Susan Oliver (born Charlotte Gercke, February , â€" May , ) was an
American actress, television director, and aviator.Oliver was the
daughter of George Gercke, a journalist, and Ruth Hale Oliver, an
astrology practitioner, in New York City in . Her father was a
political reporter and journalist for the New York World. Her parents
divorced when she was still a child. In June , Oliver joined her
mother in Southern California, where Ruth was in the process of
becoming a well-known Hollywood astrologer. Oliver made a decision to
embark upon a career as an actress and chose the stage name Susan
Oliver, using her mother's maiden name.By September and using her new
name, Oliver returned to the East Coast to begin drama studies at
Swarthmore College, followed by professional training at the
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City. After
working in summer stock and regional theater, and in unbilled bits in
daytime and primetime TV shows and commercials, she made her first
major television appearance in a supporting role in the July , ,
episode of the live drama series Goodyear TV Playhouse, and quickly
progressed to leading parts in other shows.Oliver did numerous TV
shows in , and appeared on stage. She began the year with an ingenue
part, as the daughter of an th-century Manhattan family, in her first
Broadway play, Small War on Murray Hill, a Robert E. Sherwood comedy.
That same year, Oliver replaced Mary Ure as the female lead in the
Broadway production of John Osborne's play Look Back in Anger.
American actress, television director, and aviator.Oliver was the
daughter of George Gercke, a journalist, and Ruth Hale Oliver, an
astrology practitioner, in New York City in . Her father was a
political reporter and journalist for the New York World. Her parents
divorced when she was still a child. In June , Oliver joined her
mother in Southern California, where Ruth was in the process of
becoming a well-known Hollywood astrologer. Oliver made a decision to
embark upon a career as an actress and chose the stage name Susan
Oliver, using her mother's maiden name.By September and using her new
name, Oliver returned to the East Coast to begin drama studies at
Swarthmore College, followed by professional training at the
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City. After
working in summer stock and regional theater, and in unbilled bits in
daytime and primetime TV shows and commercials, she made her first
major television appearance in a supporting role in the July , ,
episode of the live drama series Goodyear TV Playhouse, and quickly
progressed to leading parts in other shows.Oliver did numerous TV
shows in , and appeared on stage. She began the year with an ingenue
part, as the daughter of an th-century Manhattan family, in her first
Broadway play, Small War on Murray Hill, a Robert E. Sherwood comedy.
That same year, Oliver replaced Mary Ure as the female lead in the
Broadway production of John Osborne's play Look Back in Anger.
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