---
name: "Sue Lyon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sue-lyon"
fi1m_id: "sue-lyon"
imdb_id: "nm0528987"
tmdb_id: 12445
wikidata_id: "Q436722"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 July 1946"
died: "26 December 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T14:34:05.575532+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sue Lyon

## Identity

Sue Lyon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sue-lyon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sue-lyon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0528987
- **TMDB ID:** 12445
- **Wikidata ID:** Q436722
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Lyon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q436722, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528987/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12445

Actor. Born 10 July 1946 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. Died 26 December 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 July 1946, Davenport, Iowa, USA
- **Died:** 26 December 2019
- **Also known as:** Suellyn Lyon , سو لیون
- **Golden Globes:** 1 Golden Globe (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Lyon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q436722, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528987/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12445

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Lolita*](https://film.one/film/lolita.md) (73)

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## Biography

Sue Lyon was an American actress. Born in Davenport, Iowa, she began working as a child model and made early television appearances in series such as Dennis the Menace and The Loretta Young Show before being cast at the age of 14 as Dolores 'Lolita' Haze in Stanley Kubrick's 1962 film adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's novel.

Her performance in *Lolita* brought her a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Female. She subsequently appeared in films including *The Night of the Iguana* (1964), *7 Women* (1966) and *Tony Rome* (1967), as well as television series such as *Fantasy Island* and *Night Gallery*. Her final screen credit was in the 1980 film *Alligator*.

*Sources: nytimes.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Lolita* (1962), Fi1m 73, as Dolores "Lolita" Haze — [page](https://film.one/film/lolita.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bert Stern - Original Madman* (2011), Actor
- *Alligator* (1980), as ABC Newswoman
- *Towing* (1978), as Lynn
- *The Astral Factor* (1978), as Darlene DeLong
- *Fantasy Island* (1978), series, as Jill Nolan
- *Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready* (1977), as Wendy Sutherland
- *End of the World* (1977), as Sylvia Boran
- *Crash!* (1976), as Kim Denne
- *Smash-Up on Interstate 5* (1976), as Burnsey
- *Murder in a Blue World* (1973), as Ana Vernia
- *Police Story* (1973), series, Actor
- *Tarot* (1973), as Angela
- *The Flim Flam Man* (1972), as Bonnie Lee Packard
- *Evel Knievel* (1971), as Linda
- *Night Gallery* (1970), series, as Betsy (segment "Miss Lovecraft Sent Me")
- *But I Don't Want to Get Married!* (1970), as Laura
- *Love, American Style* (1969), series, as Barbara
- *Arsenic and Old Lace* (1969), as Elaine Harper
- *Four Rode Out* (1969), as Myra Polsen
- *Tony Rome* (1967), as Diana Pines
- *The Flim-Flam Man* (1967), as Bonnie Lee Packard
- *7 Women* (1965), as Emma Clark
- *The Night of the Iguana* (1964), as Charlotte Goodall
- *Lolita* (1962), as Dolores "Lolita" Haze — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/lolita.md)
- *Dennis the Menace* (1959), series, as Blonde with Valentine Card (uncredited)
- *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Laurie

## Gallery

- ![Publicity portrait of American actress Sue Lyon for the 1962 film Lolita, in which she played the title role of Dolores "Lolita" Haze. This photograph had the i](https://film.one/media/person/3908270/gallery-5aab25f6c797.jpg) Publicity portrait of American actress Sue Lyon for the 1962 film Lolita, in which she played the title role of Dolores "Lolita" Haze. This photograph had the i — Stanley Kubrick, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Sue_Lyon_%28Portrait_by_Kubrick_for_Lolita_-_L-66%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- !["Lolita" (1962)](https://film.one/media/person/3908270/gallery-67746a315ab7.jpg) "Lolita" (1962) — Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Sue-Lyon-1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of actress Sue Lyon from the 1967 film Tony Rome.](https://film.one/media/person/3908270/gallery-21edf89f81e4.jpg) Photo of actress Sue Lyon from the 1967 film Tony Rome. — 20th Century Fox, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Sue_Lyon_Tony_Rome_1967_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Publicity portrait of American actress Sue Lyon for the 1962 film Lolita, in which she played the title role of Dolores "Lolita" Haze.](https://film.one/media/person/3908270/gallery-967a8142c106.jpg) Publicity portrait of American actress Sue Lyon for the 1962 film Lolita, in which she played the title role of Dolores "Lolita" Haze. — Stanley Kubrick, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Sue_Lyon_%28Portrait_by_Kubrick_for_Lolita_-_alt%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Sue Lyon](https://film.one/media/person/3908270/gallery-d3cffc0586f7.jpg) Sue Lyon — Image via TMDB
- ![Sue Lyon](https://film.one/media/person/3908270/gallery-14f8148412e3.jpg) Sue Lyon — Image via TMDB
- ![Sue Lyon](https://film.one/media/person/3908270/gallery-cb3aac92979a.jpg) Sue Lyon — Image via TMDB
- ![Sue Lyon with her husband Hampton Fancher III, 1964](https://film.one/media/person/3908270/gallery-545978b431ff.jpg) Sue Lyon with her husband Hampton Fancher III, 1964 — Please credit Hollywood Press Syndicate, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Sue_Lyon_with_her_husband_Hampton_Fancher_III%2C_1964.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Sue Lyon : Screenshot from the trailer for the film The Night of the Iguana (1964).](https://film.one/media/person/3908270/gallery-3d9b5a3c3df6.jpg) Sue Lyon : Screenshot from the trailer for the film The Night of the Iguana (1964). — Trailer screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/The_night_of_iguana_-_2.jpg/1280px-The_night_of_iguana_-_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sue Lyon](https://film.one/media/person/3908270/gallery-ab1361afa977.jpg) Sue Lyon — Image via TMDB
- ![Sue Lyon](https://film.one/media/person/3908270/gallery-89e5b389a7ef.jpg) Sue Lyon — Image via TMDB
- ![Sue Lyon](https://film.one/media/person/3908270/gallery-496a00d9d6dc.jpg) Sue Lyon — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 1963: Golden Globe Awards (won), for *Lolita*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Laurel Awards 1963: Laurel Awards (won), for *Lolita*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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