{{Short description|English singer and actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=March 2023}} {{orphan|date=October 2018}}'''Susanna Hunt''' (a.k.a. Susan Hunt, Sue Tacker) is an English pop singer, actress and model. She gained fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

== Early life == She was born in Brenchley, Kent, England, in a farming community family, and then lived in Sedlescombe, Sussex.<ref name="auto">''Had Me a Real Good Time: The Faces Before During and After'', Omnibus Press, {{ISBN|9781849380737}}.</ref>

She later moved to London and signed up with the Cherry Marshall Model Agency,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/mar/23/guardianobituaries.veronicahorwell|title=Obituary: Cherry Marshall|first=Veronica|last=Horwell|date=23 March 2006|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.modelscomposites.com/fullsize.php?count=1&imgno=43601|title=The Model Archives of Marlowe Press|website=Modelscomposites.com}}</ref> where she learned to sing, hoping to move into acting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/imageview/1B990BACCB1D5564|title=45cat - View Image|website=45cat.com}}</ref>

== Career == In the 1967 documentary of the atmosphere in London of the time, Tonite Let's All Make Love in London, Susanna Hunt made an impression as a dolly girl describing her phenomenon as such and ''the scene'', on a summer's day sitting in a circulating fairground ride.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/111691128|title=Tonite Let's All Make Love In London (1967)|publisher=Vimeo}}</ref>{{Citation needed|reason=Requires evidence this was her|date=March 2023}} She was an original member of the cast of Peter Coe's Decameron '73, which made an impact in 1973 in the UK for its free expression of nude form.<ref>{{cite news | title=Theater: Notes on Nudes | first=Clive | last=Barnes | authorlink=Clive Barnes | newspaper=New York Times | date=15 August 1973 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/15/archives/theaternotes-on-nudes-london-production-of-decameron-73-is-easy-on.html}}</ref>

Her major contribution to theatre was her three years in ''Let My People Come''. The production was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1975 for Best Original Cast Album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1975-240.html|title=Grammy Awards Nominee 1975 - Grammy Award Winners 1975|website=Awardsandshows.com}}</ref>

==Film == * ''Casino Royale'' (1967) - Hunt played one of the "Bond Girls" in a short sequence where she tries to seduce agent Terence Cooper who is training to resist the temptation of women counter agents from "SMERSH". She appears as "Lorely",<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://movie-dude.co.uk/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 May 2020 |archive-date=19 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519135250/http://movie-dude.co.uk/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi |url-status=dead }}</ref> wearing a white bikini and walks up to and gives agent Terrance a sultry kiss to test his reaction. He responds that he's trained to resist her charm and then judo tackles her to the ground.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/c/casino-royale-script-transcript-bond.html|title=Casino Royale Script - transcript from the screenplay and/or James Bond movie|website=Script-o-rama.com}}</ref>

* The Looking Glass War (1970) - She plays a short scene in a cafe, with a girlfriend, where the lead character ''Leise'' indicates his interest in passing some time with them. His controller, Haldane, quietly counsels, "There'll be no time for that, I'm afraid."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6af27117|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828035704/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6af27117|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 August 2016|title=The Looking Glass War (1970)|website=Bfi.org.uk}}</ref> * The British TV series, ''Special Branch'' (1974), featured her in a couple of episodes where she had a small part as Craven's secretary. * She played in the British TV series ''Hugh and I''.

==Musical career== Susanna was a pop singer known under the stage name of Geneveve, in 1966 releasing the songs, "Just a Whisper", "Summer Days", "Nothing in the World", and "Once" plus in 1967, "That Can't Be Bad" and "I Love Him, I Need Him".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/artist/geneveve|title=Geneveve Discography - All Countries - 45cat|website=45cat.com}}</ref>

Her songs got airplay on English radio stations, as well as pirate stations Radio London (three timesin the Fab 40)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiolondon.co.uk/rl/scrap60/fabforty/july66/july663/fab170766.html|title=Radio London - Field's Fab Forty - 17th July 66|website=Radiolondon.co.uk|access-date=3 September 2021}}</ref>{{Citation needed|reason=Not supported by citation|date=March 2023}} and Radio 270.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdDNJ1vn7II|title=CBS Records, UK. C1966, (CBS 202061), (Butler - Armand Canfora - Michel Jourdan) Artist:GENEVEVE, Just a whisper|publisher=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/202061|title=Geneveve - Once|website=45cat.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=szghAQAAIAAJ&q=recording+artist+%22geneveve%22&pg=PA2025|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series|date=17 October 1968|page=2025}}</ref>

== Personal life == She married musician Ronnie Lane, and was a part of The Faces musical entourage.<ref name="auto" />

She appeared in the 2006 documentary film, ''The Passing Show,''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/passing_show|title=The Passing Show: The Life and Music of Ronnie Lane|website=Rottentomatoes.com}}</ref> where she speaks about Lane and "The Faces". She resides in Walnut Creek, California, United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/geneveve|title=Geneveve discography|website=RateYourMusic.com}}</ref>

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