Sue Lyon, who was cast in Stanley Kubrick’s “Lolita” at the age of 14, died Thursday in Los Angeles.
She was 73.Lyon’s longtime friend Phil Syracopoulos told the New York Times she had been experiencing poor health for some time.Lyon’s acting career lasted from 1959 to 1980, with her most significant role as the title character in the 1962 Kubrick film based on Vladimir Nabokov’s novel about a middle-aged man who becomes sexually obsessed with a young girl.
Lyon earned the part over 800 girls that auditioned; Nabokov described her as “the perfect nymphet.”While Nabokov’s 1955 novel was seen as scandalous, the film was less so due in part to the restrictive Motion Picture Production Code.Lyon was born in Davenport, Iowa.
Her mother moved the family to Dallas before relocating them to Los Angeles, where Lyon was able to pursue acting.
She landed the role of Laurie in
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