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Name
  
Susana, Walton

Role
  
William Walton's wife

Parents
  
Dr. Enrique Gil


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Born
  
30 August 1926
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Nationality
  
Argentinian and British

Occupation
  
writer and garden creator

Known for
  
being married to the composer William Walton

Died
  
March 21, 2010, Ischia, Italy

Spouse
  
William Walton (m. 1948–1983)

Books
  
William Walton, Giardini La Mortella

Movies
  
William Walton: At the Haunted End of the Day

People also search for
  
William Walton, Louisa Maria Turner, Charles Alexander Walton, Tony Palmer

Susana, Lady Walton MBE (30 August 1926 – 21 March 2010), born Susana Valeria Rosa Maria Gil Passo, was the wife of the composer Sir William Walton (1902–1983). She was a writer, and the creator of the gardens of La Mortella.

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She was the daughter of a prominent Argentinian lawyer, Dr. Enrique Gil. She was working at the British Council in Buenos Aires when she met Walton in September 1948. They married in December 1948. The couple settled on the Italian island of Ischia where she created the gardens of La Mortella. The residence hosted many celebrities, including Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, Hans Werner Henze, W. H. Auden, Terence Rattigan, Binkie Beaumont, Maria Callas and Charlie Chaplin. It was there that Walton died on 8 March 1983.

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She played alongside her husband in Walton's only acting role; he played King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony in the 1983 miniseries, Richard Wagner, directed by Tony Palmer, while Lady Walton "stood at his side in regal attire" as the King's wife (Maria Anna of Bavaria). She also appeared in Ken Russell's Classic Widows (1995) and Palmer's At the Haunted End of the Day.

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Shortly after her marriage she had an abortion at Walton's insistence, as he did not want any children. She wrote two books and created the William Walton Foundation in 1983.

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Lady Walton was decorated with an honorary degree from the University of Nottingham, the MBE in 2000 and the title of Grande Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana. In 1990 she made a well received recording of Walton's Façade.

She died on 21 March 2010, aged 83, from natural causes. She is survived by a brother, Harry, and several nieces and nephews.

Books

  • Walton, Susana. Behind the Facade (1988)
  • Walton, Susana. La Mortella, An Italian Garden Paradise (2002)
  • References

    Susana, Lady Walton Wikipedia


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