 1
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Sir Francis Drake (TV series)|Sir Francis Drake]]''
| Celia
| Series 1, Episode 14
|-
| 1962
| ''[[The Andromeda Breakthrough]]''
| Andromeda
| Series 1: 6 episodes
|-
| 1962
| ''[[What Katy Did#Adaptations|Katy]]''
| Katy Carr
| Series 1: 8 episodes
|-
| 1963
| ''[[ITV Television Playhouse]]''
| Gloria • Delphinie
| Series 8, Episode 34 & Episode 37
|-
| 1964
| ''[[First Night (TV series)|First Night]]''
| Jenny
| Series 1, Episode 33
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Danger Man]]''
| Lena • Lesley Arden
| Series 2, Episode 1 & Episode 10
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Court Martial (TV series)|Court Martial]]''
| Evelyn Tarrant
| Series 1, Episode 11
|-
| 1966
| ''[[The Time Tunnel]]''
| Althea Hall
| Series 1, Episode 1
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Coronet Blue]]''
| Alix Frame
| Series 1, Episode 1
|-
| 1967
| ''[[The Forsyte Saga (1967 TV series)|The Forsyte Saga]]''
| Fleur Mont (née Forsyte)
| Series 1: 14 episodes
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Jackanory]]''
| Storyteller
| Series 3: 5 episodes
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Vanity Fair (1967 TV serial)|Vanity Fair]]''
| Becky Sharp
| Miniseries: 5 episodes
|-
| 1968
| ''[[Theatre 625]]''
| Isabella
| Series 5, Episode 16
|-
| 1969
| ''[[BBC Play of the Month]]''
| Mabel Chiltern
| Series 4, Episode 9
|-
| 1969
| ''[[The First Churchills]]''
| Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
| Miniseries: 12 episodes
|-
| 1970
| ''[[David Copperfield (1969 film)|David Copperfield]]''
| Agnes Wickfield
| TV film
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Baffled!]]''
| Michele Brent
| TV film
|-
| 1973
| ''Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde''
| Isabel
| TV film
|-
| 1974
| ''[[The Pallisers]]''
| Lady Glencora M'Cluskie
| Miniseries: 26 episodes
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Thriller (British TV series)|Thriller]]''
| Sally
| Series 6, Episode 5
|-
| 1976
| ''[[The Story of David]]''
| Michal
| TV film
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Dick Turpin (TV series)|Dick Turpin]]''
| Lady Melford
| Series 3, Episodes 1 & 5
|-
| 1982
| ''[[The Barchester Chronicles]]''
| Signora Madeline Neroni
| Miniseries: 5 episodes
|-
| 1984–85
| ''[[Leaving (TV series)|Leaving]]''
| Martha Ford
| Series 1 & 2: 12 episodes
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Don't Tell Father]]''
| Natasha Bancroft
| Series 1: 6 episodes
|-
| 1997–98
| ''[[The Grand (TV series)|The Grand]]''
| Esme Harkness
| Series 1 & 2: 18 episodes
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Coming Home (TV serial)|Coming Home]]''
| Miss Catto
| Miniseries: 2 episodes
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Nancherrow]]''
| Miss Catto
| Miniseries: 2 episodes
|-
| 2000–05
| ''[[Monarch of the Glen (TV series)|Monarch of the Glen]]''
| Molly MacDonald
| Series 1–7: 60 episodes
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Sparkling Cyanide#TV|Sparkling Cyanide]]''
| Lucilla Drake
| TV film
|-
| 2009
| ''[[The Royal]]''
| Elizabeth Middleditch
| Series 7 & 8: 2 episodes
|-
| 2011–13
| ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''
| Caitlin Northwick • Sylvia Black
| Series 26, Episode 13 • Series 28, Episode 16
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Midsomer Murders]]''
| Delphi Hartley
| Series 19, Episode 4
|-
| {{TBA}}
| ''[[The Forsyte Saga (upcoming TV series)|The Forsyte Saga]]''
| Lady Carteret
| Miniseries: 6 episodes (upcoming)
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! width="350"|Category
! Nominated<br />work
! Result
! {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| [[22nd Primetime Emmy Awards|1970]]
| rowspan="3"|[[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series]]
| ''The Forsyte Saga''
| {{won}}
| align="center"|<ref>{{cite web| title=Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series - 1970| url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1970/outstanding-lead-actress-in-a-drama-series| website=emmys.com| access-date=4 July 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[23rd Primetime Emmy Awards|1971]]
| Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series
| ''The First Churchills''
| {{won}}
| align="center"|<ref>{{cite web| title=Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series - 1971| url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1971/outstanding-lead-actress-in-a-drama-series| website=emmys.com| access-date=4 July 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[25th Primetime Emmy Awards|1973]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Drama/Comedy - Limited Episodes)]]
| ''Vanity Fair''
| {{won}}
| align="center"|<ref>{{cite web| title=Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - 1973| url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1973/outstanding-lead-actress-in-a-miniseries-or-a-movie| website=emmys.com| access-date=4 July 2024}}</ref>
|-
| 1976
| [[TP de Oro]]
| Best Foreign Actress (Mejor Actriz Extranjera)
| ''The Forsyte Saga''
| {{partial|3rd place}}
| align="center"|<ref>{{cite web| title=TP de Oro, Spain 1976 Awards| url=https://m.imdb.com/event/ev0000993/1976/1?ref_=nmawd_ev_2| website=imdb.com| access-date=4 July 2024}}</ref>
|}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
<references />
''Susan's Story'' by Susan Hampshire


==External links==
==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|0358925}}
* {{tcmdb name|id=80299|name=Susan Hampshire}}

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Susan Hampshire
CBE
Hampshire in a trailer for The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963)
Born (1937-05-12) 12 May 1937 (age 87)
Kensington, London, England, UK
OccupationActress
Years active1947–present
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    (m. 1981; died 2021)​
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Susan Hampshire, Lady Kulukundis, CBE (born 12 May 1937) is an English actress.[1] She is a three-time Emmy Award winner, winning for the television dramas, The Forsyte Saga in 1970, The First Churchills in 1971, and for Vanity Fair in 1973. Her film credits include During One Night (1961), The Long Shadow (1961), The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963), Night Must Fall (1964), Wonderful Life (1964), The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966), The Trygon Factor (1966), The Violent Enemy (1967), Malpertuis (1971), Living Free (1972), Neither the Sea Nor the Sand (1972) and Bang! (1977).

She is also known for her other television roles, such as The Pallisers (1974), The Grand (1997–98), and as Molly MacDonald in the long running BBC One drama Monarch of the Glen (2000–2005).

Early life

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Susan Hampshire was born in Kensington, London,[2] to George Kenneth Hampshire and his wife June (née Pavey) and is of Irish descent.[3] The youngest of five children, she had three sisters and one brother. Her mother was a teacher and her father was a director of Imperial Chemical Industries who was rarely at home, her parents having unofficially separated. As a child, she had some developmental difficulties, unable to spell her name until she was nine and unable to read well until she was 12. Her determined mother founded a small London school in 1928, The Hampshire (now Gems Hampshire School), where Susan was taught.[4]

Her childhood ambition was to be a nurse, but she later decided to become an actress. She was diagnosed as dyslexic at the age of 30.[5]

Career

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As an actress, Hampshire worked in the theatre before moving to film and television work. She took the title role in a dramatised version of Little Black Sambo recorded by HMV Junior Record Club in 1961 (words by David Croft, music by Cyril Ornadel)[6] and sang on The Midday Show when ITV Anglia began broadcasting (as Anglia Television) in 1959.[7] Her first starring role was in the film During One Night in 1960. She then took the leading role in a 1962 BBC adaptation of What Katy Did. Soon afterwards, she was taken up by Walt Disney and starred in The Three Lives of Thomasina (opposite Patrick McGoohan) and The Fighting Prince of Donegal. She would later appear opposite McGoohan again, in two episodes of Danger Man. She co-starred with Cliff Richard in Sidney J. Furie's 1964 musical Wonderful Life.

In 1966, she was introduced to American TV viewers in the pilot episode of The Time Tunnel as a young passenger on the Titanic who befriends Dr Tony Newman. She later portrayed conservationist Joy Adamson in Living Free, the sequel to Born Free. In 1972, she played three different characters in Malpertuis, directed by Harry Kumel. She is known for her work on television, appearing in several popular television serials, including The Andromeda Breakthrough (1962) in which she replaced Julie Christie who was not available for the show but had played the part of Andromeda in the first season of A for Andromeda (1961). Her most notable television role in the 1960s came in the BBC's 1967 adaptation of The Forsyte Saga, in which she played Fleur.

Hampshire received Emmy Awards from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for her roles in The Forsyte Saga (1970), The First Churchills (1969) and Vanity Fair (1973). In 1973, she appeared again on US television with Kirk Douglas in a musical version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.[8] Other miniseries in which she appeared are The Pallisers, The Barchester Chronicles and Coming Home. She was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1992 when she was surprised by Michael Aspel at the Ritz Hotel.[citation needed] In 1997, she appeared in the ITV television series The Grand where she played a madame residing in the hotel. More recent TV roles include Molly MacDonald, Lady of Glenbogle, in Monarch of the Glen (2000–05)[9] and an appearance in Casualty (Series 26, No Goodbyes, 19 November 2011) as Caitlin Northwick.

Hampshire has been active on the stage, taking the lead roles in many leading plays. In 2007, she was in the play The Bargain, based on a meeting between Robert Maxwell and Mother Teresa. She played the Fairy Godmother in pantomime at the New Wimbledon Theatre in 2005–06 and at the New Victoria Theatre in Woking in 2006–07. In 2008, she joined the relatively small band of actors who have played two generations in the same play on different occasions. Her appearance at the Chichester Festival Theatre in Somerset Maugham's The Circle as Lady Catherine Champion-Cheney in 2008 followed on from her appearance in the same play (and venue) as Elizabeth Champion-Cheney (Lady Catherine's daughter-in-law) in 1976.[10]

Author and charity work

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Until the publication in 1981 of her autobiography, Susan's Story, few people were aware of Hampshire's struggle with dyslexia. Since then, she has become a prominent campaigner in the UK on dyslexia issues and was president of the Dyslexia Institute from 1995 to 1998.[11]

Her second book, The Maternal Instinct (1984), discussed women and fertility issues and she published a collection of interviews, Every Letter Counts: Winning in Life Despite Dyslexia, in 1990. She has written children's books, including Lucy Jane at the Ballet, Lucy Jane and the Russian Ballet, Lucy Jane and the Dancing Competition, Lucy Jane on Television, Bear's Christmas, Rosie's First Ballet Lesson and Rosie's Ballet Slippers as well as various books and videos about her lifelong hobby of gardening, including Easy Gardening, My Secret Garden and Trouble Free Gardening.

She is a patron of the British Homeopathic Association, HIV charity Body Positive Dorset, The National Osteoporosis Society, Dignity in Dying, children's education charity Life Education Wessex and Thames Valley and population concern charity Population Matters.[12] She is also patron of Mousetrap Theatre Projects in London which supports theatre productions for the enjoyment of disadvantaged and disabled children. She holds the position of vice-president at Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Ltd, UK. She is also a vice-president of The International Tree Foundation.

Personal life

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Hampshire was married to her first husband, the French film producer Pierre Granier-Deferre, from 1967 until 1974. The couple have a son, Christopher. Their daughter, Victoria, died within 24 hours of her birth.

She was married to her second husband, theatre impresario Sir Eddie Kulukundis, from 1981 until his death in 2021.

Hampshire was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1995 Birthday Honours, for services to dyslexic people. In the 2018 New Year Honours, she was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), for services to drama and charity.[13]

Filmography

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Film
Year Title Role Notes
1947 The Woman in the Hall Young Jay
1959 Idol on Parade Martha
1959 Upstairs and Downstairs Arriving Passenger Uncredited
1959 Expresso Bongo Cynthia Uncredited
1960 During One Night Jean
1961 The Long Shadow Gunilla
1963 The Three Lives of Thomasina Lori MacGregor
1964 Night Must Fall Olivia Greyne
1964 Wonderful Life Jenny Taylor
1964 A Hard Day's Night Dancer at Disco Uncredited
1966 Paris au mois d'août Patricia Seagrave Paris in August (English title)
1966 The Fighting Prince of Donegal Kathleen McSweeney
1966 The Trygon Factor Trudy Emberday
1967 The Violent Enemy Hannah Costello
1969 Monte Carlo or Bust! Betty
1971 A Time for Loving Patricia Robinson
1971 Malpertuis Nancy / Euryale / Alice (Alecto) / Nurse / Charlotte
1972 Living Free Joy Adamson
1972 Neither the Sea Nor the Sand Anna Robinson
1973 Le fils L'Américaine Uncredited; The Son (English title)
1973 No encontré rosas para mi madre Elaine The Lonely Woman (English title)
1977 Bang! Cilla Brown
2001 Eve Buckingham Eve Buckingham Short
2017 Another Mother's Son Elena Le Fevre
2018 An Ideal Husband Lady Markby
2021 Smyrni mou agapimeni Lady Whittall Smyrna, my Beloved (English title)
TBA Maurice's Jubilee Helena Pre-production
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1958 Theatre Night Ensemble Series 2, Episode 4
1959 Probation Officer Jane Series 1, Episode 6
1961 Armchair Theatre Gerta Blake Series 5, Episode 33
1961 Adventures in Paradise Estelle Heydin Series 3, Episode 1
1962 Sir Francis Drake Celia Series 1, Episode 14
1962 The Andromeda Breakthrough Andromeda Series 1: 6 episodes
1962 Katy Katy Carr Series 1: 8 episodes
1963 ITV Television Playhouse Gloria • Delphinie Series 8, Episode 34 & Episode 37
1964 First Night Jenny Series 1, Episode 33
1965 Danger Man Lena • Lesley Arden Series 2, Episode 1 & Episode 10
1965 Court Martial Evelyn Tarrant Series 1, Episode 11
1966 The Time Tunnel Althea Hall Series 1, Episode 1
1967 Coronet Blue Alix Frame Series 1, Episode 1
1967 The Forsyte Saga Fleur Mont (née Forsyte) Series 1: 14 episodes
1967 Jackanory Storyteller Series 3: 5 episodes
1967 Vanity Fair Becky Sharp Miniseries: 5 episodes
1968 Theatre 625 Isabella Series 5, Episode 16
1969 BBC Play of the Month Mabel Chiltern Series 4, Episode 9
1969 The First Churchills Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough Miniseries: 12 episodes
1970 David Copperfield Agnes Wickfield TV film
1972 Baffled! Michele Brent TV film
1973 Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Isabel TV film
1974 The Pallisers Lady Glencora M'Cluskie Miniseries: 26 episodes
1975 Thriller Sally Series 6, Episode 5
1976 The Story of David Michal TV film
1981 Dick Turpin Lady Melford Series 3, Episodes 1 & 5
1982 The Barchester Chronicles Signora Madeline Neroni Miniseries: 5 episodes
1984–85 Leaving Martha Ford Series 1 & 2: 12 episodes
1992 Don't Tell Father Natasha Bancroft Series 1: 6 episodes
1997–98 The Grand Esme Harkness Series 1 & 2: 18 episodes
1998 Coming Home Miss Catto Miniseries: 2 episodes
1999 Nancherrow Miss Catto Miniseries: 2 episodes
2000–05 Monarch of the Glen Molly MacDonald Series 1–7: 60 episodes
2003 Sparkling Cyanide Lucilla Drake TV film
2009 The Royal Elizabeth Middleditch Series 7 & 8: 2 episodes
2011–13 Casualty Caitlin Northwick • Sylvia Black Series 26, Episode 13 • Series 28, Episode 16
2017 Midsomer Murders Delphi Hartley Series 19, Episode 4
TBA The Forsyte Saga Lady Carteret Miniseries: 6 episodes (upcoming)

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated
work 		Result Ref.
1970 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series The Forsyte Saga Won [14]
1971 Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series The First Churchills Won [15]
1973 Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Drama/Comedy - Limited Episodes) Vanity Fair Won [16]
1976 TP de Oro Best Foreign Actress (Mejor Actriz Extranjera) The Forsyte Saga 3rd place [17]

References

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  1. ^ Profile of Susan Hampshire; registration required, International Who's Who. Accessed 3 September 2006.
  2. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Live Chat". Monarch of the Glen. BBC Home. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  4. ^ "School website". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  5. ^ Pamela Coleman (29 March 1996). "Spell of success". TES Magazine.
  6. ^ "45Cat". Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  7. ^ "The History of ITV Part 11: Anglia television". Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Musical Version of 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' Stars Kirk Douglas". The Mexia Daily New. Vol. 74. 3 April 1973.
  9. ^ "Susan Hampshire: Monarch of the TV". Leigh Journal. 17 October 2003. Retrieved 30 January 2016. FAR from being a dotty dowager, Molly - now the Second Lady of Glenbogle - has style...
  10. ^ "Susan Hampshire turns full Circle", Chichester Observer, 30 July 2008.
  11. ^ "Celebrity Support". Dyslexia Institute. Retrieved 17 January 2011.
  12. ^ "Our patrons".
  13. ^ Entertainment & Arts team (29 December 2017). "In pictures: Entertainment stars recognised in New Year Honours". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  14. ^ "Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series - 1970". emmys.com. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series - 1971". emmys.com. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  16. ^ "Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - 1973". emmys.com. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  17. ^ "TP de Oro, Spain 1976 Awards". imdb.com. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
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