The life of Hollywood actress Susan Peters
Susan photographed by Genevieve Naylor. Susan Peters, born Suzanne Carnahan on July 3rd, 1921, was an American film, stage and television actress. Over the course of her dec ade-long career, she appeared in over twenty films. Though first beginning in uncredited roles, she would soon establish herself as a serious dramatic actress in the mid-1940s. Born in Spokane, Washington, to Robert and Abby Carnahan, she was the elder sister to Robert Jr., born in 1923. Their father was a civil engineer of Irish decent, while their mother was a homemaker of French decent. Shortly after Susan's birth, the family moved to Portland, Oregon. Not much is known of the Carnahan's time here, but after father Robert was killed in a car accident, they relocated again, this time to Seattle, Washington. They moved once again, later to Los Angeles, where they lived with their French-born grandmother, Maria Patteneaude, a well-known dermatologist. S usan studied at Laird Hall School
