Famous People with Name Susan

Susan Eloise Hinton            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Susan Eloise Hinton: is an American author of novels for young adults and is most famous for her young adult novel The Outsiders.

Susan Kohner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Susan Kohner: an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning American actress. She is the daughter of Mexican actress Lupita Tovar and Jewish film producer Paul Kohner who was born in Czechoslovakia.Most of Kohner's film roles came during the late 1950s and early 1960s, including co-starring with Sal Mineo in The Gene Krupa Story (1959) and with Montgomery Clift in Freud (1962).She is most notable for portraying Sarah Jane, the light-skinned African American teenage daughter who passes for white in the 1959 color remake of Imitation of Life. According to the character, Ms. Annie Johnson (when Ms. Johnson first meets the Lora Meredith character), Sarah Jane's father was not white but a light-skinned black man. The role garnered her a nomination for the 1960 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Susan Elizabeth Strasberg            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Susan Elizabeth Strasberg: was an American actress.After a widely praised performance as a teenager in Picnic, Strasberg originated the title role in the Broadway production of The Diary of Anne Frank at the age of 18 and was nominated for a Tony Award. Her stature on the stage was symbolized when Julie Harris presented to her a handkerchief which Helen Hayes had used in portraying Victoria Regina and had presented to Harris to honor her performance in I Am a Camera.

Susan Cabot            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Susan Cabot: was an American actress.She made her film debut in 1947, by chance when Kiss of Death was filmed in New York, and she played a bit part. She expanded her acting work into television and was seen by a Hollywood talent scout who took her to Hollywood to work for Columbia Pictures. This brief period was not successful, and she moved to Universal Studios where she was signed to an exclusive contract. After a series of roles which Cabot played mainly in "B" western films, she grew frustrated and asked to be released from her contract. She moved back to New York, where she resumed her stage career with a role in A Stone for Danny Fisher. She was invited to return to Hollywood and appeared in a few more films, including The Wasp Woman in 1960, her final film role.

Susan Clark            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Susan Clark: a Canadian actress, known as Katherine Papadapolis in the TV sitcom Webster.Clark had leading roles in several films, including Coogan's Bluff with Clint Eastwood in 1968, Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here with Robert Redford in 1969, Valdez Is Coming with Burt Lancaster in 1971 and Night Moves with Gene Hackman in 1975, as well as the disaster film Airport 1975.Clark played Dr. Cleo Markham in the movie Colossus: The Forbin Project, hooker Cherry Forever in Porky's (in which Alex Karras also starred), Elizabeth Murray in Emily of New Moon, Elaine Moore in the television movie Trapped and Muriel Mulligan in the 1994 television movie Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story. She also played murderer Beth Chadwick in the Columbo episode "Lady in Waiting", which co-starred Leslie Nielsen and Jessie Royce Landis. Earlier in her career, she appeared in a 1965 episode of The Benny Hill Show during the comedian's run with the British Broadcasting Corporation.

Luciano Sušanj            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Luciano Sušanj: is a Croatian politician, sports worker and former track athlete who competed for Yugoslavia. Sušanj was successful in international competition over 400 and 800 meters, but is best known for winning the 800 meters European title in 1974. In the 1990s Sušanj started a political career, winning a seat in the Croatian Parliament in 1990 and 2000. In 2000 he was elected president of the Croatian Athletics Federation, and vice-president of the Croatian Olympic Committee. Until 1990, the year he entered politics, Sušanj was employed as a sports worker in Rijeka. In the first democratic election in Croatia, he obtained a seat in the Croatian Parliament and served as an MP until 1992. In the 1990s, he served as deputy-mayor of Rijeka and president of the Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar, a regional party active in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. In 2000 Sušanj was again elected to the Croatian Parliament, and became president of the Croatian Athletics Federation and vice-president of the Croatian Olympic Committee. In 2002 he ran for the president of the Croatian Olympic Committee, but lost to Zlatko Mateša. In 2003, Sušanj left the Alliance of Primorje-Gorski Kotar over disagreements with its president Nikola Ivaniš, and entered the newly-formed Autonomous Regional Party (Croatian: Autonomna regionalna stranka), of which he was a co-founder.

Susi Susanti            Origin/Culture/Country: Indonesian

Susi Susanti: is a retired Indonesian badminton player of Chinese descent. Sometimes her name is also spelled Susy Susanti. She won the women's singles gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain and the bronze medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, United States. She retired from badminton in 1997 and married Alan Budikusuma (???) on 9 February 1997, who also won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Tonton Susanto            Origin/Culture/Country: Indonesian

Tonton Susanto: is an Indonesian professional racing cyclist, currently riding for LeTua Cycling Team.

Viorica Susanu            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Viorica Susanu: is a Romanian rower and winner of four Olympic Gold medals.Susanu rowed in the Romanian women's eight that won the rowing World Championships in 1997, 1998 and 1999, and the 2000 Summer Olympics.