Rest In Peace, Suzan Farmer

[calliopes_pen]

Suzan Farmer passed away on September 17th, at the age of 75, after she lost her battle with cancer. May she rest in peace. I already knew that she played Diana Kent in Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) for Hammer Studios. That might be one of the few Dracula ones in the Hammer catalog that I haven’t seen, though I have watched several clips with her from that particular film. Earlier today, I located a copy, so I can watch that today or tomorrow.

She also starred (again with Christopher Lee) in Rasputin The Mad Monk (1966). She was in Die, Monster, Die! (1965) alongside Boris Karloff, which I have seen thanks to Comet TV airing it a lot a few months ago. For Sherlock Holmes fans, she appeared in one episode of the Peter Cushing series back in 1965--The Beryl Coronet, where she played Mary.

From what I’ve read about the Peter Cushing series, large chunks are currently missing. However, The Beryl Coronet appears to have survived.

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[thisbluespirit]

For Sherlock Holmes fans, she appeared in one episode of the Peter Cushing series back in 1965--The Beryl Coronet, where she played Mary.

If she appeared in 1965, then she was actually in one of the Douglas Wilmer episodes, (and so I must have seen her although I can't say I remember that one in particular, but I like her face, so I'm sure it will come back to me).

Douglas Wilmer did the 1964 pilot & the 1965 series, most of which survives, while Peter Cushing did the 1968 S2, which mostly doesn't survive. Strangely enough, I was having a conversation about this on tumblr this morning as apparently the US DVD release of the Cushing episodes claims on the blurb that none of the Douglas Wilmer eps exist! Which is quite a blatant lie or error - I've watched 'em! That was where I got the screencap of Suzanne Neve in The Copper Beeches from, too. It seems to be the day for Douglas Wilmer erasure. ;-p

[calliopes_pen]

Weird, and poor Douglas Wilmer!

The one thing I was ever certain of about that series aside from the bit about part of it being lost was the fact that Peter Cushing eventually said he hated his acting when he was the one playing Holmes, since he was just desperately trying to make sure he remembered his lines, and then being grateful that he did.

[thisbluespirit]

Indeed! Lying blurbs... ;-)

When this came up, I found this little snippet also on tumblr with Douglas Wilmer and Peter Cushing on the subject.