Sue Lyon, Star of Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita, Dies at 73
Actress Sue Lyon, best known for her role in Stanley Kubrick‘s adaptation of Lolita, has died, The New York Times reported.
She was 73.Lyon died on Thursday in Los Angeles, according to the newspaper.
A longtime friend of the actress told the Times that she had been experiencing declining health for a while.Lyon’s film and television career spanned 1959 to 1980, with her breakout role being the titular character in 1962’s Lolita.
Based on the controversial novel by Vladimir Nabokov, the story follows a middle-aged professor who becomes sexually obsessed with Dolores Haze, a 12-year-old girl, whom he nicknames “Lolita.
