Sue Lloyd
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Sue Lloyd in the trailer for The Ipcress File (1965)
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| Born |
Susan Margery Jeaffreson Lloyd 7 August 1939 Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, UK |
| Died | 20 October 2011 (aged 72) London, England, UK |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Resting place | Reading Cemetery and Crematorium |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1963–2001 |
| Spouse(s) | Ronald Allen (m. 1991; d. 1991) |
Sue Lloyd (7 August 1939 – 20 October 2011) was an English model turned actress with numerous film and television credits.
The daughter of a GP, Susan Margery Jeaffreson Lloyd was born in Aldeburgh, Suffolk. She attended Edgbaston High School in Birmingham and studied dance as a child, attending Sadler's Wells Ballet School. As her height (5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m)) increased, her possibilities for a career as a dancer diminished, and she became a showgirl and model, and, briefly, a member of Lionel Blair's dance troupe.
She was one of the last two debutantes to be presented to the Queen at Buckingham Palace in 1958; the final such ceremony.
She made her film debut in two espionage themed films released in 1965. Lloyd was a foil to Michael Caine's Harry Palmer in the spy thriller The Ipcress File and had a role in The Return of Mr. Moto.
In the same year Lloyd played the regular role of secret agent Cordelia Winfield, alongside Steve Forrest in the 1965-66 British ITC television series The Baron. Originally Lloyd's character only appeared in the pilot episode with Steve Forrest's sidekick played by Paul Ferris. Pressure from the American television network who were to screen the show replaced Ferris with Lloyd.
In 1971, Lloyd starred in a stage version of the TV series The Avengers playing John Steed's sidekick, Mrs Hannah Wild. She also appeared with several other stars in the 1976 Lindsay Shonteff imitation James Bond film No. 1 of the Secret Service.
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