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THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Susan George, actress, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews outside Harrods department store in London's Knightsbridge, having been led to believe she was taking part in a television programme about seasonal shopping.

Susan, who was born in Surbiton, began acting at the age of four, appearing in several television plays and commercials before training at the Corona Stage School. She first appeared on stage at age 12 in a West End production of the musical The Sound of Music and won her first starring film role in The Strange Affair in 1968.

After appearing in a string of successful British films in the later 1960s and early 1970s, including Lola, Spring and Port Wine and Fright, she starred opposite Dustin Hoffman in Straw Dogs, which catapulted her to international stardom and led to her spending the remainder of the 1970s in the US, where her films included Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry and Mandingo.

"No! I don't believe it! You can't do this to me!"

programme details...

• Edition No: 712
• Subject No: 708
• Broadcast date: Wed 3 Dec 1986
• Broadcast time: 7.00-7.30pm
• Recorded: Mon 1 Dec 1986
• Venue: Teddington Studios
• Series: 27
• Edition: 8
• Code name: Straw

on the guest list...

• Simon MacCorkindale - husband
• Billie - mother
• Norman - father
• Pam - sister
• Frazer Hines
• Patrick Mower
• Robbie Robinson
• Laurel Turner
• Moira Cooper
• Bridget Jones
• Marcia Salter
• Mary Millard
• Michael Chatterton
• Ken Norton
• Jeremy Beadle
• Gerry Phillips
• Melanie Parr
• Diane Grayson
• Colin Page
• Dave McAlister
• Sue Passmore
• Sheila White
• Poppy Marsh
• Taito Rarasea
• Kathy Groves
Filmed tributes:
• Cliff Robertson
• Dennis Waterman
• Oliver Reed
• Olivia Newton-John
• Chloe Newton-John

related appearances...

• Diana Coupland - Feb 1973
• Frank Windsor - Dec 1975
• Dennis Waterman - Apr 1978
• Oliver Reed - Jan 1986
• The Bee Gees - Feb 1991
• Frazer Hines - Oct 1992
• Shirley Bassey - Jan 1993
• Jeremy Beadle - Jan 1994
• The Night of 1000 Lives - Jan 2000

production team...

• Researchers: Miriam O'Callaghan, Tom Wettengel
• Writer: Tom Kennedy
• Directors: Terry Yarwood, Michael D Kent
• Associate Producer: Brian Klein
• Producer: Malcolm Morris

• names above in bold indicate subjects of This Is Your Life

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The Night of 1000 Lives

a celebration of a thousand editions

Jeremy Beadle

Frazer Hines

Patrick Mower

Oliver Reed

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