Acting · b. 1939 · Johannesburg, South Africa Janet Suzman Biography Dame Janet Suzman DBE (born 9 February 1939) is a South African and British actress. Directed Othello 1989 Acting Consecration Mother Superior 2023 Moominland Tales: The Life of Tove Jansson Tove Jansson (voice) 2012 The Real Great Escape Dorothe Bushell (voice) 2012 Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard Self 2012 The Shakespeare Sessions 2003 Max Max's Mother 2002 Manhunt: The Search for the Yorkshire Ripper Narrator 1999 Hildegard Marchioness 1994 Leon the Pig Farmer Judith Geller 1993 The Secret Agent Margaret, Duchess of Chester 1992 Nuns on the Run Sister Superior 1990 A Dry White Season Susan du Toit 1989 Nobody Here But Us Chickens 1989 Revolutionary Witness Theroign de Mericourt 1989 The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood Eleanor of Aquitaine 1984 And the Ship Sails On Edmea Tutua 1983 The Draughtsman's Contract Virginia Herbert 1982 Priest of Love Frieda Lawrence 1981 Nijinsky Emilia Marcus 1980 The House on Garibaldi Street Hedda 1979 Voyage of the Damned Leni Strauss 1976 Antony and Cleopatra Cleopatra 1975 The Black Windmill Alex Tarrant 1974 Miss Nightingale Miss Nightingale 1974 Shakespeare or Bust Herself 1973 A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Sheila 1972 Hedda Gabler Hedda Gabler 1972 Nicholas and Alexandra Alexandra 1971 Macbeth Lady Macbeth 1970 The Three Sisters Masha 1970 Agent-readable