Why did she not get more notable roles?

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Sue Lyon

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fyfytj — 10 years ago(March 10, 2016 10:00 PM)

She was great in Lolita, so why is her filmography filled with such obscure movies? I can easily picture her in several other starring/co-starring roles in several other movies from the '60s and '70s, like:

• Repulsion (1965) as the lead character
• Night of the Living Dead (1968) as Barbara
• The Last Picture Show (1971) as Jacy
• The Sugarland Express (1974) as Goldie Hawn's character
  Hell, she even could've been one of the school girls/models on the train in A Hard Day's Night (1964) or one of the bank tellers in Dog Day Afternoon (1975). Almost all of these roles seemed to be in her wheelhouse and Lolita seemed to be a good launching pad, so what happened?

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chrisamon — 9 years ago(November 02, 2016 06:29 PM)

In her words (
) her life was "destroyed" by the film (Lolita).
Okay, and pigs can fly
Sometimes ya gotta wonder.

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mls4182 — 9 years ago(January 14, 2017 05:23 AM)

More like Lolita open doirs for her and she blew it.

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𝙽𝚈𝙲 [] — 2 years ago(March 03, 2024 12:39 AM)

Agreed. I mean she’s best known for
Lolita
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