Susan Cummings (actress)
| Susan Cummings | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
Susanne Gerda Tafel July 10, 1930 Bavaria, Germany |
| Died |
December 3, 2016 (age 86) Chandler, Arizona, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse(s) |
Robert E. Strasser (1976–2016) Charles T. Pawley (1962-1975; his death) Keith Larsen (1953-1960; divorced) |
Susan Cummings (born Susanne Gerda Tafel; July 10, 1930 – December 3, 2016[1]) was a German-American actress of the 1950s and 1960s who appeared in several television shows and films. From 1958-59, she portrayed Georgia, proprietress of the Golden Nugget Saloon, in the syndicated Western television series Union Pacific.
She made two guest appearances on Perry Mason — one as Lois Fenton in the title role in the 1957 episode, "The Case of the Fan Dancer's Horse", and as Margaret Swain in the 1959 episode, "The Case of the Lame Canary". She appeared as Patty in the iconic 1962 episode of The Twilight Zone, "To Serve Man", in which she deciphers an alien manifesto called To Serve Man and yells "It's a cookbook!" in a vain attempt to save the lead character.[2]
Filmography
Television
- Bat Masterson (3 episodes; "Dynamite Blows Two Ways","Last Stop to Austin" & "Death and Taxes")
- McHale's Navy - The Big Impersonation (1964)
- The Twilight Zone (episode: "To Serve Man", 1962)
- Cheyenne (episode: "Winchester Quarantine", 1961)
- Riverboat (season 2, episode 1: "End of a Dream", 1961)
- Laramie (TV series) (season 2, episode 22: "Rimrock", 1961)
- Peter Gunn (season 3, episode 9: "The Long Green Kill"; 1960)
- Gunsmoke (episode: "The Peace Officer"; 1960)
- The Untouchables (episode: "Little Egypt"; 1960)
- Perry Mason (2 episodes: "The Case of the Fan Dancer's Horse", 1957; "The Case of the Lame Canary", 1959)
- Man with a Camera (TV series) (episode: "The Positive Negative", 1959)
- Science Fiction Theater (TV series) (2 episodes: "The Man Who Didn't Know, 1956; "Survival in Box Canyon", 1956)
Films
- Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American (2003)
- A Time For Love (1974)
- The Street Is My Beat (1966)
- Verboten! (1959)
- Man from God's Country (1958)
- Utah Blaine (1957)
- Tomahawk Trail (1957)
- Secret of Treasure Mountain (1956)
- Swamp Women (1955)
- An American in Paris (film) (1951)
- Merrily We Sing (1946)
References
- ↑ Reference Boot Hill RIP (July 2017)
- ↑ Todd Van Der Werff (May 11, 2013). "The Twilight Zone: “The Last Rites Of Jeff Myrtlebank”/“To Serve Man”". Avclub.com. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
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