Susan Peters

Susan Peters

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.

  • Title: Susan Peters
  • Popularity: 1.599
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1921-07-03
  • Place of Birth: Spokane, Washington, USA
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  • Also Known As: Suzanne Carnahan
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Susan Peters Movies

  • 1942
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    Random Harvest

    Random Harvest

    7.3 1942 HD

    Wandered away from his asylum, an amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star but his amnesia makes it difficult to last.

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  • 1942
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    The Big Shot

    The Big Shot

    6.3 1942 HD

    Duke Berne, former big shot but now a three-time loser, fears returning to crime because a fourth conviction will mean a life sentence. Finally,...

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  • 1948
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    The Sign of the Ram

    The Sign of the Ram

    5.85 1948 HD

    A wheelchair-bound woman manipulates her family to a point where they suspect she may be unhinged.

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    Song of Russia

    Song of Russia

    8 1944 HD

    American conductor John Meredith and his manager, Hank Higgins, go to Russia shortly before the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Meredith falls in...

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    Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

    Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

    5.3 1942 HD

    The doctor (Lionel Barrymore) has a Kansan (Van Johnson), an Australian and an Asian from Brooklyn to choose from.

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    Young Ideas

    Young Ideas

    4.6 1943 HD

    A widow's grown children try to break up her romance with a college professor.

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  • 1945
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    Keep Your Powder Dry

    Keep Your Powder Dry

    5.9 1945 HD

    A debutante, a serviceman's bride and a girl from a military family join the Women's Army Corps.

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    Assignment in Brittany

    Assignment in Brittany

    6.6 1943 HD

    A French Resistance fighter discovers he's a dead ringer for a Nazi official.

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    Tish

    Tish

    5.7 1942 HD

    In this comedy, the town gossip fills her time running the lives of others. Naturally, she is also a matchmaker.

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  • 1940
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    Susan and God

    Susan and God

    6.5 1940 HD

    A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.

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    Three Sons o' Guns

    Three Sons o' Guns

    5 1941 HD

    Three reckless brothers dodge the draft then sign up and become men.

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    Santa Fe Trail

    Santa Fe Trail

    5.6 1940 HD

    As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are...

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  • 1944
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    Twenty Years After

    Twenty Years After

    6 1944 HD

    This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.

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    Always a Bride

    Always a Bride

    4.5 1940 HD

    A young man wants to marry his sweetheart, but her parents will agree to their wedding only on one condition: he must run for mayor--and win. Comedy.

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    Young America Flies

    Young America Flies

    1 1940 HD

    World War II propaganda film from Warner Brothers.

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    Here Comes Happiness

    Here Comes Happiness

    5 1941 HD

    Jessica leaves her upper class home to assume an anonymous working class identity. She meets a blue collar guy, Chet and falls in love with the poor...

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    Scattergood Pulls the Strings

    Scattergood Pulls the Strings

    1 1941 HD

    Small-town store owner Scattergood Baines helps a runaway boy find his father, who has escaped after being unjustly imprisoned, and a young chemist...

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  • 1942
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    Andy Hardy's Double Life

    Andy Hardy's Double Life

    4.6 1942 HD

    Andy is about to head off to college but he's got a few things to take care of before leaving. For starters, he must try and sell his junk car for...

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  • 1940
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    Money and the Woman

    Money and the Woman

    4.3 1940 HD

    An embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him.

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    Personalities

    Personalities

    1 1942 HD

    In this "Romance of Celluloid", MGM showcases performers whose careers are just starting. Excerpts from their recently released films are included....

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    The Huntress

    The Huntress

    5.2 2000 HD

    The Huntress is an American TV series that appeared on the USA Network over subsequent summers of the 2000 and 2001 television seasons. It was...

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  • 1951
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    Miss Susan

    Miss Susan

    5 1951 HD

    Miss Susan is a daytime drama which aired on NBC from March 12 to December 28, 1951. The show, originating from Philadelphia and later retitled...

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