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Susan Strasberg

Susan Elizabeth Strasberg (May 22, 1938 – January 21, 1999) was an American actress.

She was the daughter of theatre director and drama coach Lee Strasberg and Paula Strasberg, and the sister of John Strasberg.

Susan Strasberg died in 1999 from breast cancer, aged 60. She had a daughter, Jennifer Jane Jones (born 26 December 1970 in Lexington, Kentucky, by actor Christopher Jones). She named her daughter after actress Jennifer Jones.

After a widely praised performance in Picnic, Strasberg originated the title role in the Broadway production of The Diary of Anne Frank, 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. Strasberg also starred in the Italian film Kapò, which was nominated for an Academy Award as best foreign film of 1960. She lived for some years in Italy, and was delighted to be called "La Strasberg" in the Italian idiom.

Strasberg wrote two best-selling books: Bittersweet, an autobiography, and Marilyn and Me: sisters, rivals, friends which recounted her relationship with her "surrogate sister" Marilyn Monroe.

• The Cobweb (1955)
• Picnic (1955)
• 1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (1955) (short subject)
• Stage Struck (1958)
• Kapò (1959)
• Scream of Fear (1961)
• The Shortest Day (1962)
• Disorder (1962)
• Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962)
• The High Bright Sun (1964)
• The Trip (1967)
• Psych-Out (1968)
• The Name of the Game Is Kill (1968)
• Chubasco (1968)
• The Brotherhood (1968)
• Sweet Hunters (1969)
• The Sisters (1969)
• The Other Side of the Wind (1972) (unfinished)
• So Evil, My Sister (1974)
• The Legend of Hillbilly John (1974)
• The Stronger (1976) (short subject)
• Sammy Somebody (1976)
• Rollercoaster (1977)
• The Manitou (1978)
• In Praise of Older Women (1978)
• Acting: Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio (1981) (documentary)
• Bloody Birthday (1981)
• The Returning (1983)
• Sweet 16 (1983)
• The Delta Force (1986)
• Remembering Marilyn (1987) (documentary)
• Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1987) (documentary)
• The Runnin' Kind (1989)
• Prime Suspect (1989)
• Schweitzer (1990)
• The Cherry Orchard (1992)

• Susan Strasberg at the Internet Movie Database
• John Strasberg Studios