Susan Beaumont
English actress (1936–2020)
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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, but after only one term she left and found a job in a pantomime. She went on to dance for Norman Wisdom at the London Palladium and in the musical Limelight. She became a Rank contractee at nineteen and starred as a leading lady[4] in several films between 1956 and 1959, including Eyewitness, The Spaniard's Curse, No Safety Ahead and Man of the Moment. She appeared in Carry On Nurse as Nurse Frances James.[5]
Selected filmography
- Simon and Laura (1955)
- Jumping for Joy (1956)
- Eyewitness (1956)
- High Tide at Noon (1957)
- Innocent Sinners (1958)
- The Spaniard's Curse (1958)
- On the Run (1958)
- The Man Who Liked Funerals (1959)
- Carry On Nurse (1959)
- Web of Suspicion (1959)
- No Safety Ahead (1959)
