Suzanne Neve

{{short description|English actress (born 1939)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1939|9|6}}

| birth_place = London, England

| spouse = Richard Martin

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| occupation = Actress

| nationality = British

| yearsactive = 1961–1983

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Suzanne Neve (born 6 September 1939) is an English actress. She appeared regularly on British television during the 1960s, including the lead role of Isabel Archer in the BBC's 1968 adaptation of Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady,{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f4e1c99|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421030627/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f4e1c99|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 April 2018|title=Suzanne Neve|website=BFI|access-date=20 April 2018}} for which she won Outstanding Television Personality in the Pye Colour Television Awards.{{cite book|author=British Broadcasting Corporation|title=BBC Handbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PVcxAQAAIAAJ|year=1970|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation.}}

Neve had supporting roles in Backfire! (1962) and Play It Cool (1962), but came to wider public attention as Ethel Brown in a 1962 series based on the William books of Richmal Crompton. She subsequently had leading roles in Smuggler's Bay (1964) and as Fleur de Lys in a dramatisation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1966). Her big break came with the BBC's flagship production of The Forsyte Saga (1967), in which she played Holly Forsyte.[http://www.ceejbot.com/EricPorter/Forsyte The Forsyte Saga]{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1071033/index.html|title=Forsyte Saga, The (1967)|website=BFI|access-date=20 April 2018}} She was also in Naked Evil (1966), Mosquito Squadron (1969) and Scrooge (1970).

Neve continued to appear in television dramas, including further adaptations of the classics, such as Bel Ami (1971). She also had a recurring role as Mary, the wife of Commander Straker, in the science fiction series UFO (1970–71).[http://reflectionsonfilmandtelevision.blogspot.com/2005_10_02_archive.html John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Film/TV: Cult TV Friday Flashback # 12: Gerry & Sylvia Anderson's UFO: "Confetti Check A-OK"] Her last screen appearance was in the series Spooky (1983). Later she worked as a teacher of drama.