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Susan Peters (born Suzanne Carnahan; July 3, 1921 – October 23, 1952) was an American actress who appeared in more than twenty films over the course of her decade-long career. Though she began her career in uncredited and ingénue roles, she would establish herself as a serious dramatic actress in the mid-1940s.
Susan Peters' Ex-Husband Was Haunted by Her Shooting Accident & Took His Own Life Years Later. Late Actress Susan Peters was a Hollywood icon during the late 1940s, and she married renowned Filmmaker Richard Quine a year after meeting him. However, the couple's union left Quine traumatized.
Keystone Features/Getty Images. On January 1, 1945, Susan Peters and Richard Quine went duck hunting. Carla Valderrama, who wrote the book "This Was Hollywood " about stars who faded into obscurity, told Fox News that the hunt resulted in an accident that puzzles her: "No one knows what really happened except for Susan and Richard.
Richard Quine (November 12, 1920 – June 10, 1989) was an American director, actor, and singer. He began acting as a child in radio, vaudeville, and stage productions before being signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in his early twenties. When his acting career began to wane after World War II, Quine began working as a film director.
Dropped by Warners, MGM picked up her contract and adopted a new stage name for her, Susan Peters. In the Marjorie Main vehicle Tish (1942), Susan earned a co-starring part and met actor Richard Quine on the set. Quine played her husband in the film.
Susan Peters and Richard Quine shared a son named Timothy. (Photo by Bob Landry/The LIFE Images Collection via Getty Images/Getty Images) "She wanted to make good movies because she was an actress ...
Susan Peters was a rising star for MGM in the early 1940's. ... But then came that fateful Jan. 1 and a hunting trip with her husband Richard Quine. He was a young MGM contractee who eventually ...
