Susan Peters

Susan Peters

  • Birthday: 1921-07-03
  • Deathday: 1952-10-23
  • Place of birth: Spokane, Washington, USA
  • Also know as: Suzanne Carnahan

Biography

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.

Filmography

The Sign of the Ram

1948

As Leah St. Aubyn

Young Ideas

1943

As Susan Evans

Song of Russia

1944

As Nadya Stepanova

Assignment in Brittany

1943

As Anne Pinot

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

1942

As Mrs. Howard Allwinn Young

Keep Your Powder Dry

1945

As Ann Darrison

Scattergood Pulls the Strings

1941

As Ruth Savage

Random Harvest

1942

As Kitty

The Big Shot

1942

As Ruth Carter

Tish

1942

As Cora Edwards Bowser

Personalities

1942

As (uncredited)

Three Sons o' Guns

1941

As Mary Tyler

Young America Flies

1940

As One of Jack's Girlfriends

Always a Bride

1940

As Girl

Here Comes Happiness

1941

As Miss Brown (uncredited)

Santa Fe Trail

1940

As Charlotte

Susan and God

1940

As Party Guest (uncredited)

Money and the Woman

1940

As Depositor (uncredited)

Twenty Years After

1944

As (archive footage)

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