Susan Sullivan Biography

Fast Facts

• Active in charity work throughout her career, including charities such as Save the Children, the Los Angeles Mission, the Foundation of Hospice and Homecare and Easter Seals
• Received the American Legion Auxiliary Woman of the Year Award for her charity work
• Was a Playboy Bunny in New York City while attending college
• Quote: "There was this big ad in the New York Times for Playboy Bunnys․ Not that I wanted the job or I could even do the job because I was in school, but I wanted to see the Playboy Club because in the 1950s Playboy magazine was erotic, exciting and dangerous․"
• Quote: "At a certain age, you start dealing with your own mortality, and that's one of the great gifts of being an actor, is that you get to work things through on screen, your own fears of loss․ So I always find those things interesting and cathartic․"
• Quote: "My timing in life has been extraordinary․ I've ridden the crest of the wave of the women's movement․"
• Got her start in acting in Broadway play "Jimmy Shine," playing opposite Dustin Hoffman
• Dated Cary Grant when she was in her 20s and he in his 60s