Susan Gordon
Biography
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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Full filmography
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as Betty
- The Donna Reed Show (1958)
- The Twilight Zone (1959) as Jenny
- My Three Sons (1960)
- Ben Casey (1961)
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Charity
- Route 66 (1960)
- 77 Sunset Strip (1958)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) as Kate Kendall
- Sam Benedict (1962)
- Alcoa Theatre (1957)
- The New Breed (1961) as Muffin Reisman
- The Eleventh Hour (1962) as Jenny Kincaid
- Going My Way (1962)
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Betsy Miller
- Tormented (1960) as Sandy Hubbard
- The Man in the Net (1959) as Angel Jones
- Picture Mommy Dead (1966) as Susan Shelley
- The Five Pennies (1959) as Young Dorothy Nichols
- Attack of the Puppet People (1958) as Agnes
- The Boy and the Pirates (1960) as Kathy/Katrina Van Keif
- Miracle On 34th Street (1959) as Susan Walker
- Famous Ghost Stories (1961) as Sandy Hubbard (segment 'Tormented')