Janet Suzman Biography

Fast Facts

• Has received an honorary degree from the University of London
• In 2011, she was named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• Studied English and French at the University of Witwatersrand
• Trained in acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
• In 1969, she got married to theatre and film director Trevor Nunn
• Is the neice of well-known anti-apartheid activist Helen Suzman
• In 1963, she became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company