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Susan Gordon
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Susan Lynn Gordon (July 27, 1949 — December 11, 2011) was an American child actress who appeared in films and numerous episodes of television programs such as The Twilight Zone, M…
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Susan Lynn Gordon (July 27, 1949 — December 11, 2011) was an American child actress who appeared in films and numerous episodes of television programs such as The Twilight Zone, My Three Sons, and The Donna Reed Show. Gordon was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the daughter of film director Bert I. Gordon and his wife Flora (Lang). Susan began her career, at age eight, as a last-minute substitute for another young actress in 1958's Attack of the Puppet People, directed by her father, who subsequently directed her in three additional films — The Boy and the Pirates, Tormented (both 1960) and 1966's Picture Mommy Dead, her final film. In 1959, she acted and sang in the semi-biographical film, The Five Pennies, playing the daughter of musician, composer and bandleader Red Nichols, portrayed by Danny Kaye. On television, Gordon appeared in The Twilight Zone episode "The Fugitive", as Jenny, a child with a leg brace who befriends an alien. Other series included Gunsmoke, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, My Three Sons, The Danny Thomas Show, Route 66, Ben Casey, 77 Sunset Strip and The Donna Reed Show. On November 27, 1959, Gordon appeared in the live NBC Television broadcast of Miracle on 34th Street.
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1966
Picture Mommy Dead
Movie Susan Shelley
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1962
Going My Way
TV show
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1962
The Eleventh Hour
TV show Jenny Kincaid
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1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV show Betty
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1962
Sam Benedict
TV show
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1961
Famous Ghost Stories
Movie Sandy Hubbard (segment 'Tormented')
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1961
The New Breed
TV show Muffin Reisman
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1961
Ben Casey
TV show
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1960
Route 66
TV show
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1960
My Three Sons
TV show
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1960
Tormented
Movie Sandy Hubbard
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1960
The Boy and the Pirates
Movie Kathy/Katrina Van Keif
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1959
Miracle On 34th Street
Movie Susan Walker
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1959
The Twilight Zone
TV show Jenny
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1959
The Five Pennies
Movie Young Dorothy Nichols
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1959
The Man in the Net
Movie Angel Jones
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1958
77 Sunset Strip
TV show
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1958
The Donna Reed Show
TV show
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1958
Attack of the Puppet People
Movie Agnes
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1957
Alcoa Theatre
TV show
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1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV show Kate Kendall
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1955
Gunsmoke
TV show Charity
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1953
General Electric Theater
TV show Betsy Miller
