Susan Peters

Susan Peters (July 3, 1921 - October 23, 1952) was an American film actress.

Born Suzanne Carnahan in Spokane, Washington, Peters began working for MGM Studios after completing high school. Her first job was to read with potential actors in their screen tests. Before long she had impressed studio executives with her own talent, and they began casting her in films.

For the first two years she used her given name and played small, often uncredited parts in films such as Meet John Doe (1941), before adopting her stage name. Her first substantial role, in Random Harvest (1942), earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. MGM began to groom her for starring roles, casting her in several lesser productions that allowed her to learn her craft. A starring role in Song of Russia (1943) earned her critical acclaim but the film was not a commercial success.

Married to the actor Richard Quine, she was with him on a hunting vacation in early 1945, when a rifle accidentally discharged, causing a bullet to be lodged in her spine. The accident left her permanently paralysed from the waist down and confined to a wheel chair, however she attempted to continue her acting career. An unsympathetic role in The Sign of the Ram (1948) failed to win an audience, and a starring role as a detective in the television series Miss Susan (1951) was also unsuccessful. She toured in stage productions of The Glass Menagerie and The Barretts of Wimpole Street, and her performances were highly regarded, but her disability made her a difficult actress to cast. Her career began to falter, and as her marriage ended, Peters began to suffer from depression. Her health continued to deteriorate until her death, in Visalia, California, from kidney disease and pneumonia, complicated by anorexia nervosa.

Susan Peters has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to Motion Pictures, at 1601 Vine St.


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Susan Peters has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to Motion Pictures, at 1601 Vine St. She has received multiple honors, among them, the Puerto Rican Culture Institute (ICP), dedicated their 1997 film festival to her, honoring her 40 years as an actress. Her health continued to deteriorate until her death, in Visalia, California, from kidney disease and pneumonia, complicated by anorexia nervosa. But she also made two more movies: 1993's Shortcut to Paradise, and 1994's Linda Sara, alongside Chayanne. Her career began to falter, and as her marriage ended, Peters began to suffer from depression. During the 1990s, she dedicated much of her career to acting in various critically acclaimed theater plays. She toured in stage productions of The Glass Menagerie and The Barretts of Wimpole Street, and her performances were highly regarded, but her disability made her a difficult actress to cast. In 1989, she acted alongside Tommy Muniz in Jacobo Morales' Lo que le Paso a Santiago, which was nominated for an Oscar as best foreign film..

An unsympathetic role in The Sign of the Ram (1948) failed to win an audience, and a starring role as a detective in the television series Miss Susan (1951) was also unsuccessful. As the 1980s went along, Rosaly began to retire from acting in soap operas and became a television interviewer and show host, back at her original channel of Telemundo Puerto Rico, then known only as Telemundo Canal 2. The accident left her permanently paralysed from the waist down and confined to a wheel chair, however she attempted to continue her acting career. By 1980, rumors of a romance with world boxing champion Wilfredo Gomez ran across Puerto Rico. Married to the actor Richard Quine, she was with him on a hunting vacation in early 1945, when a rifle accidentally discharged, causing a bullet to be lodged in her spine. There, she participated in three other soap operas. A starring role in Song of Russia (1943) earned her critical acclaim but the film was not a commercial success. Rosaly would soon move from Telemundo Puerto Rico to WAPA-TV.

MGM began to groom her for starring roles, casting her in several lesser productions that allowed her to learn her craft. She also attained considerable fame in Spain. Later, she would sign with CBS International and record two more albums for them. Her first substantial role, in Random Harvest (1942), earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. She signed with Velvet Records soon after, and began touring all over Latin America, to promote her two albums under that label. For the first two years she used her given name and played small, often uncredited parts in films such as Meet John Doe (1941), before adopting her stage name. However, the one she is remembered most for, and the one that helped her internationalize as a singer and actress was 1978's Cristina Bazan, alongside José Luis Rodríguez and Adamari Lopez among others. Before long she had impressed studio executives with her own talent, and they began casting her in films. Rosaly made a number of soap operas in the 1970s.

Her first job was to read with potential actors in their screen tests. Her daughter, Alfonsina Molinary, went on to become a famous actress herself in 1989; when she was the star of television comedy Maripili, a show that resembled Clarissa Explains it All in format, and a famous opera singer in Philadelphia. Born Suzanne Carnahan in Spokane, Washington, Peters began working for MGM Studios after completing high school. Soon she married Jose Gilberto Molinary, with whom she had 2 sons and a daughter. Susan Peters (July 3, 1921 - October 23, 1952) was an American film actress. In this soap opera, she played a mute girl. Rosaly went to college and then participated in the Telenovela named El Retrato de Angela (Angelas Photo).

Then, she participated in such plays as My Fair Lady and The Sound of Music, the latter of which allowed her to share the stage with another Puerto Rican acting legend, Camille Carrion (who is the sister of Richard Carrion). Rosaly began to take singing class when she became a young teenager. That same year, she debuted on television, with channel 2's production of Los Amigos de Pinocho (Pinocho's Friends). In 1957, she made her acting debut at Teatro Tapia, in a play named Mientras los Ninos Juegan (While the Children Play).

Negro, and dancing class with Beatriz Trujillo. At the age of eight, she began to take acting class with Luis A. She was born in the San Juan area known as Santurce, which was also the birthplace to such other famous Puerto Rican entertainers as Andy Montañez and Cano Estremera. Johanna Rosaly (born January 13, 1948) is a Puerto Rican actress and singer.