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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.

Susan Peters

Susan Peters Biography / Wiki

NameSusan Peters
Also KnowSuzanne Carnahan
GenderFemale
Known ForActing
Place of BirthSpokane, Washington, USA
Date of Birth1921-07-03
Age(as in 2022)31
Deathday1952-10-23

Susan Peters Acting Movies

Movie NameCharacterRelease DateOverview
The Sign of the RamLeah St. Aubyn1948-03-03A wheelchair-bound woman manipulates her family to a point where they suspect she may be unhinged….
Young IdeasSusan Evans1943-08-02A widow’s grown children try to break up her romance with a college professor….
Song of RussiaNadya Stepanova1944-02-10American conductor John Meredith and his manager, Hank Higgins, go to Russia shortly before the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Meredith falls in l…
Assignment in BrittanyAnne Pinot1943-03-11A French Resistance fighter discovers he’s a dead ringer for a Nazi official….
Dr. Gillespie’s New AssistantMrs. Howard Allwinn Young1942-11-01The doctor (Lionel Barrymore) has a Kansan (Van Johnson), an Australian and an Asian from Brooklyn to choose from….
Keep Your Powder DryAnn Darrison1945-04-01A debutante (Lana Turner), a serviceman’s bride (Susan Peters) and a girl (Laraine Day) from a military family join the Women’s Army Corps….
Scattergood Pulls the StringsRuth Savage1941-05-23Small-town store owner Scattergood Baines helps a runaway boy find his father, who has escaped after being unjustly imprisoned, and a young chemist wh…
Random HarvestKitty1942-12-17An amnesiac World War I vet falls in love with a music hall star, only to suffer an accident which restores his original memories but erases his post-…
The Big ShotRuth Carter1942-06-13Duke Berne, former big shot but now a three-time loser, fears returning to crime because a fourth conviction will mean a life sentence. Finally, haunt…
TishCora Edwards Bowser1942-09-17In this comedy, the town gossip fills her time running the lives of others. Naturally, she is also a matchmaker….
Personalities(uncredited)1942-01-01In this “Romance of Celluloid”, MGM showcases performers whose careers are just starting. Excerpts from their recently released films are included. Th…
Three Sons o’ GunsMary Tyler1941-08-02Three reckless brothers dodge the draft then sign up and become men….
Young America FliesOne of Jack’s Girlfriends1940-07-13World War II propaganda film from Warner Brothers….
Always a BrideGirl1940-11-02A 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….
Andy Hardy’s Double LifeSue1942-12-01Andy 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 $20…
The Strawberry BlondeGirl (uncredited)1941-02-21Biff Grimes is desperately in love with Virginia, but his best friend Hugo marries her and manipulates Biff into becoming involved in his somewhat nef…
Here Comes HappinessMiss Brown (uncredited)1941-03-14Jessica 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 b…
Santa Fe TrailCharlotte1940-12-20As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assign…
Susan and GodParty Guest (uncredited)1940-06-07A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group….
Money and the WomanDepositor (uncredited)1940-08-17An embezzler’s wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him….
Twenty Years After1944-01-01This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases….

Credit: TMDB

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