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Susan Peters

Susan Peters

Birthday: 1921-07-03 | Place of Birth: Spokane, Washington, USA

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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Film

Jouer

Year
Title

Role

1951
Miss Susan

jouer    Susan Martin

1945
Keep Your Powder Dry

jouer    Ann Darrison

1944
Song of Russia

jouer    Nadya Stepanova

1943
Assignment in Brittany

jouer    Anne Pinot

1942
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

jouer    Mrs. Howard Allwinn Young

1942
Le caïd

jouer    Ruth Carter

1941
Three Sons o' Guns

jouer    Mary Tyler