Susan French

Susan French (January 23, 1912 – April 6, 2003) was an American stage, television and film actress.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 Executioners Song (1982). French acted in the soap opera Bare Essence (1982–1983) and appeared in episodes of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (The Worlds Oldest Motive, original air date April 12, 1965), Dallas, Falcon Crest, The Colbys, L.A. Law, Moonlighting, Quantum Leap, 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.French also appeared in Universals 1980 film Somewhere in Time, starring Superman actor Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. Her other film credits include The Impossible Years (1968), Jaws 2 (1978), House (1986), 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 a Remington Steele episode (Love Among the Steele, 1983).She had for many years a puppet theater in her home in Santa Monica, California and in 1964 published a book about making marionettes, Presenting Marionettes published by Art Horizons in hardcover.

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