The illustrious career of Susan George began at an early age. By the time she was 12 she had already filmed the same number of television plays and many more commercials. Throughout the seventies /eighties her face was rarely away from British television screens and at just 17, she won her first starring film role opposite Michael York in The Strange Affair.

In 1972, she landed what was to become her most iconic film role, starring opposite Dustin Hoffman in Sam Peckinpah’s Straw Dogs. Susan’s performance as Amy, Hoffman’s young wife, was revered worldwide and catapulted her to International stardom.

Living in California for some 12 years she starred in many movies before her return to the United Kingdom in the eighties to set up Amy International Productions. Choosing to work behind the cameras, in partnership with her late husband and fellow actor, Simon MacCorkindale.

Animal Lover

Although Susan George is known the world over for her international film career, in the Middle East she is known for another passion, that of breeding the pure bred Arabian horse.

Her stud farm Georgian Arabians is based in The West Country of England and began as a hobby some 24 years ago. However, it has since become a successful business enterprise and in residence now are notably some of the world’s finest purebred Arabian Horses bred by Susan George. It was a project, shared with Simon and realized after years of dedication and commitment. In 2010 when Susan’s husband lost his battle with cancer, life took on a very different meaning and her aim in recent years to ensure the outcome and success of the many projects and plans that they had created and begun together.

Some years ago Susan unveiled a new talent for photography and her ability to capture the beauty and spirit of the horse has been realized in a highly acclaimed exhibition of work entitled, The Spirit Of Equus. Her photographs have been described by art enthusiasts as “unique and breath- taking.” First staged at Petley Fine Art in the West End of London The Spirit of Equus was last exhibited in Harrods.

In 2016 Susan saw the realisation of a project closest to her heart the launch of “Lasting Life the Simon MacCorkindale Legacy” The charities mission is to help and support those living with the cruel disease of cancer in any way possible to bring hope and a smile at a time of need.

In these challenging times, especially over the last two years as with all charities, event fundraisers have had to be cancelled but the communities, organisations and or individuals that Lasting Life endeavours to support, need us now perhaps more than ever……

The flagship fundraiser “Lasting Life Love Letters” took place in November 2018 a unique dinner theatre evening, where guests enjoyed the delicacies of a three course dinner, while in true Hollywood style, her friends from the world of music, stage and screen took to the stage to read and interpret letters of love… ❤️