15 Movies That Ruined Careers

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13. Mandingo

Susan George was heading somewhere great, when she got a role in Mandingo. Not only did she stop heading somewhere (or anywhere for that matter), she went retrograde.

George was yet to blossom in an almighty edgy, arthouse femme fatale actress, something she had in her.

Instead, fans of the British actress mark this 1975 racy period piece as the one that marked the actress for all eternity as an exploitation actress.

Susan never really recuperated from this one and fell into a limbo of made-for-TV movies and forgettable drive-in fare. Who would have thought it’s the same actress from Straw Dogs and Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry.