Nickname:	Sue Lyon / Suellyn Lyon /
Known for:	Lolita, The Night of the Iguana, The Flim-Flam Man
Birthday:	10 July 1946, Davenport, Iowa, USA
Height:	5' 3" (1.60 m)
Available Photos	21

Met, married, and divorced Adamson while he was a prison inmate (convicted of murder.) She had a daughter by actor Roland Harrison. She retired from acting after her marriage to Rudman. As a child modeled for JC Penney catalogs. Measurements: 34-22-35 Attended L.A. City College, while working in a men's clothing store. She and her mother were in a bad car accident on the Pacific Coast Highway. She suffered head, neck and back injuries, leaving her in and out of a wheelchair for two years. Wanted to attend the Hollywood premiere of Lolita on June 13, 1962, but wasn't allowed in, due to the strict censorship at the time. Was friends with Michelle Phillips at that time and the two them rented a copy of the novel at the library, knowing it been banned. Sue later stated that she couldn't finish the book, it was too complex for her, because she was only 12 at that time. Was diagnosed as a manic-depressive and was prescribed lithium. She later said she had struggled on and off with this since she was 16. Warren Beatty was about to cast her as Bonnie Parker in his "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967) when he decided, at the last minute, to cast Faye Dunaway instead.

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