Susan Oliver
Susan Oliver (born February 13, 1932 in New York City as Charlotte Gercke , † May 10, 1990 in Woodland Hills , California ) was an American film actress and director and pilot .
Life
Oliver was born as the daughter of the astrologer Ruth Hale Oliver, known in Hollywood, and the newspaper seller George Gercke.
She made her film debut in 1956 in an episode of the television series Studio One . Further offers followed. She was the first female guest actress in the science fiction series Raumschiff Enterprise . In the pilot film The Cage , which was only broadcast later , she was not supposed to turn the head of Captain Kirk with her charm, but of his predecessor Captain Christopher Pike ( Jeffrey Hunter ), which she failed.
She survived a plane crash of her own Piper Comanche in 1966. As a pilot, she won the Powder Puff Derby in 1970. She was to become the first woman to fly from New York to Moscow in a one-person airplane . But the trip ended via Denmark after the Soviet authorities had banned the overflight over the USSR . Oliver published her experiences as a pilot in her memoir Odyssey .
Susan Oliver died of lung cancer at the age of 58 .
Filmography (selection)
TV Shows
- 1960: The Twilight Zone (an episode)
- 1957–1963: Wagon Train (four episodes)
- 1961–1963: Tonight, Dick Powell! ( The Dick Powell Show , three episodes)
- 1960: Bonanza (Season 1, Episode 17, The Outcasts of Virginia City)
- 1960: The Barbara Stanwyck Show (an episode)
- 1961: Chicago 1930 ( The Untouchables , an episode)
- 1963: On the run ( The Fugitive , episodes 1x04–1x05)
- 1964: The Andy Griffith Show (an episode)
- 1965: Ben Casey (an episode)
- 1965–1970: The People at Shiloh Ranch ( The Virginian , four episodes)
- 1966: The Cage (pilot - Starship Enterprise )
- 1966: The Man Without a Name (Rope's End, TV series)
- 1967–1968: Invasion of Vega ( The Invaders , two episodes)
- 1971: Alias Smith and Jones ( aka Smith and Jones , an episode)
- 1972: Smoking Colts ( Gunsmoke , an episode)
- 1977: The Streets of San Francisco ( The Streets of San Francisco , a series)
- 1985: Magnum (Magnum, pi, one episode)
- 1985: Murder is her hobby ( Murder, She Wrote , two episodes)
- 1987: Simon & Simon (one episode)
- 1966: Peyton Place (48 episodes)
Feature films
- 1957: The Green-Eyed Blonde
- 1960: Butterfield 8 telephone (Butterfield 8)
- 1959: Jazz ecstasy
- 1963: Women Who Are Not Allowed to Love (The Caretakers)
- 1964: The Disorderly Orderly (The Disorderly Orderly)
- 1964: Looking for Love
- 1964: Your Cheatin 'Heart
- 1965: ... And Slammed Him Down (Guns of Diablo)
- 1967: The Love-Ins
- 1968: His name was Gannon (A Man Called Gannon)
- 1969: Change of Mind
- 1969: The Monitors
- 1970: Heroes Are Not Born (Carter's Army)
- 1970: Company of Killers
- 1970: Death in Space
- 1971: Do You Take This Stranger?
- 1974: The Morning When Ginger Came (Ginger in the Morning)
- 1976: Amelia Earhart
- 1980: Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
- 1980: Everything by hand (Hardly Working)
- 1982: Tomorrow's Child
- 1985: International Airport
As a director
- 1982: M * A * S * H
- 1983: Trapper John, MD
Awards
For her final Broadway role in Patate , Susan Oliver won the Theater World Award in 1959 . In 1977 she was nominated for an Emmy for her portrayal of Neta Snook in the film adaptation of the Life of Amelia Earhart .
Web links
- Susan Oliver at theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Susan Oliver at the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Susan Oliver in the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Susan Oliver at filmreference.com (English)
- Susan Oliver in the German dubbing file
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oliver, Susan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gercke, Charlotte (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film actress, director and pilot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 1990 |
| Place of death | Woodland Hills , California , United States |