Lynne Sue Moon | |
Birth Place: | Islington, London, England |
Nationality: | British |
Other Names: | Lee Sue Moon |
Occupation: | Film actress |
Alma Mater: | Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts |
Years Active: | 1963–1967 |
Notable Works: | 55 Days at Peking |
Lynne Sue Moon (born 1949)[1] is a British former child actress of the 1960s, best known for her appearance in the historical drama 55 Days at Peking.
Moon was born in Islington, London, the daughter of a Cantonese father and a British mother. She studied ballet for two years at London's Arts Educational School.[2] According to Welsh artist Clive Hicks-Jenkins, she and he attended the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London at the same time.[3]
She made her film debut in 55 Days at Peking (1963), in which she played a girl orphaned during the Boxer Rebellion whom Charlton Heston takes under his wing.[1] She followed this with a role as a Chinese diplomat's niece in William Castle's juvenile espionage film, 13 Frightened Girls (1963).[4] She portrayed a Yuan dynasty princess in the 1965 historical film Marco the Magnificent.[5] Her final known credited acting role was as a student of Sidney Poitier in To Sir With Love (1967),[6] after which she retired from acting.[7]