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Full Name  Suellyn Lyon
Role  Actress
Occupation  Actress
Children  Nona Harrison

Years active  1959–1986
Name  Sue Lyon
Albums  Lolita
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Born  July 10, 1946 (age 76) (1946-07-10) Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
Spouse  Richard Rudman (m. 1985–2002)
Movies  The Night of the Iguana, Lolita, 7 Women, The Flim‑Flam Man, Tony Rome
Similar People  James Mason, Shelley Winters, Stanley Kubrick, Vladimir Nabokov, Hampton Fancher

Parents  James Lyon, Sue Karr Lyon

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Sue Lyon (born July 10, 1946) is an American actress best known for her performances in Lolita (1962), for which she earned a Golden Globe Award, as well as The Night of the Iguana (1964), The Flim-Flam Man (1967) and Evel Knievel (1971).

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Suellyn Lyon was born on July 10, 1946, in Davenport, Iowa. When she was 14 years old, she was cast in the role of Dolores "Lolita" Haze in Stanley Kubrick's film Lolita (1962). She was chosen for the role partly because the film makers had to alter the age of the character to an older adolescent rather than the 12-year-old child Lolita in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita novel. Though Kubrick's film altered the story so as not to be in violation of the Hollywood Production Code, it was still one of the most controversial films of the day.

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Lyon was only 15 when the film premiered in June 1962. She became an instant celebrity and won a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female. Despite her inexperience, she was praised for holding her own in scenes with the three top-billed stars of the film - James Mason, Shelley Winters, and Peter Sellers. She recorded two songs for the film, which were released on an MGM 45 rpm record. The song "Lolita Ya Ya" (Riddle–Harris) appeared on side A, and "Turn Off the Moon" (Stillman-Harris) appeared on side B.

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In 1963, Lyon was again typecast as a seductive teenager in John Huston's The Night of the Iguana (1964), competing for the affections of disgraced preacher Richard Burton against the likes of Deborah Kerr and Ava Gardner. Again, controversy surrounded her because of a provocative scene in the film in which Lyon is shown emerging from the Pacific Ocean clad in a revealing flesh-colored bikini. Burton is seen in his underwear walking next to her as they set foot on a small beach in Mexico.

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In 1965, she played a mission worker in China in director John Ford's last feature film, 7 Women. Lyon played the female lead in the comedy The Flim-Flam Man (1967) and had a supporting role in Tony Rome (1967) which starred Frank Sinatra. She played the wife of daredevil Evel Knievel in the film Evel Knievel (1971).

By the 1970s, she was relegated to mainly secondary roles. In her final film role to date, she played a news reporter in the cult favorite Alligator (1980).

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