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Susan Peters

Susan Peters

Actor

Born July 3, 1921 in Spokane, Washington, USA

Died October 23, 1952

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Random Harvest
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The Big Shot
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Meet John Doe
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The Strawberry Blonde
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Santa Fe Trail
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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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Song Of Russia Original Trailer

Filmography

Actor

27

Type

Year

Miss Susan TV Series1951

The Ken Murray Show Poster

The Ken Murray Show TV Series1950

The Sign of the Ram Poster

The Sign of the Ram Feature Film1948

We, the People TV Series1948

Keep Your Powder Dry Poster

Keep Your Powder Dry Feature Film1945

Song of Russia Poster

Song of Russia Feature Film1944

Twenty Years After Poster

Twenty Years After Short Film1944

Assignment in Brittany Poster

Assignment in Brittany Feature Film1943

Young Ideas Poster

Young Ideas Feature Film1943

Andy Hardy's Double Life Poster

Andy Hardy's Double Life Feature Film1942

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant Poster

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant Feature Film1942

Personalities Poster

Personalities Short Film1942

Random Harvest Poster

Random Harvest Feature Film1942

The Big Shot Poster

The Big Shot Feature Film1942

Tish Feature Film1942

Here Comes Happiness Poster

Here Comes Happiness Feature Film1941

Meet John Doe Poster

Meet John Doe Feature Film1941

Scattergood Pulls the Strings Poster

Scattergood Pulls the Strings Feature Film1941

Sockaroo Short Film1941

The Strawberry Blonde Poster

The Strawberry Blonde Feature Film1941

Three Sons o' Guns Poster

Three Sons o' Guns Feature Film1941

Always a Bride Poster

Always a Bride Feature Film1940

Money and the Woman Poster

Money and the Woman Feature Film1940

Santa Fe Trail Poster

Santa Fe Trail Feature Film1940

Susan and God Poster

Susan and God Feature Film1940

The Man Who Talked Too Much Poster

The Man Who Talked Too Much Feature Film1940

Young America Flies Poster

Young America Flies Short Film1940

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