Who Is The Most Famous Susan In The World?
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- 1Susan Sarandon, born as Susan Abigail Tomalin on October 4, 1946, is an American actress and activist celebrated for her powerful performances in both film and television. Her career, spanning over five decades, boasts a remarkable range of roles that have earned her critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including an Academy Award for Best Actress for Dead Man Walking. Raised in Edison, New Jersey, Sarandon began her acting journey with soap operas in the early 1970s. However, it was her role in The Rocky Horror Picture Show in 1975 that catapulted her to stardom. Throughout the 80s and 90s, she established herself as a versatile actress, with memorable performances in films like Thelma & Louise, Dead Man Walking, and Lorenzo's Oil. These roles not only showcased her acting prowess but also underscored her willingness to take on challenging and unconventional characters. Beyond her acting career, Sarandon is also recognized for her tireless activism. She has been vocal about numerous political and social issues, contributing to causes such as anti-war movements, LGBTQ+ rights, and environmental conservation. Despite facing criticism at times, she remains undeterred, using her platform to advocate for change. This multifaceted persona makes Susan Sarandon a truly influential figure in the entertainment industry and beyond.
- Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
- 1Thelma & Louise328 Votes
- 2The Client260 Votes
- 3Dead Man Walking236 Votes
- 2Susan Blakely (born September 7, 1948) is an American actress and model. She is best known for her leading role in the 1976 ABC miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man, for which she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama. Blakely also has appeared in films including The Towering Inferno (1974), Report to the Commissioner (1975), Capone (1975), The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979), and Over the Top (1987).
- Birthplace: Frankfurt, Germany
- 3Susan Saint James (born Susan Jane Miller; August 14, 1946) is an American actress and activist, most widely known for her work in television during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, especially the detective series McMillan & Wife (1971–1976) and the sitcom Kate & Allie (1984–1989).
- Birthplace: Los Angeles, USA, California
- 4Susan Magdalane Boyle (born 1 April 1961) is a Scottish singer, who rose to fame after appearing as a contestant on the third series of Britain's Got Talent, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables. Her debut studio album, I Dreamed a Dream, was released in November 2009 and became the UK's best-selling debut album of all time, beating the previous record held by Spirit by Leona Lewis. I Dreamed a Dream set a record for biggest first week sales by a debut album, according to the Official Chart Company in the United Kingdom. Topping the Billboard 200 for six weeks, it was the second best-selling album of 2009 in the US. In her first year of fame, Boyle made £5 million (£6.6 million today) with the release of I Dreamed a Dream and its lead-off singles, "I Dreamed a Dream" and "Wild Horses". The success was continued with her second album, The Gift (2010), where she became only the third act ever to top both the UK and US album charts twice in the same year, and was followed by Boyle's third album, Someone to Watch Over Me (debuted at #1 on UK charts, #4 on US charts), released on 31 October 2011. Boyle subsequently released her fourth album Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage (reached #7 in UK, #12 in US) in 2012, her fifth album Home for Christmas (fifth consecutive top ten on UK charts) in 2013, and her sixth album Hope (sixth consecutive top twenty on UK and US charts) in 2014.On 12 May 2012, Boyle returned to Britain's Got Talent to perform as a guest in the final, singing "You'll See". The following day, she performed at Windsor Castle for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant singing "Mull of Kintyre". Having performed "I Know Him So Well" in a duet with one of her idols Elaine Paige in London in December 2009, Boyle performed with her other musical idol Donny Osmond in Las Vegas in November 2012, singing "This is the Moment", a duet from her album Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs From the Stage. Boyle's net worth was estimated at £22 million in April 2012. She is known for supporting various charitable causes, and has appeared on the UK charity telethons BBC Children in Need and Comic Relief. As of 2013, she had sold over 19 million albums worldwide and received two Grammy Awards nominations. On 23 July, Boyle performed "Mull of Kintyre" at the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in front of the Queen.
- Birthplace: Blackburn, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
- 5Susan B. Anthony (February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was an American social reformer and women's rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. Born into a Quaker family committed to social equality, she collected anti-slavery petitions at the age of 17. In 1856, she became the New York state agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society. In 1851, she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who became her lifelong friend and co-worker in social reform activities, primarily in the field of women's rights. In 1852, they founded the New York Women's State Temperance Society after Anthony was prevented from speaking at a temperance conference because she was female. In 1863, they founded the Women's Loyal National League, which conducted the largest petition drive in United States history up to that time, collecting nearly 400,000 signatures in support of the abolition of slavery. In 1866, they initiated the American Equal Rights Association, which campaigned for equal rights for both women and African Americans. In 1868, they began publishing a women's rights newspaper called The Revolution. In 1869, they founded the National Woman Suffrage Association as part of a split in the women's movement. In 1890, the split was formally healed when their organization merged with the rival American Woman Suffrage Association to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association, with Anthony as its key force. In 1876, Anthony and Stanton began working with Matilda Joslyn Gage on what eventually grew into the six-volume History of Woman Suffrage. The interests of Anthony and Stanton diverged somewhat in later years, but the two remained close friends. In 1872, Anthony was arrested for voting in her hometown of Rochester, New York, and convicted in a widely publicized trial. Although she refused to pay the fine, the authorities declined to take further action. In 1878, Anthony and Stanton arranged for Congress to be presented with an amendment giving women the right to vote. Introduced by Sen. Aaron A. Sargent (R-CA), it later became known colloquially as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. It was ratified as the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920. Anthony traveled extensively in support of women's suffrage, giving as many as 75 to 100 speeches per year and working on many state campaigns. She worked internationally for women's rights, playing a key role in creating the International Council of Women, which is still active. She also helped to bring about the World's Congress of Representative Women at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. When she first began campaigning for women's rights, Anthony was harshly ridiculed and accused of trying to destroy the institution of marriage. Public perception of her changed radically during her lifetime, however. Her 80th birthday was celebrated in the White House at the invitation of President William McKinley. She became the first female citizen to be depicted on U.S. coinage when her portrait appeared on the 1979 dollar coin.
- Birthplace: Adams, Massachusetts
- 6Susan Eldridge is an American model.
- Birthplace: Santa Clara, California
- 7Instead of staying and graduating with her high school class in Michigan, Susan May Pratt made the decision to leave home to pursue modeling, which she had been doing at a local hair salon since she was 14. The decision paid off, and she worked modeling jobs in the summers while continuing her education. While she was working on a BFA in architecture in New York City, her modeling agency sent her out to audition for an independent film. Although she didn't land the part, the casting agents noticed her, and she began to get more auditions. Before she knew it, she was forced to drop out of school, as she was landing too many acting jobs. Her first role was a small one in an Edward Burns drama, "No Looking Back," in 1998. From there, she quickly gained a name for herself, and by the next year, she already had a significant part in a major picture. She played Mandella, a Shakespeare expert and the best friend of the main character in the teen comedy "10 Things I Hate About You," which was a loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew." She has since gone on in a short time to become a major star with many high-profile credits to her name, among them playing a star ballet student in 2000's "Center Stage," a juror on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" in 2004, and a mother on the hit drama "Mad Men" in 2010.
- Birthplace: Lansing, Michigan, USA
- 8Pretty, exuberant leading lady who began her Hollywood career in 1937 as a bit player and was a star by the mid-1940s. Talented and tempestuous, with a penchant for playing ripe melodrama with all the stops out, Hayward reached her peak in the early 1950s in such enjoyably sudsy vehicles as "My Foolish Heart" (1950), "With a Song in My Heart" (1952) and "I'll Cry Tomorrow" (1955). She was often cast as the brassy, defiant heroine, as in her Oscar-winning role "I Want to Live!" (1958), where she splendidly played the real-life Barbara Graham, a woman who was wrongly sentenced to death. Hayward's stardom petered out by the mid-60s, but she continued playing occasional leads and character roles (including a part as a past-her-prime film star in the abysmal "Valley of the Dolls" 1969) on film and TV until shortly before her death of a brain tumor in 1975.
- Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
- 9Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23, 1946) is an American actress, television host, author and entrepreneur, best known for portraying Erica Kane on the ABC daytime drama All My Children from 1970 to 2011. The character is considered an icon, and Lucci has been called "Daytime's Leading Lady" by TV Guide, with The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times citing her as the highest-paid actor in daytime television. As early as 1991, her salary had been reported as over $1 million a year.In 1996, TV Guide ranked Lucci number 37 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list. In 2005, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2006. She was named one of VH1's 200 Top Icons of All-Time and one of Barbara Walters's Ten Most Fascinating People. She has also played roles in made-for-TV movies, hosted many shows and guest starred on television comedy series, including Saturday Night Live and Hot in Cleveland. She also has her own line of hair care products, perfumes, lingerie and skin care, called The Susan Lucci Collection. As of 2012, Lucci hosted Deadly Affairs, and starred as Genevieve Delatour in the Lifetime television series Devious Maids.In 2015, Lucci was inducted as a Disney Legend.
- Birthplace: Scarsdale, New York, USA
- 10Susie Abromeit is an actress and a singer-songwriter.
- Birthplace: Boston, USA, Massachusetts
- 11Suzie Plakson is an American actress who appeared in "Wag the Dog," "Everybody Loves Raymond," and "Love & War."
- Birthplace: Buffalo, New York, USA
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Susan Calman
11/06/1974Susan Grace Calman (born 6 November 1974) is a Scottish comedian, television presenter, writer and panellist on a number of BBC Radio 4 shows including The News Quiz and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. She has written and starred in two series of her radio sitcom Sisters, two series of stand-up show Susan Calman is Convicted and a series of stand-up show Keep Calman Carry On, all on BBC Radio 4. She was one of the relief presenters for Fred MacAulay on his BBC Radio Scotland show MacAulay and Co which ran until March 2015.Other television work includes presenting the CBBC programme Extreme School and providing the comic voiceover on the CBBC series Disaster Chefs. She is a team captain on the BBC Northern Ireland comedy panel show Bad Language.She has presented the children's game show on CBBC, Top Class, quiz show The Lie on STV, and the BBC One shows The Boss and Armchair Detectives. In 2017 Calman was a contestant on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, finishing in 7th place.- Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland
- 13A lovely and promising actress who worked her way up the ranks at MGM, Susan Peters' career was cut short by one of the worst tragedies to affect the Hollywood acting community during the 1940s. The Spokane native had her first substantial part in the MGM film "Tish" (1942) and soon became a regular player for the studio. Her most famous credit was the celebrated drama "Random Harvest" (1942), where Peters impressed greatly in a supporting capacity. With an Oscar nomination now on her résumé, she demonstrated further promise in such productions as "Song of Russia" (1944), in which she essayed the female lead role opposite Robert Taylor. In a tragic turn of events, Peters was injured in a hunting accident and suffered permanent physical damage, but within a few months, she had resumed acting via radio assignments and was determined to move forward. Her movie days were over after only one more picture, but Peters earned praise for stage performances in travelling revivals of "The Glass Menagerie" and "The Barretts of Wimpole Street," and she also headlined her own television series for a time. The strain of dealing with her injuries contributed to her premature death at age 31. Although the final years of her life were heartbreaking, Peters displayed considerable courage and the praise for her acting, both before and after the tragedy, was well-deserved.
- Birthplace: Spokane, Washington, USA
- 14Susan Powell may refer to: Susan Powell (Miss America) (born 1959), American actress, singer, and television personality Susan Powell (weather forecaster), British weather reporter for the BBC Susan Powell (cyclist) (born 1967), Australian Paralympic cyclist The disappearance of Susan Powell, a missing Utah woman Sue Powell, member of the band Dave & Sugar
- Birthplace: Elk City, Oklahoma
- 15Susan Sullivan's striking statuesque blonde beauty and sophisticated persona often finds her cast in roles that require intelligence and authority. Although born in New York City, she was raised on Long Island and became interested in acting as a youngster, appearing locally as an actress and model. At the age of 16, she was a student at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and when it came time for college, she was offered three scholarships. Sullivan chose to attend Hofstra University, bypassing offers from Carnegie-Mellon and New York University. She did apprentice work at the Cleveland Playhouse, the Hartford Stage Company and the National Repertory Theatre before making her Broadway debut alongside Dustin Hoffman in "Jimmy Shine."
- Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
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Susan Bernard
02/11/1948Susan Lynn Bernard (February 11, 1948 – June 21, 2019) was an American author, actress, model and businesswoman from Los Angeles, California. She was the daughter of photographer Bruno Bernard.- Birthplace: Los Angeles, USA, California
- 17Susan Mary Cooper (born 23 May 1935) is an English author of children's books. She is best known for The Dark Is Rising, a contemporary fantasy series set in England and Wales, which incorporates British mythology, such as the Arthurian legends, and Welsh folk heroes. For that work, in 2012 she won the lifetime Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association, recognizing her contribution to writing for teens. In the 1970s two of the five novels were named the year's best English-language book with an "authentic Welsh background" by the Welsh Books Council.
- Birthplace: Burnham, United Kingdom
- 18Susan Margaret Collins (born December 7, 1952) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator for Maine. A Republican, Collins has served in the Senate since 1997. Born in Caribou, Maine, Collins is a graduate of St. Lawrence University. Beginning her career as a staff assistant for Senator William Cohen in 1975, she later became staff director of the Oversight of Government Management Subcommittee of the Committee on Governmental Affairs (which later became the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs) in 1981. She was then appointed as the Commissioner of the Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulation by Governor John R. McKernan, Jr. in 1987. In 1992, she was appointed by President George H. W. Bush as the director of the Small Business Administration's regional office in Boston, Massachusetts. Collins became a deputy state treasurer in the office of the Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts in 1993. After moving back to Maine in 1994, Collins became the Republican nominee for Governor of Maine in the 1994 general election. Collins was the first female major-party nominee for the post, finishing third in a four-way race with 23% of the vote. After her bid for governor in 1994, Collins became the founding director of the Center for Family Business at Husson University. Collins was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1996. She was re-elected in 2002, 2008, and 2014. Collins is the chair of the Senate Special Committee on Aging and is a former chair of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. She is known for having never missed a single Senate vote since she became senator; by September 2015, her consecutive-votes streak had reached 6,000. She is the most senior Republican woman in the Senate, is dean of Maine's congressional delegation, and is the only New England Republican in the 116th Congress. Along with Lisa Murkowski from Alaska, she is frequently described as one of the most moderate Republicans in the Senate. She often positions herself as a pivotal vote, thus becoming a focal point during highly watched legislation.
- Birthplace: Caribou, Maine, USA
- 19Susan Sontag (; January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American writer, filmmaker, philosopher, teacher, and political activist. She mostly wrote essays, but also published novels; she published her first major work, the essay "Notes on 'Camp'", in 1964. Her best-known works include On Photography, Against Interpretation, Styles of Radical Will, The Way We Live Now, Illness as Metaphor, Regarding the Pain of Others, The Volcano Lover, and In America. Sontag was active in writing and speaking about, or travelling to, areas of conflict, including during the Vietnam War and the Siege of Sarajevo. She wrote extensively about photography, culture and media, AIDS and illness, human rights, and communism and leftist ideology. Although her essays and speeches sometimes drew controversy, she has been described as "one of the most influential critics of her generation."
- Birthplace: New York City, New York
- 20Susan Denise Atkins (May 7, 1948 – September 24, 2009) was an American convicted mass murderer who was a member of Charles Manson's "Family". Manson's followers committed a series of nine murders at four locations in California, over a period of five weeks in the summer of 1969. Known within the Manson family as Sadie Mae Glutz or Sexy Sadie, Atkins was convicted for her participation in eight of these killings, including the most notorious, the Tate murders in 1969. She was sentenced to death, which was subsequently commuted to life imprisonment when the California Supreme Court invalidated all death sentences issued prior to 1972. Atkins was later incarcerated until her death in 2009. At the time of her death, she was California's longest-serving female inmate.
- Birthplace: San Gabriel, California
- 21Born in Santa Monica, California, Susan Olsen became a Generation X icon before she was a teenager. Her first roles came in uncredited parts on the police drama "Ironside" (NBC, 1967-1975), and in the Elvis Presley vehicle "The Trouble With Girls" (1969). Also in 1969, she made her debut as Cindy Brady, the youngest child on the iconic sitcom "The Brady Bunch" (ABC, 1969-1974). The role lasted five years, but the part left a conflicting impression on Olsen. As a young girl, she lost relationships because friends couldn't differentiate between the 'goody-two shoes' she played. Even before the original show went off the air, there were a number of spin off projects to contend with. "The Brady Kids" (ABC, 1973-74) was an animated show that followed the fantastic adventures of the six Brady kids. "The Brady Bunch Variety Hour" (ABC, 1976-77) incorporated the cast into a live act, with songs, dancing and comedy sketches. The series "The Brady Brides" (NBC, 1981) came in 1981, following Marcia and Jan. CBS then attempted to 'rebrand' the show for the '90s with ill-fated dramedy "The Bradys" (CBS, 1990), which only aired for one month. The show featured Cindy Brady as a radio host, which Olsen became in real life a few years later. She entered the news in late 2016 after using a homophobic slur during a rant directed at a fellow talk-show host who questioned her reasons for supporting newly elected President Donald Trump, causing her to lose her radio job.
- Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, USA
- 22Stunning blonde Susan Oliver's career as a character actress on such TV shows as "Peyton Place" and "Carter's Army" was punctuated by appearances on the stage and, surprisingly, as an aviator. She began her long career appearing in prime-time television shows in 1956, working on several series until landing her one lead, as the title character in the pregnancy drama "The Green-Eyed Blonde." This didn't help get her much work, but in 1960 she did win a supporting part opposite Elizabeth Taylor in the model/call-girl classic "Butterfield 8." Working consistently on the stage, Oliver carried on with television and occasional film work--memorably as Audrey Williams in the Hank Williams biopic "Your Cheatin' Heart"--until playing the part of Ann Howard on the suburban drama "Peyton Place" in 1966; her character caused a bit of controversy when she was murdered after two seasons. Meanwhile, Oliver chased aviation records as an ace pilot and was named Pilot of the Year in 1970. That year she also played Anna Renvic in Aaron Spelling's TV movie "Carter's Army," about black World War II troops taking a bridge from the Nazis, and in 1974 she played Sugar in the May-December romance "Ginger in the Morning," with Sissy Spacek. A TV veteran by this point, Oliver worked continuously until her retirement in 1988.
- Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
- 23Susan Powter (born 22 December 1957) is an Australian-born American motivational speaker, nutritionist, personal trainer, and author, who rose to fame in the 1990s with her catchphrase "Stop the Insanity!", the centerpiece of her weight-loss infomercial. She hosted her own talk show The Susan Powter Show in the 1990s.
- Birthplace: Sydney, Australia
- 24Susan Melody George (born 26 July 1950) is an English film and television actress, film producer, and Arabian horse breeder.
- Birthplace: Surbiton
- 25This tall, very shapely blonde performer is a former Miss California and second runner-up in the 1970 Miss America Pageant. Susan Anton made a splash on TV in the late 70s, and into the 90s has remained a frequent performer on the Las Vegas stage and in legit productions as well.
- Birthplace: Oak Glen, California, USA
- 26Susan Elizabeth Rice (born November 17, 1964) is an American public official who served as the 24th U.S. National Security Advisor from 2013 to 2017. A Brookings Institution fellow, she previously served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013. She was on the staff of the National Security Council and as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during President Bill Clinton's second term. She was confirmed as Ambassador to the United Nations by the U.S. Senate by unanimous consent on January 22, 2009. Mentioned as a possible replacement for retiring U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2012, Rice withdrew from consideration following controversy related to the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, saying that if she were nominated, "the confirmation process would be lengthy, disruptive, and costly." She succeeded Tom Donilon as National Security Advisor on July 1, 2013.
- Birthplace: Washington, D.C., USA
- 27Susie Castillo (born October 27, 1979) is an American actress, TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who held the Miss USA title and competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe pageants. She pursued a career in the media, and as such, has made various television appearances and hosted shows such as MTV's Total Request Live as a VJ.
- Birthplace: Methuen, Massachusetts, USA
- 28Susan Ward (born April 15, 1976) is an American actress and model.
- Birthplace: Monroe, Louisiana, USA
- 29Susan Dey has been a regular sight on the small screen since her debut, at age 18, on "The Partridge Family." As Laurie, the pretty, sensible, eldest daughter and keyboardist of the traveling musical clan, she exuded an earnest, slightly gawky charm, even when her braces were wreaking havoc with the group's electrical equipment in a memorable episode.
- Birthplace: Pekin, Illinois, USA
- 30Susie Allanson (born March 17, 1952 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American country music actress, recording artist and writer. Susie was raised in Southern California and lived in Las Vegas for the early part of her life. Before beginning her singing career, she toured as The Maid by The Fire and Mary understudy in Jesus Christ Superstar, and appeared in the role of Maid by the Fire in the film of Jesus Christ Superstar. As a singer, she released five studio albums and charted several singles on the Billboard and Cashbox country charts, including the No. 2 hit "We Belong Together". She also had top ten chart success with a cover of Buddy Holly's "Maybe Baby" and "Words" by the Bee Gees. She has appeared on major national television talk and variety shows including Hee Haw, The Music City News Award and Nashville Alive and was nominated for New Female Vocalist of the Year by the Academy of Country Music and Cashbox Magazine. She has also had the opportunity to duet with Bill Medley and Delaney Bramlett. Her duet with Bramlett is in the Motown Hall of Fame. Her film credits include singing and contracting for major films including Godzilla, The Preacher’s Wife, The Brave Little Toaster, Steel, Casper, and A Time for Dancing. In 1988 she married music composer Steven E. Williams and over the last twenty years she has been very active in the Christian music market as Susie Allanson Williams, singing on over 20 albums for Hosanna! Integrity music and recording several songs of her own. Her contemporary Christian songs have been recorded by major Christian artists, and gained success in the Top Ten Christian charts. Susie has also written many songs as well as nearly a dozen musicals for children. She has been nominated for a Dove award twice and her musical, God of this City, is a Dove award winner. Currently she and her husband live in the Santa Clarita area of Southern California. Together they have two children, Daniel Steven Williams and Amanda (Williams) Enns.
- Birthplace: Minneapolis, USA, Minnesota
- 31Susan Downey is a successful producer who was climbing the Hollywood ladder in leaps and bounds before she met her husband, actor Robert Downey Jr. She has produced several blockbusters, including Guy Ritchie's 2009 version of "Sherlock Holmes" and the sci-fi/superhero flick "Iron Man 2." She began her film career at New Line Cinema, where she worked on the film franchise of the video-game adaptation "Mortal Kombat." She later joined famed Hollywood producer Joel Silver's Silver Pictures, overseeing the production of horror films "Thirteen Ghosts" and "Ghost Ship." In 2003, while working for Silver, she met her future husband on the set of the horror thriller "Gothika." The actor romanced the producer on set, but they kept their relationship under wraps until he proposed to her later that year. Since the couple wed, she has worked as a producer on most of his films throughout the 2000s including 2010's "Iron Man" sequel and the road comedy "Due Date."
- Birthplace: Schaumburg, Illinois, USA
- 32Susan Cummings is an actress who appeared in "The Twilight Zone," "Verboten!," and "Utah Blaine."
- Birthplace: Bavaria, Germany
- 33Best known to American audiences for her portrayal of sturdy upper crust Brits on public TV imports, Susan Hampshire was a celebrated British actress of stage, screen and TV, mostly in her native land. American audiences came to know her through such serials as "The Forsyte Saga" (PBS, 1969-70), in which she was Fleur, the stalwart member of a merchant family, "The First Churchills" (PBS, 1971), in which she was Sarah, the focused member of the Duke of Marlborough's clan, and as Becky Sharpe in the TV rendition of "Vanity Fair" (PBS, 1972). She won Emmy Awards for all three portrayals, and is also remembered as Agnes Wickfield in the "David Copperfield" adaptation shown on NBC in 1970. Additionally, Hampshire was the outspoken Glencora in "The Pallisers" (PBS, 1977), a series about a Victorian family with political leanings.
- Birthplace: London, England, UK
- 34Susan Haskell (born June 10, 1963) is a Canadian actress. She portrayed the role of Dr. Margaret "Marty" Saybrooke Thornhart on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live.
- Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
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Susan Hogan
01/01/1951Susan Hogan (born 1948) is a Canadian film, television and stage actress. - 36Susan Howard (born Jeri Lynn Mooney, January 28, 1944) is an American actress, writer, and political activist. She is perhaps best known for portraying the character Donna Culver Krebbs on the prime time serial Dallas (1979–87), and as a co-star of the series Petrocelli (1974–76). She is also a screenwriter and member of the Writers Guild of America.
- Birthplace: Texas, USA, Marshall
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Susan Ivey
10/31/1958Susan M. Cameron (born October 31, 1958) is an American businessperson who is the former chairman, president, and CEO of Reynolds American, Inc. - 38Model-cum-actress Susan Walters is best known for her portrayal of one-time model Diane Jenkins on the long-running soap opera "The Young and the Restless." Walters on-screen acting career began in soaps; her TV debut was on the Pennsylvania-set "Loving." In 1987, she earned her first recurring primetime television role in Aaron Spelling's San Francisco-set soap, "Hotel." She became a favorite of Spelling's, and the prolific producer went on to cast her in a number of his dramas, including the nurse-centric medical drama "Nightingales" and the sexually charged, courtyard complex-set soap, "Melrose Place." Walters found her niche in TV dramas and has spent much of her career working with that genre. In the 2000s, she took on recurring roles on two teen dramas: "One Tree Hill," which focuses on the lives of drama-attracting North Carolina high schoolers, and "The Vampire Diaries," which focuses on a teen girl caught in the crosshairs of a rivalry between a pair of undead brothers. In 2010, Walters returned to the soap opera world on "The Young and the Restless."
- Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- 39Susanna "Susan" Kohner (born November 11, 1936) is an American former actress who worked in film and television. She is best known for her role as Sarah Jane in Imitation of Life (1959), for which she was nominated for an Oscar and won a Golden Globe award. She played a mixed-race African-American woman who "passed" for white as a young adult.After Kohner married menswear designer and writer John Weitz in 1964, she retired from acting to devote time to her family. Her two sons, Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz, have both become film directors and producers, screenwriters, and occasional actors.
- Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
- 40This tall, light-haired Canadian actress rose to prominence portraying two seminal female figures in TV-movie biographies in the mid-1970s. Clark won an Emmy as athlete Babe Didrickson Zaharias in a "Babe" (CBS, 1975) and earned praise and an Emmy nomination as aviation pioneer "Amelia Earhart" (NBC, 1976). Since the early 80s, Clark has often worked in tandem with her husband, former football star Alex Karras. The couple formed Georgian Bay Productions and went on to star alongside child actor Emmanuel Lewis in "Webster" (ABC, 1983-87, syndicated 1987-88). Clark played a socialite/consumer advocate/psychologist who becomes the adoptive mother of a young African American.
- Birthplace: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
- 41Susan Denberg (born Dietlinde Zechner; 2 August 1944, Bad Polzin, Germany) is a German-Austrian model and actress.
- Birthplace: Klagenfurt, Austria
- 42Susan Elizabeth Strasberg (May 22, 1938 – January 21, 1999) was an American stage, film, and television actress, the daughter of the drama coach Lee Strasberg. She was nominated for a Tony Award when she was 18 years old.
- Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
- 43Susan Anspach was an American film actress who drew praise from critics for her bold performances in the acclaimed 70s films "Five Easy Pieces" (1970), "Play It Again, Sam" (1972), and "Blume in Love" (1973). Born and raised in Queens, New York, Anspach left home at the age of 15 to escape her physically abusing parents. She stayed with a family in Harlem in the ensuing years, and by the age of 18 had earned a scholarship to attend Catholic University of America. She studied music and drama at the university, and before long had fallen in love with acting. By the mid-1960s Anspach was living in New York as a struggling theater actress. Her friends and contemporaries during this period were the then-unknown New York stage actors Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight and Robert Duvall. Her first big stage acting break came in 1967 when she was cast as the lead in the original Off-Broadway version of the musical "Hair." The show was a big success and would eventually have its Broadway debut in 1968. A different actress, however, was cast as the female lead. Undeterred, by the late 60s and early 70s Anspach had begun making a name for herself as a film actress. In 1970 she appeared in Hal Ashby's "The Landlord," as well as alongside Jack Nicholson in the Oscar-nominated drama "Five Easy Pieces." Her role in the latter, as a new age pianist who makes love with Jack Nicholson's character, would go on to become Anspach's most memorable film performance. Anspach continued appearing in various well-regarded films throughout the 70s and 80s, including Woody Allen's romantic comedy "Play It Again, Sam," "Blume In Love," "Montenegro" (1981), and "Misunderstood" (1984). Her on-screen roles dwindled by the early 90s with just a few sporadic film and TV appearances in the ensuing years. Her last credited role was in the 2010 thriller "Inversion." After a noteworthy career spanning several decades and numerous memorable roles, Susan Anspach died in Los Angeles from heart failure on April 2, 2018. She was 75.
- Birthplace: Queens, New York, USA
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Susan Brown
05/06/1946Susan Brown is an English actress who has appeared in her role in "Belle" as Baroness Vernon. Brown was nominated for a Tony Award in 2018.- Birthplace: Bristol, Wiltshire, England, UK
- 45Susan Diane Wojcicki (July 5, 1968 – August 9, 2024) was an American business executive who was the chief executive officer of YouTube from 2014 to 2023. Her net worth was estimated at $765 million in 2022.[2]
- Birthplace: California
- Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, is the Chief Executive Officer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. On December 17, 2013 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced that it had selected Susan Desmond-Hellmann, M.D., M.P.H., as its next chief executive officer. Desmond-Hellmann assumed her role on May 1, 2014. She was previously UCSF chancellor, appointed by UC President Mark Yudof on May 7, 2009, and held the post from August 3, 2009 to March 2014. She became the first woman chancellor of the nearly 150-year-old university. While chancellor, Desmond-Hellmann, an oncologist and biotechnology leader, held the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Distinguished Professorship at UCSF and oversaw all aspects of the university and medical center’s strategy and operations. Before that she was president of product development at Genentech, where she was credited for her role in the development of two of the first gene-targeted therapies for cancer, Avastin and Herceptin. Desmond-Hellmann also served as a member of Genentech’s executive committee, beginning in 1996.
- Birthplace: Reno, Nevada
- 47Susan Jane "Suzie" McNeil is a Canadian pop rock singer and songwriter. After garnering attention as a contestant on Rock Star: INXS in 2005, McNeil began pursuing a musical career and released her debut album, Broken & Beautiful, on April 10, 2007. Its second single, "Believe" was re-recorded with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in support of Canada's Own the Podium campaign, and served as the official anthem of the Canadian team for the 2010 Winter Olympics. McNeil performed alongside Theory of a Deadman and Andrée Watters at the halftime show during the 96th Grey Cup. Her second studio album, Rock-n-Roller (2008), spawned the successful single "Supergirl", a cover of the Saving Jane song. In 2011, McNeil signed with Canadian label 604 Records and enjoyed mainstream success with the songs "Drama Queen" and "Merry Go Round". They preceded the release of her third studio album, Dear Love, which came out on August 7, 2012. In 2014, after a two-year hiatus from her solo career, McNeil teamed up with Elisha Hoffman, Rebecca Lynn Howard, and Marti Frederiksen to form the country rock quartet Loving Mary. They have recorded an EP released in 2015, and have reportedly written enough songs for a full-length album to follow shortly thereafter.
- Birthplace: Ontario, Canada
- 48Susie Ibarra (born Anaheim, California, November 15, 1970) is a contemporary composer and percussionist who has worked and recorded with jazz, classical, world, and indigenous musicians. She is known for her work as a performer in avant-garde, jazz, world and new music. As a composer, Ibarra incorporates diverse styles and influences of Philippine Kulintang, jazz, classical, poetry, musical theater, opera and electronic music. Ibarra remains active as a composer, performer, educator and documentary filmmaker in the U.S., Philippines and internationally. She is interested and involved in works that blend folkloric and indigenous tradition with avant-garde. In 2004, Ibarra began field recording indigenous Philippine music and co-founded in 2009, Song of the Bird King, an organization focusing on preservation of Indigenous music and ecology.
- Birthplace: Anaheim, California
- 49Susan Hawk (born August 17, 1961 in Waukesha, Wisconsin) is a reality TV personality who was a contestant on Survivor: Borneo and Survivor: All-Stars.
- Birthplace: USA, Wisconsin, Waukesha
- 50Irish stage and screen actress Susan Lynch has performed to great acclaim in Irish and English productions, including such crossover hits as "Waking Ned Devine." Born in Northern Ireland, Lynch studied drama in London at the Central School of Speech and Drama before making her way into television with an early part in the popular British crime series "Cracker." She soon found small roles in such high-profile films as John Sayles' "The Secret of Roan Inish" and the Anne Rice gothic-horror movie "Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles." Further television work led to a bigger part, in the comedic feature about a man struck dead by the shock of winning the lottery, "Waking Ned Devine." The popularity of that film boosted Lynch's career, and she soon landed the lead in "Nora," the tale of a hotel maid who embarks on a complicated relationship with renowned Irish author James Joyce, played by Ewan McGregor. Amidst her ongoing stage work, Lynch continued to work frequently in film and television, delivering critically acclaimed performances for the Irish dramatic series "Any Time Now," and a gritty feature about urban life in Scotland, "16 Years of Alcohol." Americans have seen her in smaller parts, such as a lady-in-waiting in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" and an unfortunate prostitute who crosses paths with Jack the Ripper in "From Hell."
- Birthplace: Corrinshego, Newry, Northern Ireland, UK
- 51Susan P. Stroman (born October 17, 1954) is an American theatre director, choreographer, film director and performer. She is a five-time Tony Award winner, four for Best Choreography and one as Best Director of a Musical for The Producers. In 2005, she directed the film version of The Producers.
- Birthplace: Wilmington, Delaware, USA
- 52Susan Tyrrell (born Susan Jillian Creamer; March 18, 1945 – June 16, 2012) was an American character actress. Tyrrell's career began in theater in New York City in the 1960s in Broadway and off Broadway productions. Her first film was Shoot Out (1971). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Oma in John Huston's Fat City (1972). In 1978, Tyrrell received the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Andy Warhol's Bad (1977). Her New York Times obituary described her as "a whiskey-voiced character actress (with) talent for playing the downtrodden, outré, and grotesque".
- Birthplace: USA, California, San Francisco
- 53Susan French Moultrie (January 23, 1912 – April 6, 2003) was an American stage, television, and film actress.
- Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
- 54Susan Bottomly (born 1950), also known as International Velvet, is a former American model and actress. She is known for her appearances in several of Andy Warhol's underground films.
- Birthplace: Boston, USA, Massachusetts
- 55A decade after 12 year-old Susan Egan played a ballet dancing Russian doll in "Six Weeks," she was cast by Tommy Tune in his touring interpretation of "Bye Bye Birdie." Quitting UCLA, she moved to New York and, in 1994, landed the role of Belle in the original stage production of "Beauty and the Beast" and has continued to voice the role for numerous Disney Princess products. Since becoming Broadway's longest-running Sally Bowles in "Cabaret," she has also been acclaimed for headlining "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" and "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and has become a popular concert and cabaret star. In comparison, Egan's work on screen has been more low key. Disney cast her as Meg in "Hercules" and she has since supplied the singing voice of Angel in "Lady and the Tramp 2: Scamp's Adventure" and played Gina and Lin in the redubbing of the Hayao Miyazaki animes "Porco Rosso" and "Spirited Away." She has also voiced video games and made guest appearances on numerous TV shows, while also taking the recurring role of Mary in the sitcom "Nikki." In the late-90s, she had supports in little-seen comedies like "Man of the Century" and "Lucid Days in Hell" and had her scenes cut from "Galaxy Quest." Yet Sean S. Cunningham gave her the lead in the reality TV horror "XCU: Extreme Close Up," which she followed with the romance "Falling. In Love." Subsequently, she has appeared in such comedies as "Death and Texas," "13 Going On 30" and "Meet Market."
- Birthplace: Seal Beach, California, USA
- 56Susan Griffin (born January 26, 1943) is a radical feminist philosopher, essayist and playwright particularly known for her innovative, hybrid-form ecofeminist works.
- Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
- 57Susan Molinari (born March 27, 1958) is an American politician, journalist, and lobbyist from New York. She was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Staten Island for three terms. She was vice president for public policy at Google until November 2, 2018.
- Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
- 58Susan Raye (born October 8, 1944, Eugene, Oregon) is an American country music singer. She enjoyed great popularity during the early and mid-1970s, and chalked up seven top-10 and 19 top-40 country hits, most notably the song "L.A. International Airport", an international crossover pop hit in 1971. Raye was a protegee of country music singer Buck Owens. Owens and Raye recorded a number of hit albums and singles together, and were one of the most successful country duet acts of the era, in addition to their solo careers.
- Birthplace: Eugene, Oregon, USA
- 59Susan Tedeschi (; born November 9, 1970) is an American singer and guitarist. A multiple Grammy Award nominee, she is a member of the Tedeschi Trucks Band, a conglomeration of her band, her husband Derek Trucks's the Derek Trucks Band, and other musicians. Tedeschi served as a judge for the 7th annual Independent Music Awards.
- Birthplace: Boston, USA, Massachusetts
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Susie Amy
04/17/1981Susie Amy (born 17 April 1981) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Chardonnay Lane-Pascoe in the ITV series Footballers' Wives. Amy has also appeared in films Modigliani, La Femme Musketeer, House of 9 and Hollyoaks.- Birthplace: England, London
- 61Susie Bright is an actress and writer who appeared in "The Celluloid Closet," "Six Feet Under," and "Bound."
- Birthplace: USA, Virginia
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Susie Coelho
12/07/1953Susie Coelho is an actor.- Birthplace: Sussex, England, UK
- 63Susan Essman (born May 31, 1955) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, writer and television producer, best known for her role as Susie Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Bobbi Wexler on Broad City, and the voice of Mittens in Bolt.
- Birthplace: New York City, USA, New York
- 64Susan Janet Ballion, known professionally as Siouxsie Sioux (born May 27, 1957), is an English singer, songwriter, musician and producer. She is best known as the lead singer of the alternative rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees (1976–1996) and the drums-and-voice duo the Creatures (1981–2005). Siouxsie and the Banshees released 11 studio albums and had several UK Top 20 singles including "Hong Kong Garden", "Happy House", "Peek-a-Boo", plus a US Billboard Top 25 hit "Kiss Them for Me". With the Creatures, Siouxsie recorded four studio albums and the hit single "Right Now". She has also sung with artists such as Morrissey and John Cale. After disbanding the Creatures in the mid-2000s, she has continued as a solo artist, using the name Siouxsie, and released Mantaray in 2007.
- Birthplace: England, London
