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Acting

Janet Suzman

Career: Active from 1965 to 2023, with a break from 2000 to 2011, busiest in 1989 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles: 20
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: The Draughtsman's Contract
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 18 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Janet Suzman Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.4, average 5.4
Adrenaline
3.0, average 4.8
Physical Comedy
1.2, average 2.4
Coming of Age
1.9, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 3
Character Study 2
Political Intrigue 2
Powerful Performances 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

47

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title · average score 43

Consecration

43

as Mother Superior

2010s

5 titles · average score 66

The Crown

82

TV show · as Literary Agent

Moominland Tales: The Life of Tove Jansson

as Tove Jansson (voice)

The Real Great Escape

as Dorothe Bushell (voice)

Labyrinth

47

TV show · as Esclarmonde

The Color of Magic 2in1

70

as Ninereeds

2000s

2 titles · average score 68

The Colour of Magic

73

TV show · as Ninereeds

Max

63

as Max's Mother

1990s

8 titles · average score 64

Manhunt: The Search for the Yorkshire Ripper

TV show · as Narrator

Manhunt: The Search for the Yorkshire Ripper

as Narrator

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as Lady Matilda William

Hildegard

as Marchioness

Leon the Pig Farmer

62

as Judith Geller

The Secret Agent

as Margaret, Duchess of Chester

The Secret Agent

TV show · as Margaret, Duchess of Chester

Nuns on the Run

49

as Sister Superior

1980s

13 titles · average score 70

A Dry White Season

72

as Susan du Toit

Othello

Director

Revolutionary Witness

as Theroign de Mericourt

Inspector Morse

80

TV show · as Dr. Claire Brewster

Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy

74

TV show · as Lady Edwina Mountbatten

Time for Murder

TV show · as Avon Eve

The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

as Eleanor of Aquitaine

And the Ship Sails On

79

as Edmea Tutua

The Draughtsman's Contract

86

as Virginia Herbert

Priest of Love

55

as Frieda Lawrence

Nijinsky

49

as Emilia Marcus

TV show

1970s

12 titles · average score 59

The House on Garibaldi Street

64

as Hedda

Voyage of the Damned

51

as Leni Strauss

Clayhanger

TV show · as Hilda Lessaways / Hilda Clayhanger

Antony and Cleopatra

72

as Cleopatra

The Black Windmill

47

as Alex Tarrant

Miss Nightingale

as Miss Nightingale

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg

61

as Sheila

as Hedda Gabler

Nicholas and Alexandra

58

as Alexandra

The Three Sisters

as Masha

as Lady Macbeth

TV show

1960s

6 titles · average score 61

TV show · as Delphine

The Wars of the Roses

as Joan la Pucelle

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Joan of Arc / Lady Macbeth

The Wars of the Roses

TV show · as Joan la Pucelle

Theatre 625

TV show · as Mary / Edith Swan-Neck

TV show · as Luciana, Adriana's sister