Susan Cummings
Susan Cummings (* 10. July 1930 in Bavaria , Germany as Susanne Gerda panel ; † 3. December 2016 in Sun Lakes , Arizona ) was an American actress .
Life
Cummings began her career as a dancer in the United States in 1945. She has appeared on various stages in New York City , including on Broadway under the stage name Suzanne Ta Fel . She made her feature film debut in 1946 in the short film Merrily We Sing . It was not until several years later that she received other film roles, including a small supporting role in the six Academy Award-winning musical An American in Paris alongside Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron . From the mid-1950s she also received television roles, at the same time her film career picked up speed. She played a major supporting role in Roger Corman's film debut Four Women in the Swamp alongside Beverly Garland and Mike Connors and had the leading female role in the western Alarm in Fort Bowie alongside Chuck Connors . She had another leading role in Verboten! by Samuel Fuller alongside James Best .
She gained a certain prominence among the American television audience through the western series Union Pacific . There she played the saloon operator Georgia , whose golden nugget is in a railroad car and thus follows the workers of the track work of the Union Pacific Railroad . The series with Jeff Morrow and Judson Pratt in other leading roles was canceled after the end of the first season with 38 episodes.
Cummings married actor Keith Larsen in 1953 . After the divorce, she married a second time in 1962 and retired into private life with her husband. After the death of her second husband, she married a third time in 1976.
Filmography (selection)
Movie
- 1951: An American in Paris (An American in Paris)
- 1956: Four Women in the Swamp (Swamp Women)
- 1957: Alert at Fort Bowie (Tomahawk Trail)
- 1958: Men Who Die in Boots (Man from God's Country)
- 1959: Prohibited!
watch TV
- 1957: Perry Mason
- 1957: The Frank Sinatra Show
- 1958: Bat Masterson
- 1958-1959: Union Pacific
- 1960: Smoking Colts (Gunsmoke)
- 1960: The Untouchables
- 1961: At the foot of the Blue Mountains (Laramie)
- 1962: Twilight Zone
Web links
- Susan Cummings in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Susan Cummings in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Susan Cummings in the All Movie Guide (English)
- Tabular curriculum vitae (English)
- Susan Cummings in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cummings, Susan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blackboard, Susanne Gerda (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bavaria , Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd December 2016 |
| Place of death | Sun Lakes , Arizona |