Susan oliver photos and biography

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Ethel Barrymore Theatre: 3 Jan Jan 12 performances. DuPont" , Stefan Schnabel as "Gen. Howe" , Elliot Sullivan as "Sgt. Behrman , Elmer Rice , Robert E. Sherwood , Sidney Howard. Did you know Edit. Trivia Attempted to become the first woman to fly a single-engine plane solo from New York to Moscow, but was deterred in Denmark when the Soviet government denied her permission to enter their air space.

Kildare and The Fugitive Filmwise, she found a few lead and support roles in the Elizabeth Taylor -starred BUtterfield 8 ; as a psychiatric nurse in the all-star hospital melodrama The Caretakers ; in the tailored-for-the-teens romp, Looking for Love , as a friend to Connie Francis ; and in the hilarious Jerry Lewis slapstick vehicle The Disorderly Orderly , in which she added rather heavy drama as a depressed hospital patient.

During this time, her most challenging role was as the ambitious wife of doomed country music legend Hank Williams George Hamilton , in offbeat casting in Your Cheatin' Heart Classic television showcases includes the episode, People Are Alike All Over , in which she plays the beautiful martian Teenya, who encounters astronaut Roddy McDowall , and the unsold pilot episode The Cage , as Vina, the sole survivor of a crashed spaceship who charms Captain Christopher Pike Jeffrey Hunter , the captain subsequently replaced by William Shatner as Captain James T.

Kirk, when the show became a series. Footage from that pilot was later incorporated into the two-part episode "The Menagerie". In , Susan made bittersweet news, when her regular role as Ann Howard in the prime-time soap opera Peyton Place , was pushed off a cliff to her death. Written out after only five months of a year-long planned role, audiences as well as Susan were saddened by the loss of a character they had grown to care about.

Subsequently, Susan starred in her own pilot for a new series, "Apartment in Rome", but that didn't sell. Unfortunately, Susan's late s work in a variety of film genres and opposite a number of formidable leading men were ultimately too few and did not help to advance her career. Jacques and The Monitors with Guy Stockwell. The s also hardly fared better with standard roles in Ginger in the Morning donning a black wig , the Spanish-made drama Nido de viudas , and Hardly Working , in which she reunited with Jerry Lewis in what was supposed to be his comeback attempt.

That film was ultimately shelved, before earning scant release a couple of years later. Susan appeared as a regular for one season on Days of Our Lives and received a "Supporting Actress" Emmy nomination for the made-for-TV movie Amelia Earhart , playing aviatrix Neta "Snookie" Snook, friend and mentor to the title character, played by Emmy-nominated Susan Clark.

The role of "Snookie" was tailor-made for Susan, who, by this time, had merited attention as a licensed commercial pilot. Susan's passion for flying had been compromised a decade earlier after a dramatic commercial plane scare. The near-death experience kept the actress on solid ground for well over a year, before she managed to overcome her paralyzing fear.

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Susan oliver photos and biography

Susan Oliver. Oliver in May 10, aged 58 Woodland Hills, California , U. Goodyear Playhouse. Studio One. The Green-Eyed Blonde. The Kaiser Aluminum Hour. The United States Steel Hour. Matinee Theater. Kraft Television Theatre. The David Niven Show. Armstrong Circle Theatre. The Millionaire. The Gene Krupa Story. Wanted Dead or Alive.

The Untouchables. The Twilight Zone. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre. The Barbara Stanwyck Show. The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. The Fugitive. Looking For Love. Your Cheatin' Heart. The Disorderly Orderly. Take a look at these gorgeous photos to see the beauty of young Susan Oliver in the s and s. Email This BlogThis!

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