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Susan Peters (1921-1952) was an Oscar®-nominated American actress. Peters’ career was just taking off when she was paralyzed in a hunting accident on January 1, 1945. She became one of the first disabled thespians to appear in movies, theater and television. Her IMDb page shows 24 acting credits from 1940 to 1951. This page will rank Susan Peters movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences, and get some award recognition.
Susan Peters Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Susan Peters Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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Thanks for a page on Susan, a truly tragic woman.
I knew Susan’s nurse. The studio kept her going by having her do interviews. Consequently Tess, the nurse, met Gable – all the MGM stars.
One day they went fishing with Lucy and Desi. Tess caught the biggest fish but the photographer gave it to Lucy.
Susan came through here in a play. Tess went to see her and said she was in bad shape. She didn’t live much longer after that.
Sad – nice to read about her here.
I have seen all of Susan’s films listed.
Hey Dan…thanks for the tally count. Good to know you are a Susan Peters completist. Tally count: 17 for Dan, 8 for Flora, 6 for Bob and me sitting at 4. So combined we have you topped 18 to 17…lol. Good stuff!
Susan was of course both a tragic and brave actress as Bruce explains faithfully above; and although her movie career was short she went out with a bang as the saying goes: in her final film Sign of The Ram she is billed alone above the title [hang your head in shame Myrna!!]
Although it was not a box office success as Bruce’s table suggests, film critic Hal Erickson wrote for AllMovie: “Far more tasteful than it sounds, Sign of the Ram was a worthwhile valedictory vehicle for Susan Peters who died a few years after the film’s release.”
MY “HAVE SEEN” SUSAN PETERS MOVIES
Meet Joel Doe
The Big Shot
Santa Fe Trail
Keep Your Powder Dry -Susan 3rd billed with Lana Turner tops
Random Harvest
Strawberry Blonde
“Biff Grimes would waltz
With the strawberry blonde
And the band played on.
He’d glide cross the floor
With the girl he adored
And the band played on.”
Hey Bob…..I agree she was a tragic and brave actress. I had not heard her story before doing this page. Sounds like she pushed her husband away because she did not want to burden him. Then she got real down when acting roles got scarce. I have seen 4 of the 6 you have seen. Good information on Random Harvest and how you remember it. Thanks for sharing the Strawberry Blondy lyrics. Have an awesome weekend.
Below is a list of my “have seen” Susan Peters movies. Although she was never one of the Legends I personally have always remembered her because in 1942’s Random Harvest she bore a distinct resemblance to Deanna Durbin and I think Bruce’s own photos above also reflect that.
In Random Harvest [one of my own all-time fave movies though one Steve would no doubt denigrate as “mush”] Susan’s Kitty became infatuated with, and threw herself romantically at, Ronald Colman and when she says to him “Let’s go somewhere private.” I was so jealous of Ronnie that I would have loved to have met him up some alley on a dark night!!
Because of its title, Song of Russia [in which Susan is the lead lady albeit with billing in smaller lettering than that of Robert Taylor] drew to Taylor the unwelcome attentions of Senator Joe McCarthy and his notorious witch-hunt committee.
As he didn’t want to do that film in the first place but was pressurised by the studio Taylor complained to friends that he felt hard-done-by; but he acquitted himself well when the committee grilled him about his political leanings so he came off all right in the end.
Hey Bob…..thanks for the feedback on our Susan Peters page. Speaking of Deanna Durbin….I actually watched my first ever Durbin movie….Because of Him (ranked 14th on my UMR Durbin page). It was somewhat dated….but I liked the combo of Durbin and Charles Laughton. Good tidbit on Song Of Russia. All new information. Good stuff.
HI BIG GUY: I enjoyed your feedback. I mentioned previously that Susan’s final film The Sign of the Ram was officially designated a box office flop; and your own figure of just $63 million adjusted domestic gross seems to confirm that contention. Which is a great pity because Susan had secured a 33% share of any profits. Normally her fee would have been nowhere near that but she was a real-life paraplegic playing an on-screen one and the studio was keen to get the match-up and were prepared to be generous.
Good trivia about your “virgin” Durbin experience. Actually precisely 70 years ago in 1952 when I was 11 years of age I saw my own first Deanna film at our local Picturedrome – which is now no longer there of course. It’s good to be ahead of you by a long way for once – as the saying goes “Age does have its own compensations”!!! In an interview The Teenage Warbler [as Steve has nicknamed my darling DD] paid great tribute to Laughton. Conceding that she was inexperienced as an actress she became eternally grateful to Charles for helping her prepare for some of her more difficult dramatic scenes. The Greats do that type of thing: Marlon gave Michael Jackson paid acting lessons and I am sure would have done the same for Hirsch if Joel had so wished!
The significance of that version of the Strawberry Blonde song which I quoted is that the original lyrics were “Casey would waltz with the strawberry blonde.” I don’t know who Casey was but in the movie Cagney played Biff Grimes; and on the dance floor he bribes the band leader to sing “Biff Grimes would dance with the strawberry blonde.” Cag is trying to impress a young lady that he’s a local Big Shot whom they honour in song – the sly devil!
Please enjoy your weekend and pass on my regards to the Cogerson Clan, the expectant mother of which I hope is doing well and indeed maybe has already given birth. My best wishes in either case.
I have seen 8 Susan Peters movies.
The HIGHEST rated movie I have seen is Random Harvest.
The highest rated movie I have NOT seen is Star Spangled Rhythm
The LOWEST rated movie I have seen is The Sign of the Ram.
Favourite Susan Peters Movies;
Random Harvest
The Strawberry Blonde
Santa Fe Trail
Other Susan Peters Movies I Have Seen;
Meet John Doe
Keep Your Powder Dry
Susan and God
Dr. Gillespie’s New Assistant
The Sign of the Ram
Hey Flora. Thanks for checking out our Susan Peters page. ally count: 17 for Dan, 8 for Flora, 6 for Bob and me sitting at 4. I have seen all 3 of your favorites and 1 of your “other” ones. Enjoy the weekend.