Actor
Susan Peters
July 3, 1921 · Spokane, Washington, USA
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).
Often works with
Lucia Carroll
4 titles together
The Strawberry Blonde, Money and the Woman, Here Comes Happiness
Henry O'Neill
3 titles together
Santa Fe Trail, Keep Your Powder Dry, Money and the Woman
Eddie Acuff
3 titles together
Money and the Woman, Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant, Here Comes Happiness
Philip Dorn
2 titles together
Random Harvest, Twenty Years After
Reginald Owen
2 titles together
Random Harvest, Assignment in Brittany
Una O'Connor
2 titles together
Random Harvest, The Strawberry Blonde
Full filmography · 22
The Sign of the Ram
as Leah St. Aubyn
1948
Keep Your Powder Dry
as Ann Darrison
1945
Song of Russia
as Nadya Stepanova
1944
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1944
Young Ideas
as Susan Evans
1943
Assignment in Brittany
as Anne Pinot
1943
Random Harvest
as Kitty
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Andy Hardy's Double Life
as Sue
1942
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant
as Mrs. Howard Allwinn Young
1942
Tish
as Cora Edwards Bowser
1942
The Big Shot
as Ruth Carter
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Three Sons o' Guns
as Mary Tyler
1941