The Only Main Actors Still Alive From Midnight Express

In “Midnight Express,” Irene Miracle plays Susan, Billy’s girlfriend, who is with him while he is caught attempting to smuggle drugs. She also plays a key role in facilitating Billy’s eventual escape from prison, as her presence on a visit five years into his sentence shakes him out of a depressive stupor and encourages him to take action (as well as providing him with the much-needed funds for escape).

Miracle won a Golden Globe for her performance in the film, where she was awarded the award for new female star of the year. She was still at an early point in her career when she appeared in “Midnight Express,” having made her cinematic debut just three years earlier in “Night Train Murders,” and her role as Susan was only her third on-screen performance. She continued to work, largely in the horror genre, throughout the 1980s and early 1990s.

The actor made her final film appearance in 1997, when Miracle was cast as Emma in “Walking Thunder.” Since then, she has spent time working behind the camera, both as a director and producer, on various short films. In 2023, she announced that she would be appearing in an upcoming film, “Game of Death: The Six Doors to Hell.”