Susan Strasberg
Susan Elizabeth Strasberg (May 22, 1938 – January 21, 1999) was an American stage, film, and television actress. Thought to be the next Hepburn-type ingenue, she was nominated for a Tony Award at age 18, playing the title role in The Diary of Anne Frank. She appeared on the covers of LIFE and Newsweek in 1955. A close friend of Marilyn Monroe and Richard Burton, she wrote two best-selling tell-all books. Her later career primarily consisted of slasher and horror films, followed by TV roles, by the 1980s.
Susan Strasberg
May 22, 1938
January 21, 1999 (aged 60)
- Actress
- author
1953–1992
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John Strasberg (brother)
Personal life[edit]
Before her marriage, Strasberg had relationships with Bobby Driscoll, Warren Beatty, Cary Grant, and Richard Burton.[23]
On September 25, 1965, in Las Vegas, Strasberg married actor Christopher Jones, with whom she had appeared in an episode of The Legend of Jesse James.[24] Their daughter, Jennifer Robin, was born six months later. The couple divorced in 1968 due to her husband's mental instability.[25] Jennifer was born with a congenital birth defect, which Strasberg blamed on her and Jones's drug-taking.[1]
Death[edit]
In the mid-1990s Strasberg was diagnosed with breast cancer. Although believed to be in remission, she died of the disease at her home in New York City on January 21, 1999, at age 60.[26]