Sue Lyon

Sue Lyon
Sue Lyon in Tony Rome, 1967
Born	Suellyn Lyon (1946-07-10) July 10, 1946 (age 70) Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1959–1981
Spouse(s)	Hampton Fancher (1963–65) (divorced) Roland Harrison (1971–72) (divorced) Cotton Adamson (1973–74) (divorced) Edward Weathers (1983–84) (divorced) Richard Rudman (1985–2002) (divorced)
Children	Nona Harrison (b. 1972)

Sue Lyon (born July 10, 1946) is an American actress best known for her performances in Lolita (1962), for which she earned a Golden Globe Award, as well as The Night of the Iguana (1964), The Flim-Flam Man (1967) and Evel Knievel (1971).

Suellyn Lyon was born on July 10, 1946, in Davenport, Iowa. When she was 14 years old, she was cast in the role of Dolores "Lolita" Haze, the sexually charged adolescent and the object of an older man's obsessions in Stanley Kubrick's 1962 film Lolita. She was chosen for the role partly because her curvy figure suggested that of an older adolescent. Based on Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, Kubrick's film, though a toned-down version of the book (Lolita is only 12 at the beginning of the novel and 17 at the end) was, nonetheless, one of the most controversial films of its day.

Lyon was only 15 when the film premiered in June 1962. She became an instant celebrity and won a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female. Despite her inexperience, she was praised for holding her own in scenes with the three top-billed stars of the film - James Mason, Shelley Winters, and Peter Sellers. Lyon recorded two songs for the film, which were released on an MGM 45 rpm record. The song "Lolita Ya Ya" (Riddle–Harris) appeared on side A, and "Turn Off the Moon" (Stillman-Harris) appeared on side B.

In 1963 Lyon was again cast as a seductive teen in John Huston's The Night of the Iguana (1964), competing for the affections of Richard Burton's disgraced preacher against the likes of Deborah Kerr and Ava Gardner. Again, controversy surrounded her because of a provocative scene in the film in which Lyon is shown emerging from the Pacific Ocean clad in a revealing bathing suit. Burton is seen walking next to her as they set foot on a small beach in Mexico.