Born 1945 as Sandra Eileen Anne Smith in Berkshire, British actress Suzanna Leigh began working in films while still a child, appearing as an extra in several British productions. Her film roles include the love interest of Elvis Presley in Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966), a stewardess in the comedy Boeing Boeing (1965), and the heroine in a couple of Hammer films – The Lost Continent (1968) and Lust for a Vampire (1971).
Leigh starred in the cult British horror films The Deadly Bees (1966) and The Fiend (1972). In 1974, she starred as Amber in Son of Dracula. In 2015, she was a featured player in the film Grace of the Father. She wrote a 2000 autobiography, Paradise, Suzanna Style.
Leigh was diagnosed with stage-four liver cancer in September 2016 and died in December 2017 in Winter Garden, Florida, aged 72. Take a look at these gorgeous photos to see the beauty of young Suzanna Leigh in the 1960s.
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