Sue Lyon

Actor

About

Birth Place

Davenport, Iowa, USA

Born

July 10, 1946

Biography

Filmography

Invisible Strangler (1984)

Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready (1977)

End of the World (1977)

Smash Up on Interstate 5 (1976)

Photos & Videos

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Flim-Flam Man, The (1967) -- (Movie Clip) I Am Forgetting My Calling

Lolita (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Did I Do That?

Family & Companions

Hampton Fancher

Husband

Actor, screenwriter. Divorced.

Roland Harrison

Husband

Photographer. Divorced.

Cotton Adamson

Husband

Activist.

Biography

This blonde ingenue made a rocky transition to leading lady. Lyon won the controversial role of Dolores Haze, the sexually charged adolescent and the object of an older man's obsessions in Stanley Kubrick's "Lolita" (1962). From the Vladimir Nabokov novel of the same name, Kubrick's "Lolita," although a toned-down version of the story, was nonetheless one of the most notorious films of its day and Lyon rode to fame on its coattails. She played a similar role in John Huston's "Night of the Iguana" (1964), competing for the affections of Richard Burton's defrocked alcoholic preacher against the likes of Deborah Kerr and Ava Gardner, and she played an innocent in John Ford's last film, "Seven Women" (1965). She continued to work in films and television throughout the 1960s and 70s.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Invisible Strangler (1984)

Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready (1977)

End of the World (1977)

Smash Up on Interstate 5 (1976)

Evel Knievel (1971)

Linda [Hanson Knievel]

Crash (1971)

The Flim-Flam Man (1967)

The Night of the Iguana (1964)

Charlotte Goodall

Lolita (1962)

Lolita Haze

Cast (Short)

On the Trail of the Iguana (1964)

Herself

Life Events

1962

Feature debut, "Lolita"

1969

TV debut in the network special, "Arsenic and Old Lace"

1970

First TV-movie, "But I Don't Want to Get Married!"

Photo Collections

Night of the Iguana - Sue Lyon Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Here are several location photos taken during production of John Huston's Night of the Iguana (1964), featuring Sue Lyon.

Lolita - Peter Sellers Scene Stills

Here are several scene stills from Stanley Kubrick's Lolita (1962), all of them featuring Peter Sellers as Clare Quilty.

Lolita - Pressbook

Here is the campaign book (pressbook) for MGM's Lolita (1962), directed by Stanley Kubrick. Pressbooks were sent to exhibitors and theater owners to aid them in publicizing the film's run in their theater.

Seven Women - Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Here are a few photos taken behind-the-scenes during production of Seven Women (1966), the last film from director John Ford.

Lolita - Sue Lyon Publicity Stills

Here are several Publicity Stills of Sue Lyon taken during production of Lolita (1962). Publicity stills were specially-posed photos, usually taken off the set, for purposes of publicity or reference for promotional artwork.

Lolita - Lobby Card

Here is a Lobby Card from Stanley Kubrick's Lolita (1962). Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.