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Show n- - - I . t x C t 0LSQJ3J3.QJD York: . "v": V . - Girl with a Future ; I ! r j and a Problem Slie's a beauty 1 f, . . ' ith outstanding M V filled with anger and doubts By PEER J. OPPENHEIMER i 1 I i J ttvirector John Huston U her through who guided scenes in his production of "Freud," in which stars opposite Montgomery rthe Clif aciress of our time, one who will be as well known arlngrid Bergman, Vivien rthralliappg: lslier Leigh, and JMjQrahKerr. The name of the future, says Huston, is Susannah York. Bora in London, she coines three sisters and a brotherbut seldom knew a close family relationship because she was 78ntffDerto r succession of schoolsstaying never more than two years at one place. and She's tall, gangling, blonde, blue-eye. , d, Jfor wxentuaUng her not even lipstick. eyes, she doesn't wear When she's in the' mood or when she's in a rush or when she simply doesn't care, Susannah wears whatever is closest, whether it fits the occasion or , not And she is liable to wear her hair y wayeven in pigtails. Another thing she is likely to do is turn cold toward press! interviews. She hopes the time will come when sh no longer has to face the press at all, although she has been in the limelight make-u-p, ' barelyayeafv' -- Aside from her obvious acting talent, Susannah is;, tremendously fortunate that people sincerely like her. Asked bow she got along with men, she told me candidly; They either look at me as a younger sister, a friend, or a lover. But they all want my friendship for a long time.' - Ara result of this attitude, plus her intelligence and beauty, one would think she had many friends. But she doesn't, "There are only two people I feel really close to," she confessed. She are Jiejr jwouldn't ..elb husband and one of her parentsbut which one is hard to tell, for Susannah comes from a Tiidaazrzr' Typical of Susannah's behavior is her willingnesswhen she s at ease with you to talk freely about herself. Yet when I complimented her on her frankness, she promptly came back: ."But I didn't tell you the whole troth. . You only know one side of me. Even Michael doesn't know me fully." fusrHehandles urfianccand inaJces acts like this, half serious,' -- WHENSHE JLoeand in ijfieldsjide acting hejs the stronger all decisions that concern our private lives." Susannah is running away from reality and knows it. She is handing oyer tasks to herhus-ban- d to give him added importance, though he is probably no better qualified for them than she is. She is avoiding interviews primarily because they draw attention to her more than him. For the same reason she leaves her career problems at the studio. She fears that if they monopolized her home life, it might have an adverse affect on her marriage; ' 1 - ( - how my marriage can work out now that I'm more Successf ul than : Mike. I don't think that's fair. Besides, Mike's career is climbing, along w " broken home. Jffer parents were divorced when she was six. More than 10 years passed before she saw or heard from her father again, while her mother married twice more. Yet no bitterness exists toward, her father. While we had lunch in London recently she told ma her father had just come to town to spend a couple of days with her and gameswith-you.-D- r. t f t. - "- One reason is her conce "i you feel she is playing - David- - Staff ord-Clar- kr emi-- - nent psychiatrist and technical advisor on ."Freud," believed she was doing this on the movie set, where, according to him, she frequently playedJUontgomery Cliftagajnst JHuston and ' vice versa, Susannah herself admitted she tried. toT make Huston mad a few times, "so he wouldn't treat me as his blue girl all the time." Susannah's biggest problem in the years to come is not professional It's the adjustment she faces as an individual with the complexities of career and attention, v On four occasions during the past three years, for example, her anger so overwhelmed her that she actually struck people. "They were arrogant' she. insisted. "This is one trait I can't stand." ' The onlylosa of selcohtrorT witnessed "c" Susannah's performance with Montgom- try Clift in "Freud" was termed brilliant by veteran director John Huston. curred after she finished an extremely difficult. scene with Montgomery Clift After 33 takes, John Huston finally called it a day. A few seconds -iater7 the assistant director alk'ecf 'her which flight she wanted to take to London. Without a into sobs and fled to-- her -word, Susannah-burs- t -dreMinglroom. She came back 10 minutes later and apologized. Quite likely, she inherited some of her complex qualities from her father, whom she describes as "a businessman, dreamer7Tanki-recto- r, a man of many professions and moods." "Everyone says that I've nothing to worry about now, that I'm in a position to make a lot of money in the next couple of years," Susannah says. "But I think emotional security is more important than financial security. I'm madly in debt right now, but I won't be soon. This worries me a bit I find financial security rather frightening. At 21, it's not good to know that everything is going to b all right" 'Burwfflirbe?'""' family r WUy, March - 3, im ' i |