Susan Luckey
{{short description|American actress (1938-2012)}}
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| birth_name = Suzanne Dolores Luckey
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Suzanne Dolores Luckey[https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VL1H-WVW Suzanne Dolores Luckey]. California, Birth Index, 1905-1995. (April 4, 1938 – November 29, 2012) was an American actress, best known for her roles in the musical films Carousel (1956) and The Music Man (1962).{{cite news|first=Mike|last=Barnes|title=Report: Actress Susan Luckey Dies at 74 |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/actress-susan-luckey-music-man-dies-398380 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=December 21, 2012}}
Early years
Luckey was born in Hollywood, California,{{cite journal| last1=Rainho| first1=Manny| title=This Month in Movie History| journal=Classic Images| date=April 2015| issue=478|pages=20–22}} where her father was a sound editor in the film industry.{{cite news| title=Theater Week| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2255092/luckey_fathers_profession/|agency=Associated Press| newspaper=The Raleigh Register| first=William| last=Glover| date=December 7, 1959| page=13| via=Newspapers.com| access-date=March 1, 2025}} She graduated in 1956 from Hollywood Professional School. Luckey had a romance with race car driver Jack Martin while in her early teens.{{Citation needed |date=March 2023}}
Career
=Stage=
Luckey performed on Broadway during the 1950s, including the original 1954 adaptation of Peter Pan and Take Me Along.
=Television=
On television, Luckey was cast in The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. She also appeared in the television movie version of Annie Get Your Gun in 1957. In 1957, she starred in the Telephone Time episode "Castle Dangerous".{{cite news| title=Susan Luckey Stars On 'Telephone Time'| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2253053/luckey_telephone_time/| newspaper=The Sunday News and Tribune| location=Jefferson City, Missouri| date=March 31, 1957| page=4| via=Newspapers.com| access-date=April 20, 2015}}
=Film=
Luckey's best known film roles were in Carousel and The Music Man. She co-starred as Louise, the daughter of Billy Bigelow, played by Gordon MacRae, in Carousel. She appeared as Zaneeta, the daughter of Mayor Shinn (portrayed by Paul Ford), in The Music Man, repeating the role she had in the national company of that musical.{{cite news| title=Susan Luckey Repeats Role| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2255048/luckey_music_man_play/|newspaper=La Crosse Tribune| date=March 25, 1961| page=3| via=Newspapers.com| access-date=April 20, 2015}} Her last film was the 1966 small movie, Step Out of Your Mind.
Family
In 1964, Luckey married actor Larry Douglas, who had divorced Onna White, Music Man's choreographer, in 1959.{{cite news |last=Kilgallen |first=Dorothy |author-link=Dorothy Kilgallen |date=March 9, 1959 |title=Voice of Broadway |page=4 |newspaper=Evening Herald |location=Shenandoah, Penn. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113673535/voice-of-broadway/ |access-date=March 1, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}} They remained married until his death in 1996.
Luckey died in her home in Los Angeles, California, on November 29, 2012, at the age of 74, due to liver failure. She was survived by her daughter, Shayna.{{cite news| title=Music Man' Actress Dead at 74| url=http://www.tmz.com/2012/12/05/music-man-susan-luckey-dead-dies-actress/| work=TMZ| date=December 5, 2012| access-date=2012-12-21}}
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Category:American film actresses
Category:American stage actresses
Category:American television actresses