Trivia

Wearing an extremely low-cut dress, she was presented to the Prince of Wales at a show-business function in 1973. The Prince told her, "My father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes."

She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1995 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to dyslexic people.

She wrote her memoir "Susan's Story" about dealing with her dyslexia. Prominent spokeswoman for dyslexia causes in Britain.

She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2018 Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to drama and charity.

On her own volition, she visited Albert Schweitzer in Africa for two weeks.

December 31, 2000: Announced to Sunday Telegraph that she had joined Exit, the voluntary euthanasia society.

She had numerous miscarriages during the early 1970s, following the birth of her son Christopher.

Mother of Christopher Granier-Deferre born 1970 with Pierre Granier-Deferre. In 2006, she became a grandmother with the birth of Christopher's son Raphael.

Ex-stepmother of Denys Granier-Deferre.

Her daughter, Victoria Granier-Deferre, died in infancy.

Had plastic surgery on her nose.

She was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters by London's City University for her example to fellow sufferers of dyslexia,.

Appeared in many British television miniseries.

She began ballet training at 3 and at 15 was a dancer in the London Festival Ballet but grew 2 " too tall to continue in ballet, and six months later she joined a Sussex repertory company.

Her first husband was a French film director.

In the play "The Crucifer of Blood" at the Haymarket Theatre in London in 1979,.

Has a son Christopher, born 1971.

1969 listed as being cast with Tom Bell in Came the Hero.

She started her career in repertory at Bognor Regis at £6 10 shillings a week.

In November 1968, she was at a small town near Dublin making a film entitled Came the Hero.

She suffers from dyslexia.

Her mother ran a ballet school.

She has written 2 books Susan's Story, about dyslexia, and The Maternal Instinct, the difficulty in having children.

As a youngster she was in school shows, singing, dancing and acting.