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Janet Suzman (born February 9, 1939) is a South African actress.

Born in Johannesburg to a Jewish family, she is a niece of civil rights/anti-apartheid campaigner, Helen Suzman.

Suzman tends to run towards classical works, performing in many productions of Shakespeare plays, and in such works as The Three Sisters and Hedda Gabler
.

Her marriage to director Trevor Nunn, which ended in divorce, was a famous theatrical alliance.

She appeared in many British television drama productions in the 1960s and early 1970s. Her first film role was in 1971, in Nicholas and Alexandra
, and she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of the Empress Alexandra of Hesse.

She has made few films since, the best-known being Nuns on the Run
(1990), a rare comedy performance. She has also recently toured her modern adaptation of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard - a South African response entitled "The Free State". She wrote, starred in and directed this piece with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

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