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person_profile-Susan Peters

Susan Peters Died at age: 31

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Susan Peters

Date of Birth:

Jul 03, 1921

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Oct 23, 1952

Biography of

Susan Peters

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Susan Peters (born Suzanne Carnahan; July 3, 1921 – October 23, 1952) was an American film, stage, and television actress who appeared in over twenty films over the course of her decade-long career.

    In 1942, the year she signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Peters had a featured role in the Mervyn LeRoy-directed drama Random Harvest. That role earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and established her as a serious dramatic performer. Peters went on to appear as the lead in numerous films for MGM, including roles in the romantic comedy Young Ideas (1943), and several war films: Assignment in Brittany (1943), Song of Russia (1944), and Keep Your Powder Dry (1945).

    On New Year's Day 1945, Peters's spinal cord was damaged from an accidental gunshot wound, leaving her permanently paraplegic. She returned to film portraying a wheelchair-bound villain in The Sign of the Ram (1948). Peters then transitioned to theater, appearing as Laura Wingfield in a critically acclaimed 1949 production of Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie. She followed this with a production of The Barretts of Wimpole Street, in which she portrayed crippled poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

    By 1952, however, Peters had been suffering from clinical depression for several years due to the dissolution of her marriage and her limited career options. In late 1952 she began starving herself, which combined with her paralysis led to chronic kidney infections and pneumonia. She died of ensuing health complications that year at age 31.

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Susan Peters

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Filmography of

Susan Peters

Found 17 Movies in total

The Sign of the Ram

Leah St. Aubyn ( Actor )

... 1948

Keep Your Powder Dry

Ann Darrison ( Actor )

... 1945

Song of Russia

Nadya Stepanova ( Actor )

... 1944

Young Ideas

Susan Evans ( Actor )

... 1943

Assignment in Brittany

Anne Pinot ( Actor )

... 1943

Random Harvest

Kitty ( Actor )

... 1942

... 1942

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

Mrs. Howard Allwinn Young ( Actor )

... 1942

Tish

Cora Edwards Bowser ( Actor )

... 1942

The Big Shot

Ruth Carter ( Actor )

... 1942

Three Sons o' Guns

Mary Tyler ( Actor )

... 1941

Scattergood Pulls the Strings

Ruth Savage ( Actor )

... 1941

Here Comes Happiness

Miss Brown (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

Santa Fe Trail

Charlotte ( Actor )

... 1940

Always a Bride

Girl ( Actor )

... 1940

Money and the Woman

Depositor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

Susan and God

Party Guest (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940