Susan Hampshire, the English actress who has won three Emmy Awards, was born in Kensington, London on May 12, 1937. Her original ambition was to be a nurse, but she could not pass her O-Level exam in Latin. , for a mini-series that had been released in the UK in 1967. Susan Hampshire has continued to be active on television and in the theater. She has been married to her second husband, the theatrical impresario, Sir Eddie Kulukundis, since 1981.
She wrote her memoir "Susans Story" about dealing with her dyslexia. Prominent spokeswoman for dyslexia causes in Britain.
She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1995 Queens Birthday Honours List for her services to dyslexic people.
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."
December 31, 2000: Announced to Sunday Telegraph that she had joined Exit, the voluntary euthanasia society.
Mother of Christopher Granier-Deferre with Pierre Granier-Deferre. In 2006 she became a grandmother with the birth of Christophers son Raphael.
On her own volition she visited Albert Schweitzer in Africa for two weeks.
Dated Nicky Henson in the 70s.
Her daughter, Victoria Granier-Deferre, died in infancy.
She had numerous miscarriages during the early 1970s, following the birth of her son Christopher.
Ex-stepmother of Denys Granier-Deferre.
"Forgetting my lines was nothing to do with my dyslexia. But being,dyslexic made it difficult for me to cope.
"My dyslexia always seems worse when I am tired or upset. That day I,suppose my brain was just overloaded. I find it incredibly hard to,learn my lines, but having done so my memory is really very good.
Funnily enough I never have trouble reading my own writing. All the,books I have written have been in longhand on a yellow legal pad which,is much easier for me to decipher than words on a white background.
My scripts get damp, wet, curled up, because sometimes I learn them,lying in the bath. Sometimes I might be sitting on the lid of the,lavatory seat.
When shooting Living Free (1972) ]: I found myself chasing a,semi-wild lioness around the bush in Kenya with the camera crew 100,yards away, unable to come to my rescue if things went wrong. I was,told to run right and veered left, running straight into the lioness.
