Susan Jane "Sagan" Lewis (November , â€" August , ) was an American
actress, best known for co-starring as Dr. Jacqueline Wade on the NBC
medical drama St. Elsewhere. Her other television credits included a
multi-episode recurring role as Judge Susan Aandahl on NBC's Homicide:
Life on the Street during the s, as well as the television films
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction () and Full Ride.Lewis was born in Omaha,
Nebraska and raised in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She received her Master
of Fine Arts from the graduate acting program at the University of
California, San Diego.Lewis began acting professionally during the
late s. She met her future husband, television producer and
screenwriter Tom Fontana, in while auditioning at the Williamstown
Theatre Festival in Massachusetts. Fontana was working as an assistant
to the theatre festival's artistic director at the time of their
meeting.In , Lewis moved to Los Angeles when Fontana became a writer
on the NBC drama, St. Elsewhere. She was soon co-starring on St.
Elsewhere, when the showrunner, Bruce Paltrow, created the role of Dr.
Jacqueline Wade specifically for her. She appeared in several
television films throughout the s, including Cocaine: One Man's
Seduction (), which starred Dennis Weaver, Dan Aykroyd and Jeffrey
Tambor. Lewis also appeared in the final half hour of the series
finale of M*A*S*H, Goodbye, Farewell and Amen, in .
actress, best known for co-starring as Dr. Jacqueline Wade on the NBC
medical drama St. Elsewhere. Her other television credits included a
multi-episode recurring role as Judge Susan Aandahl on NBC's Homicide:
Life on the Street during the s, as well as the television films
Cocaine: One Man's Seduction () and Full Ride.Lewis was born in Omaha,
Nebraska and raised in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She received her Master
of Fine Arts from the graduate acting program at the University of
California, San Diego.Lewis began acting professionally during the
late s. She met her future husband, television producer and
screenwriter Tom Fontana, in while auditioning at the Williamstown
Theatre Festival in Massachusetts. Fontana was working as an assistant
to the theatre festival's artistic director at the time of their
meeting.In , Lewis moved to Los Angeles when Fontana became a writer
on the NBC drama, St. Elsewhere. She was soon co-starring on St.
Elsewhere, when the showrunner, Bruce Paltrow, created the role of Dr.
Jacqueline Wade specifically for her. She appeared in several
television films throughout the s, including Cocaine: One Man's
Seduction (), which starred Dennis Weaver, Dan Aykroyd and Jeffrey
Tambor. Lewis also appeared in the final half hour of the series
finale of M*A*S*H, Goodbye, Farewell and Amen, in .
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