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A British actress, born in Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom. She won the Television Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1973, 1971, and 1970. Susan married twice and had two children. Her credits include The Forsyte Saga (1967), Vanity Fair (1967), The Trygon Factor (1966), and The First Churchills (1969). Susan planned to become a nurse but didn't pass the Latin exam. When she decided to become an actress, she took lessons in theatrical acting and worked in theater before working in cinema and television. Susan was born the youngest of five children to a father who worked as a director of the ICI and a mother of Irish origin who worked as a teacher. Susan managed to read at the age of twelve. She learned that she had dyslexia when she was thirty years old. Susan made her film debut, The Woman in the Hall (1947), when she was 10. She appeared on television in several series, starring in the series The Forsyte Saga (1967), for which she won her first Emmy Award in 1970. Susan participated in joint British films with France, Italy, Spain, and Germany and participated in joint television films with the United States of America. After Susan Hampshire's bitter struggle with dyslexia, she became active in the United Kingdom on dyslexia issues. She became president of the Dyslexia Institute, a patron of the British AIDS, osteoporosis, and diabetes research charities, and a patron of supporting disabled children deprived of the enjoyment of theater. She wrote many books on female instinct, women's issues, and fertility, as well as many children's books. Susan Hampshire almost retired from art in 2009 to care for her husband, who suffered from dementia and type 2 diabetes.
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