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Susan Cummings Profile
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| 30 July 30 | is born in Bavaria, Germany |
| May 45 | tagged a singer, she's pictured modeling a two-piece bathing suit |
| 53 | is on the New York stage under the name Suzanne Ta Fel |
| October 53 | columnist Erskine Johnson tells: "Suzanne TaFel, a looker, who makes her Hollywood telefilm debut in a 'Big Town' stanza, will wed Keith Larsen, who replaces Barry Nelson in CBS' series..." |
| 28 December 53 | secretly marries Larsen in Ensenada, Mexico. He's 27; she's 23. It's the first marriage for both. |
| 1 February 54 | news of the wedding leak to the press: "The couple, who until today told only closest friends of the wedding, was living in a home Larsen purchased in Malibu recently." |
| ? | divorces Larsen, who will marry actress Vera Miles in 1960 |
| September 57 | after completion of a picture, she invites friends to a mink coat mortgage-burning party in Hollywood. After a simple ceremony with cocktails and such, the ashes of her mortgage are scattered in her agent’s swimming pool. |
| July 59 | the Laurel Canyon fire comes within 200 yards of her newly built home near Nichols Canyon Road and Mulholland Drive |
| December 59 | feels she earned her salary during the filming of an episode for Screen Gems’ "Men from Blackhawk." She is dragged by a horse by her ankle, slapped into unconsciousness by a 200-pound man and then has to crawl 100 yards over rocks, cactus and mud. |
| June 60 | attends the Berlin Film Festival to present Samuel Fuller’s smash hit, Verboten! Due to its Nazi content, the film is banned in Israel. |
| 15 December 62 | marries former actor Charles T. Pawley. He’s 47; she’s 32. Pawley was formerly married to actress Nan Leslie. |
| 12 May 75 | becomes the widow of Pawley, who dies at age 59 in Los Angeles |
| 13 October 76 | as Suzanne T. Pawley, she marries Robert Strasser in Orange County, California. He’s 50; she gives her age as 41. |
| 93 | the Strassers reside in Laguna Niguel, California |
| 3 December 16 | dies at age 86 in Chandler, Arizona |
| Sources: Giseld Dervishi, The Lima News, Nevada State Journal, Marion Star, TV Guide, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Van Nuys News, Salamanca Republican-Press, The Portsmouth Herald, Long Beach Press-Telegram, www.Ancestry.com | |
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