Susan Gordon
Known For
Acting
Born
1949-07-27 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Died
2011-12-11
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.
Most Known For
The Twilight Zone
as Jenny
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Betty
77 Sunset Strip
Ben Casey
Route 66
Gunsmoke
as Charity
The Donna Reed Show
My Three Sons
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Kate Kendall
Alcoa Theatre
Sam Benedict
The New Breed
as Muffin Reisman
Going My Way
The Eleventh Hour
as Jenny Kincaid
Attack of the Puppet People
as Agnes
Picture Mommy Dead
as Susan Shelley
Tormented
as Sandy Hubbard
General Electric Theater
as Betsy Miller
The Five Pennies
as Young Dorothy Nichols
The Man in the Net
as Angel Jones