{{short description|American actress}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Susan Willis | imagesize = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels --> | caption = | birthname = | birth_date = August 27, 1925 | birth_place = Seneca County, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = May 14, 2009 (age 83) | death_place = Manhattan, New York City, U.S. }}
'''Susan Crobaugh'''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CH_GCwAAQBAJ&q=susan+willis+actress&pg=PA566|author=Harris M. Lentz III|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2009: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture|year=2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786456451}}page 566</ref> (August 27, 1925<ref>{{cite web|title=Susan Willis|work=Hollywood.com|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/susan-willis-57526937/|accessdate=16 August 2017}}</ref> - May 14, 2009),<ref>{{cite news|title=Susan Willis Obituary|date=17 May 2009|newspaper=The New York Times|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=susan-willis&pid=127373553|accessdate=16 August 2017}}</ref> better known as '''Susan Willis''', was an American actress.
Willis was born in Tiffin, Ohio,<ref name="ibdb" /> and she was a 1947 graduate of the Carnegie Tech Drama School. She acted in community theater while she was a student.<ref name="ppg">{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Harold V. |title=Notes and Bolts |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45832465/pittsburgh-post-gazette/ |accessdate=February 29, 2020 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=May 23, 1969 |location=Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh |page=17|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref>
Willis's Broadway credits included ''Oliver!'' (1984), ''Come Live With Me'' (1967), ''Cabaret'' (1966), and ''Dylan'' (1964).<ref name="ibdb">{{cite web |title=Susan Willis |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/susan-willis-88908 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |accessdate=February 29, 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229032412/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/susan-willis-88908 |archivedate=February 29, 2020}}</ref>
She was married to Kirk Willis, a stage director.<ref name=ppg/> She died in New York City.<ref name="ibdb" />
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1970|| ''Puzzle of a Downfall Child'' || Neighbor || |- |1989|| ''She-Devil'' || Ute || |- |1991|| ''What About Bob?'' || Mrs. Guttman || |- |1998|| ''The Faculty'' || Mrs. Jessica Brummel || |- |1999|| ''The 13th Warrior'' || Wendol Mother || (credit only) |- |2001|| ''The Majestic'' || Irene Terwilliger || |- |2002|| ''Far from Heaven'' || Receptionist || |- |2003|| ''Mystic River'' || Mrs. Prior || |- |2003|| ''Uptown Girls'' || Old Lady || |- |2005|| ''Confess'' || Old Woman || |- |2006|| ''Live Free or Die'' || Mrs. Blodgett || |- |2007|| ''The Favor'' || Old Lady || |- |2007|| ''Unholy'' || Gertrude || |- |2008|| ''Bittersweet'' || Lillian || |- |2009|| ''Doctor S Battles the Sex Crazed Reefer Zombies: The Movie'' || Zombie || (final film role) |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0932473}} *{{IBDB name|88908}}
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