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Mar 7, 1993 · Samantha Maria Susskind, the daughter of Joyce Davidson Susskind of New York and the late David Susskind, was married yesterday to Noel Thomas Mannion, a son of Mr. and Mrs. William J....
Oct 11, 1992 · Joyce Susskind of New York has announced the engagement of her daughter Samantha Maria Susskind to Noel Thomas Mannion, a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Mannion, also of New York. A March...
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Susskind was born to a Jewish family of modest means in Manhattan and grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts. He graduated from Brookline High School in 1938. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison and then Harvard University, graduating with honors in 1942. He served in the Navy during World War II and, as communications officer on an attack...
His first job after the war was as a press agent for Warner Brothers. Next he was a talent agent for Century Artists, ultimately ending up in the Music Corporation of America's newly minted television programming department, managing Dinah Shore, Jerry Lewis, and others. In New York, Susskind formed Talent Associates, representing creators of mater...
Susskind was married twice. Both of his marriages ended in divorce. In 1939, he married Phyllis Briskin; they had three children: Diana Susskind Laptook, Pamela Susskind Schaenen, and Andrew Susskind. They divorced in 1966. In the same year he married Joyce Davidson, who had two daughters from a prior marriage, Connie and Shelley. They had a daught...
In 1987 at the age of 66, Susskind suffered a fatal heart attack in New York City, hours after Andy Warhol died, also in Manhattan. He was interred at Westchester Hills Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.
Susskind was parodied in the Allan Sherman medley, Shticks and Stones, on Sherman's 1962 My Son, the Folk Singer album. In 1988, Susskind was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame.
Battaglio, Stephen. David Susskind A Televised Life. St. Martin's Press. New York 2010. ISBN 978-0-312-38286-5
David Susskind at IMDbDavid Susskind Papers at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research.Speech by David Susskind given on February 15, 1970. Audio recording from The University of Alabama's Emphasis Symposium on Contemporary IssuesMay 24, 2020 · “We lived next door to Gloria Vanderbilt and Wyatt Cooper. Truman Capote went in and out,” recalled Samantha Susskind Mannion, the daughter born a year after the couple married.
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Samantha, J.D. Mannion. Professor of Criminal Justice, Coordinator of the Criminal Justice Program. B.S., New York University. J.D., New York Law School. Contact. Email: SMannion@housatonic.edu. Phone: 203-332-5168. Office: BH-244. Biography.
Executive summary: The David Susskind Show. Military service: US Navy (1943-46) Wife: Phyllis Briskin (m. 1939, div. 1963, one son, two daughters) Son: Andrew (b. 1954) Daughter: Diana Laptook Daughter: Pamela Wife: Joyce Davidson (m. 1966, div. 1986, one daughter) Daughter: Samantha Maria (b. 1967) Girlfriend: Carmen Dell'Orefice (until his death)
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