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STRASBERG Susan

Susan Elizabeth

Date of birth : May 22, 1938, New York City.

Date of death : January 21, 1999, New York City.

 

Daughter of Paula and Lee Strasberg, sister of John.

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Profession actress and drama teacher.

 

Story

She was aged 17 when Marilyn became a regular of the family.
 

Actress, she was a success very early, starting in "Picnic" (1955) (,,

) and had many praises for her early stages in Broadway, where she played Anne Frank, in "The Diary of Anne Frank" (1955).

Marilyn attended the premiere which took place at the Cort Theater in New York, on October 5, 1955 

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At the Actors Studio, with Marilyn -

 

December 12, 1955, she attended the premiere of "The Rose Tattoo" ,

 

February 6, 1956, with Laurence Olivier and Marilyn, after a representation of "The Diary of Anne Frank" 

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May 22, 1956, Marilyn attended Susan's birthday ,

December 18, 1956, she attended the premiere of "Baby Doll" at the Waldorf-Astoria ,

She wrote that Marilyn had become like a sister for her, another child of the Strasberg family.

As to testify about both their intimacy and her generosity, Marilyn offered her an original drawing of Chagall for one of her birthday.

Like her father and brother, she was drama teacher. She received a British Academy Award for "Picnic" in 1957, and worked a lot for cinema and television. She also appeared in many documentaries about Marilyn.

 
In 1958, she attended the production of "Some Like it Hot"  

 

In 1960, she attended the production of "The Misfits"

 

March 13, 1961, she attended the party given to the benefit of the at the Roseland Dance City, New

York 

In 1963, with her parents and Richard Burton 

 

1963, "The Lady of the Camellias" at the Winter Garden Theatre

With Ralph Roberts 

She married actor Christopher Jones () on September 25, 1965 in Nevada 

(). 

They had a daughter, Jennifer Robin Jones Strasberg (March 14, 1966) (). 

They divorced in March 1968.

Bibliography

"Bittersweet", Susan Strasberg, New York, G.P.Putnam,1980.

"Marilyn and Me", Susan Strasberg, New York, Warner Books, 1992.

"Marilyn et moi", Susan Strasberg, Editions J’ai Lu.

 

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