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Susan Peters

1921 - 1952

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Susan Peters (born Suzanne Carnahan; July 3, 1921 – October 23, 1952) was an American actress who appeared in more than twenty films over the course of her decade-long career. Though she began her career in uncredited and ingénue roles, she would establish herself as a serious dramatic actress in the mid-1940s. Born in Spokane, Washington, Peters was raised by her widowed mother in Portland, Oregon, and, later, Los Angeles. Upon graduating from Hollywood High School, she studied acting with Austrian theater director Max Reinhardt, and signed a contract with Warner Bros. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2024). Susan Peters is the 6,346th most popular actor (down from 5,773rd in 2024), the 9,842nd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,437th in 2019) and the 2,927th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Susan Peters ranks 6,346 out of 13,578. Before her are Park Eun-bin, Tony Leblanc, Inés Sastre, Mara Corday, Barret Oliver, and Karen Fukuhara. After her are Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, Danica McKellar, Barbara Kent, Alla Tarasova, Dorian Harewood, and Jessica Jung.

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Among people born in 1921, Susan Peters ranks 402. Before her are John Russell, Herb Ellis, Róbert Antal, Prvoslav Mihajlović, Verghese Kurien, and Geoffrey Crossley. After her are Usmar Ismail, Big Walter Horton, Jacques Friedel, Bill Bright, Mohammad Mohammadullah, and Kurt Marti. Among people deceased in 1952, Susan Peters ranks 169. Before her are Frederic G. Kenyon, Miina Sillanpää, George Cornet, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Helge Liljebjörn, and Enrique Jardiel Poncela. After her are Norman Taber, August Alle, Gertrude Lawrence, Ted Morgan, Mary Engle Pennington, and Willie Brown.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Susan Peters ranks 9,844 out of 20,380. Before her are Mara Corday (1930), Barret Oliver (1973), Mark Henry (1971), Richard Taruskin (1945), Karen Fukuhara (1992), and Erna Schneider Hoover (1926). After her are Steve Seymour (1920), Danica McKellar (1975), Riley Reid (1991), Thomas F. Bayard (1828), Dorian Harewood (1950), and Paul Bostaph (1964).

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Among actors born in United States, Susan Peters ranks 2,928. Before her are Wallace Langham (1965), Mary Boland (1882), Edward Van Sloan (1882), Mara Corday (1930), Barret Oliver (1973), and Karen Fukuhara (1992). After her are Danica McKellar (1975), Dorian Harewood (1950), Jessica Jung (1989), Jane Krakowski (1968), Michael Beach (1963), and Helen Ferguson (1901).

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