Suzette Winter
Suzette Winter was a British-born American filmmaker. She wrote and produced a series of over 30 documentaries about noted Hollywood film stars. The documentaries use a mixture of archival footage and interviews.
Biography
Suzette St. John Winter was born in London on January 19, 1931, to Ralph and Marguerite Winter. During World War II, Winter and her siblings were evacuated during the Blitz. In 1973, she earned a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Mercy College and in 1976 a masters from Manhattanville College. Winter first film, Danny, was released in 1977. In 1982, she and her husband started the Hollywood series with Hollywood Children, a film about the history of child actors.In 1994, her film Audrey Hepburn Remembered was nominated for an Emmy Award. Winter died on December 1, 2021, of aspiration pneumonia at the age of 90.
Personal life
In 1952, Winter married Leo Grimpel. The couple had two daughters, later divorcing in 1966. In 1967, she married Gene Feldman, with whom she later worked professionally.Filmography
- 1999 Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man 1999
- 1998 Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
- 1996 Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door
- 1996 Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
- 1996 Joan Crawford: Always the Star
- 1996 Shirley MacLaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
- 1995 Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
- 1994 The Story of Lassie
- 1994 Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
- 1994 Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
- 1993 Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling
- 1993 Audrey Hepburn Remembered
- 1991 Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
- 1990 Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
- 1990 Anthony Quinn: An Original
- 1990 Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
- 1988 Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man
- 1988 Gregory Peck: His Own Man
- 1987 Grace Kelly: The American Princess
- 1986 Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
- 1984 Ingrid
- 1983 The Horror of It All
- 1982 Hollywood's Children
- 1977 ''Danny''