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Susanna Foster is a Actor American born on 6 december 1924 at Chicago (USA)

Susanna Foster

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Birth name Suzanne DeLee Flanders Larson
Nationality USA
Birth 6 december 1924 at Chicago (USA)
Death 17 january 2009 (at 84 years) at Englewood (USA)

Suzanne DeLee Flanders Larson (known professionally as Susanna Foster) (December 6, 1924 – January 17, 2009) was an American film actress best known for her leading role as Christine in the 1943 film version of Phantom of the Opera.

Biography

Au cinéma, Susanna Foster débute à 14 ans dans le film musical The Great Victor Herbert d'Andrew L. Stone (avec Walter Connolly et Mary Martin), sorti en 1939. Suivent onze autres films américains jusqu'en 1945, dont Le Fantôme de l'Opéra d'Arthur Lubin (1943, avec Nelson Eddy et Claude Rains), La Passion du Docteur Holmes de George Waggner (1944, avec Boris Karloff et Turhan Bey) et This Is the Life de Felix E. Feist (1944, avec Donald O'Connor et Peggy Ryan).

Quasiment retirée de l'écran après 1945, elle poursuit une carrière de chanteuse (dans la tessiture de soprano) et joue notamment en 1948 au Los Angeles Civic Light Opera , dans l'opérette de Victor Herbert Naughty Marietta , aux côtés de Wilbur Evans , Edward Everett Horton et Mitzi Gaynor.

La même année 1948, elle épouse Wilbur Evans (1905-1907), chanteur baryton, avec lequel elle se produit en tournée dans des comédies musicales et opérettes, jusqu'à leur divorce en 1956.

Susanna Foster revient une ultime fois au cinéma dans Détour de Wade Williams (1992), remake du film éponyme de 1945.

Best films

Phantom of the Opera
Phantom of the Opera
(1943)
(Actress)

Usually with

Hal Mohr
Hal Mohr
(3 films)
George Waggner
George Waggner
(2 films)
Donald O'Connor
Donald O'Connor
(4 films)
Peggy Ryan
Peggy Ryan
(4 films)
Vera West
Vera West
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Susanna Foster (10 films)

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Actress

That Night with You
That Night with You (1945)

Directed by William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Franchot Tone, David Bruce, Susanna Foster, Louise Allbritton, Jacqueline deWit, Irene Ryan
Roles Penny Parker
Rating61% 3.089313.089313.089313.089313.08931
Dans cette comédie musicale, une jeune chanteuse devient si désespérée d'apparaître à Broadway qu'elle se rend chez un éminent producteur et lui dit qu'elle est la fille issue de son mariage d'une journée avec une jeune femme qu'il a connue il y a des années. Le producteur est ravi et met bientôt sa fille en scène. Les ennuis commencent lorsque la "mère" de la fille passe soudainement un appel. Pour ses propres raisons, la femme décide de jouer avec la ruse de la fille. Heureusement, à la fin de l'histoire, la vérité est révélée, toutes les différences sont réconciliées et le bonheur s'ensuit.
Follow the Boys
Follow the Boys (1944)
, 2h2
Directed by John Rawlins, A. Edward Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors George Raft, Vera Zorina, Jeanette MacDonald, Charley Grapewin, Charles Butterworth, Elizabeth Patterson
Rating58% 2.949982.949982.949982.949982.94998
Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le studio Universal Pictures, comme les autres studios Hollywoodiens, a soutenu l'effort de guerre et le moral des troupes et des civils en réunissant toutes ses stars devant la caméra pour une comédie musicale.
Bowery to Broadway
Bowery to Broadway (1944)
, 1h34
Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors María Montez, Jack Oakie, Susanna Foster, Turhan Bey, Ann Blyth, Donald Cook
Roles Peggy Fleming Barrie
Rating70% 3.5391853.5391853.5391853.5391853.539185
This Is the Life
This Is the Life (1944)
, 1h27
Directed by Felix E. Feist
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Donald O'Connor, Susanna Foster, Peggy Ryan, Louise Allbritton, Patric Knowles, Dorothy Peterson
Roles Angela Rutherford
Rating65% 3.2991853.2991853.2991853.2991853.299185
18 ans, Angela élevée dans une petite ville de la Nouvelle Angleterre par sa tante Betsy, reçoit un héritage dont elle se sert pour aller à New-York, officiellement pour la formation de sa voix. Mais elle poursuit le major Hilary Jarret, chirurgien militaire avec qui elle a entiché de façon irraisonnée. Son départ déprime fortement son ami d'enfance Jimmy Plum.
The Climax
The Climax (1944)
, 1h26
Directed by George Waggner
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Boris Karloff, Susanna Foster, Turhan Bey, Gale Sondergaard, Thomas Gomez, June Vincent
Roles Angela Klatt
Rating54% 2.7053652.7053652.7053652.7053652.705365
The physician at the Vienna Royal Theatre, Dr. Hohner (Karloff) murders his fiancee, a prima donna, out of obsession and jealousy. Ten years later, he hears another young singer (Foster) who reminds him of the late diva, and is determined to make her sing only for him, even if it means silencing her forever.
Phantom of the Opera
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
, 1h32
Directed by Arthur Lubin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Ghost films, Musical films
Actors Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains, Edgar Barrier, Frank Puglia, Fritz Leiber
Roles Christine Dubois
Rating63% 3.197593.197593.197593.197593.19759
Erique Claudin (Claude Rains) had been a violinist at the Paris Opera House for twenty years. However he has been losing the use of the fingers of his left hand, which affects his violin-playing. He is dismissed because of this, the conductor of the opera house assuming that he has enough money to support himself. This is not the case however, for Claudin has spent it all by anonymously funding the music lessons of Christine Dubois (Susanna Foster), a young soprano whom Claudin has secretly fallen in love with. In a desperate attempt to gain money, Claudin tries to get a concerto he has written published. After submitting it and not hearing a response, he becomes worried and returns to the publishers, Maurice Pleyel & Georgette Desjardins, to ask about it. No one there knows what happened to it, and do not seem to care. Claudin persists, but Pleyel rudely tells him to leave and goes back to the etchings he was working on.
Top Man
Top Man (1943)
, 1h14
Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Donald O'Connor, Susanna Foster, Lillian Gish, Richard Dix, Peggy Ryan, Anne Gwynne
Roles Connie Allen
Rating69% 3.480453.480453.480453.480453.48045
Star Spangled Rhythm
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
, 1h39
Directed by Ralph Murphy, George Marshall, Frank Tuttle, A. Edward Sutherland, Lewis Allen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Betty Hutton, Eddie Bracken, Victor Moore, Walter Abel, Anne Revere, Cass Daley
Rating65% 3.292573.292573.292573.292573.29257
Pop Webster (Victor Moore) is a former silent movie star once known as "Bronco Billy" who now works as the guard on the main gate at Paramount Pictures. However, he's told his son Johnny (Eddie Bracken), who's in the Navy, that he's the studio's Executive Vice President in Charge of Production. When Johnny shows up in Hollywood on shore leave, Pop and the studio's switchboard operator Polly Judson (Betty Hutton) go all-out to maintain the illusion for Johnny and his sailor friends that Pop's a studio big-wig. Things get a bit complicated when Pop offers to put on a variety show for the Navy, featuring all of Paramount's stars, but Polly convinces Bob Hope and Bing Crosby to do the show, and they convince the rest of the stars on the lot.