Susanna Foster (1924–2009)

Actress | Soundtrack

Susanna Foster was brought to Hollywood at the age of 12 by MGM, who sent her to school and groomed...

Born: December 6, 1924
Died: January 17, 2009 (age 84)

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Filmography

Known For

Phantom of the Opera Christine DuBois (1943)
Glamour Boy Joan Winslow (1941)
The Climax Angela Klatt (1944)
Known For

Frisco Sal Sally Warren (1945)
Actress

Detour Evie (1992)
That Night with You Penny Parker (1945)
Frisco Sal Sally Warren (1945)
Bowery to Broadway Peggy Fleming Barrie (1944)
The Climax Angela Klatt (1944)
This Is the Life Angela Rutherford (1944)
Follow the Boys Susanna Foster (1944)
Top Man Connie Allen (1943)
Phantom of the Opera Christine DuBois (1943)
Star Spangled Rhythm Susanna Foster (1942)
Glamour Boy Joan Winslow (1941)
The Hard-Boiled Canary Toodles LaVerne (1941)
Actress

The Great Victor Herbert Peggy (1939)
Soundtrack

Frisco Sal (1945)
This Is the Life (1944)
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
Soundtrack

Glamour Boy (1941)
Archive footage

The Best of Hollywood (1999)

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Did You Know

Trivia

After seeing Foster in The Great Victor Herbert (1939), William Randolph Hearst flew her to his 67,000-acre estate for a private recital for him and his companion Marion Davies.

[in a 1963 interview] I thought I was Jeanette MacDonald, my idol. When I looked in the mirror, that's who I was. I did not see me. When I first saw myself on the screen in The Great Victor Herbert (1939), I thought, "Oh my God, I'm not Jeanette ...