Sue Lyon was born in Davenport, Iowa, the last of five children to Sue Karr Lyon. Her mother was forty-two when her husband died and Sue was 10 months old. Her mother had to work as a hospital house mother to take care of her children and money was tight. Around this time, the Lyon family moved out to Los Angeles, hoping that Sue could help them ...
Golden Globe Award for Best New Star of the Year – Actress
Movies
Lolita, The Night of the Iguana, 7 Women, Tony Rome, The Flim-Flam Man, Evel Knievel, Four Rode Out, Murder in a Blue World, Crash!, End of the World, Invisible Strangler, Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
[on her character in Lolita (1962)] I feel sorry for her. She's neurotic and pathetic and only interested in herself.
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[on her The Night of the Iguana (1964) co-star Richard Burton] Richard Burton drank so much at night that the next morning the alcohol literally oozed out of his pores. He gave off a terrible odor--playing a scene with him could be most unpleasant.
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[on her The Night of the Iguana (1964) co-star Richard Burton] I wasn't very impressed by the relationship between him and [Elizabeth Taylor]. Richard was very domineering and Elizabeth meek. She would do whatever he wanted her to.
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Was chosen in 1960 as Miss Smile by LA County dentists.
Was diagnosed as a manic-depressive and was prescribed lithium. She later said she had struggled on and off with this since she was 16.
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Was friends with Michelle Phillips at one time and the two of them checked out a copy of the novel "Lolita" at the library, knowing it had been banned. Sue later stated that she couldn't finish the book because it was too complex for her, as she was only 12 at the time.
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She and her mother were in a bad car accident on the Pacific Coast Highway. She suffered head, neck and back injuries, leaving her in and out of a wheelchair for two years.
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Attended L.A. City College, while working in a men's clothing store.
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As a child modeled for JC Penney catalogs.
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She retired from acting after her marriage to Richard Rudman.
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