{{Short description|American actress (1912–2003)}} {{distinguish|Sue French-Lee}} {{Infobox person | name = Susan French | image = | caption = | birth_name = Susan French Moultrie | birth_date = {{birth date|1912|1|23|mf=y}} | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2003|4|6|1912|1|23|mf=y}} | death_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S. | education = American Academy of Dramatic Arts | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|puppeteer}} | yearsactive = 1965–1997 }}
'''Susan French Moultrie'''<ref name="v">{{cite news|last1=North|first1=Gary|title=Susan French|url=https://variety.com/2003/scene/people-news/susan-french-1117884825/|accessdate=29 May 2018|work=Variety|date=April 20, 2003|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529023605/http://variety.com/2003/scene/people-news/susan-french-1117884825/|archivedate=29 May 2018}}</ref> (January 23, 1912 – April 6, 2003) was an American stage, television, and film actress and puppeteer
==Early years== French was born in 1912 in Los Angeles, and was the daughter of Lloyd Moultrie, a show-business lawyer. She was a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.<ref name="opa">{{cite book|last1=Lentz|first1=Harris M. III|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2003: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture|date=2004|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786417568|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jHrGCwAAQBAJ&q=%22Susan+French%22+actress&pg=PA139|accessdate=29 May 2018|language=en}}</ref>
==Career== French appeared in two Broadway plays early in her career and worked in radio, as well as a photographic stylist for three national magazines. She and her sister worked as riveters for the Douglas Aircraft Company during World War II, and she helped start a theater group there.<ref name=v/>
French appeared in the TV movie ''People Like Us'' (1990). She also played the roles of Mrs. Shaw in the 1979 TV movie ''Captain America II: Death Too Soon'', and Bessie Gilmore in ''The Executioner's Song'' (1982). French acted in the soap opera ''Bare Essence'' (1982–1983) and appeared in episodes of ''The Alfred Hitchcock Hour,'' ''Dallas'', ''Falcon Crest'', ''The Colbys'', ''L.A. Law'', ''Little House on the Prairie'', ''Moonlighting'', ''Quantum Leap'', ''Perfect Strangers'', and ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''. Her final television appearance was in an episode of ''Picket Fences''. In addition, she had a recurring role on the CBS TV series ''Cagney & Lacey'' as Mrs. Skimmins.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2003/scene/people-news/susan-french-1117884825/|title = Susan French|date = 20 April 2003}}</ref>
French appeared in Universal's 1980 film ''Somewhere in Time'', starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour, and her other film credits include ''The Impossible Years'' (1968), ''Jaws 2'' (1978), ''House'' (1985), ''The Verne Miller Story'' (1987), ''Flatliners'' (1990) and ''Younger and Younger'' (1993).
Her last film role was in the live-action version of ''Fist of the North Star'' (1995). She also played the main character in an episode of ''Remington Steele''.
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1968|| ''The Impossible Years'' || Miss Hammer || |- |1969|| ''Justine'' || Clerk || Uncredited |- |1973|| ''The Sting'' || Landlady || Uncredited |- |1974|| ''Airport 1975'' || Violet - Passenger || Uncredited |- |1975|| ''The Hindenburg'' || Miss Grant || Uncredited |- |1978|| ''Jaws 2'' || Old Lady || |- |1980|| ''Somewhere in Time'' || Older Elise || |- |1985|| ''House'' || Aunt Elizabeth || |- |1987|| ''The Verne Miller Story'' || Bearded Lady || |- |1990|| ''Flatliners'' || Terminal Woman || |- |1992|| ''Exiled in America'' || Old Lady || |- |1993|| ''Younger and Younger'' || Grace || |- |1995|| ''Fist of the North Star'' || Old Woman || |} ===Television=== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1980|| ''Honor Thy Elders'' ||Mrs. Morgan|| |- |1988 |''Perfect Strangers'' |Mrs. Van Wisser |S3, E20 |- |1992|| ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' ||Sev Maylor|| |- |1993|| ''Grace Under Fire'' ||Lady in bathroom|| |}
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==External links== {{Portal|Biography|California|Film|Television|Theater}} *{{IMDb name|0294215}} {{Memory Alpha|Susan French}}
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