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Susan Peters

Susan Peters

Actor · 1921 – 1952 · 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.

Movies21

  • Movie5.8

    Santa Fe Trail

    1940 · 66 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Random Harvest

    1942 · 118 votes

  • Movie8.0

    Twenty Years After

    1944 · 2 votes

  • Movie6.9

    The Strawberry Blonde

    1941 · 71 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Keep Your Powder Dry

    1945 · 8 votes

  • Movie5.0

    Andy Hardy's Double Life

    1942 · 11 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Susan and God

    1940 · 18 votes

  • Movie4.4

    Money and the Woman

    1940 · 5 votes

  • Movie6.2

    The Big Shot

    1942 · 27 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Three Sons o' Guns

    1941 · 2 votes

  • Movie6.0

    The Sign of the Ram

    1948 · 13 votes

  • Movie6.5
  • Movie7.1

    Assignment in Brittany

    1943 · 6 votes

  • Movie5.3

    Young Ideas

    1943 · 5 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Song of Russia

    1944 · 6 votes

  • Movie7.0
  • Movie5.7

    Always a Bride

    1940 · 6 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Tish

    1942 · 4 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Here Comes Happiness

    1941 · 3 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie7.0

    Young America Flies

    1940 · 1 votes

Series2

  • TV5.6

    The Huntress

    2000 · 5 votes

  • TV6.5

    Miss Susan

    1951 · 2 votes