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Susan Penhaligon
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Her father worked as an engineer for the Shell Oil Company and was working in the Philippines at the time of her birth there.
She was interviewed by
Barry Letts
for the role of Sarah Jane Smith (eventually played by
Elisabeth Sladen
) in
Doctor Who (1963)
in 1973. She also screen tested for the title role in the James Bond film
Octopussy (1983)
but lost the role to
Maud Adams
.
She and
Duncan Preston
were reunited in 1997 but have not remarried.
Was a roommate of
Van Der Graaf Generator
lead singer
Peter Hammill
, and is referenced in their song "Refugees" ("The West is Mike & Suzy").
Trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
Her father left the family home in 1965 and became a private detective in San Francisco.
She trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, whose alumni include
Terence Stamp
,
Julia Ormond
,
Rupert Friend
,
Angela Lansbury
,
Matthew Goode
,
Daniel Hunt
,
Sue Johnston
,
Hugh Bonneville
and
Julian Fellowes
.
Ex-daughter-in-law of
Hugh Munro
and
Pamela Barnard
.
Sister of
Sean Miller
Born on exactly the same date as
Jan Smithers
of
WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)
fame.
Mother, with
David Munro
, of son
Truan Munro
born 1979.
Ex-sister-in-law of
Tim Munro
.
When she left the Webber Douglas Academy she opened in Romeo and Juliet at Worthing.
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