Susie Coelho

{{Infobox person

| name = Susie Coelho

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|12|7}}

| birth_place = Cuckfield, Sussex, England

| alma_mater = American University

| spouse = {{plainlist|

{{marriage|Sonny Bono|1981|1984|reason=div}}
{{marriage|Robert Rounds|||reason=div}}
{{marriage|Michael A. Peel|2017}}

}}

| children = 2

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Susie Coelho (born December 7, 1953) is an American television personality, author, and businesswoman.{{Cite web |title=25 time-saving hacks that will add hours back to your week |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/better/lifestyle/25-time-saving-hacks-will-add-hours-back-your-week-ncna1041011 |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=NBC News |date=12 August 2019 |language=en}}

Early life

Susie Coelho was born in Cuckfield, Sussex, England on December 7, 1953,{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/coelho-susie|title=Coelho, Susie | Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com}} to George and Rani Coelho.{{cite news |page=21 |publisher=The Washingtonian |title=Susie Coehlo |year=1982}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.palmspringslife.com/susie-coehlo-d-gallery-palm-desert/|title=Susie Coehlo Mixes Art, Fashion in Pop-up at D Gallery Palm Desert|date=2019-04-10|website=Palm Springs Life|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-22}} She is of Indian heritage{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/05/11/Scotts-WorldNEWLNSusie-Bono-went-calling-on-Indias-bandit-queen/3704421473600/|title=Scott's World;NEWLN:Susie Bono went calling on India's bandit queen|website=UPI}} and grew up in Bethesda, Maryland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2002/02/23/names-38/4bb49e09-52b6-43c0-bdab-c52efa5d07dc/|title=NAMES &|via=www.washingtonpost.com}} She attended the American University in Washington DC.

Career

Early in her career, Coelho worked as a model signed to Ford Models,{{Cite web |last=Communications |first=Emmis |date=March 3, 2008 |title=Cincinnati Magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IY2zJWONOocC&pg=SL8-PA24 |publisher=Emmis Communications |via=Google Books}} an actress, and entertainment reporter. In 1982, she played the role of an art teacher in the film Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. In 1983, as a journalist, she travelled to India to interview Phoolan Devi, known as “The Bandit Queen” of Central India, while she was a fugitive from justice. She also co-founded the restaurant Bono's in Hollywood, in addition to the fashion boutique A Star is Worn.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

In 1997, Susie Coelho founded Susie Coelho Enterprises, Inc.{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2010/11/12/131265342/american-excess-imagine-thanksgiving-without-it|title=American Excess: Imagine Thanksgiving Without It|first1=Susie|last1=Coelho|first2=a California lifestyle|last2=consultant|first3=Entertainment|last3=Maven|website=NPR.org|date=18 November 2010 }} She was an on-air contributor to The View and the Today Show.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6-kCAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA31|title=Indianapolis Monthly|first=Emmis|last=Communications|date=January 3, 2003|publisher=Emmis Communications|via=Google Books}} She was the host of the HGTV television series Surprise Gardener{{Cite web|url=https://richmondmagazine.com/api/content/60fc2725-15ef-b10d-e281-48868c08abca/|title=Personal Space|first=Sara|last=Jackson|date=February 18, 2011|website=richmondmagazine.com}} and Outer Spaces. She has also authored four lifestyle books, Everyday Styling (Simon & Schuster 2002), Styling for Entertaining (Simon & Schuster 2004),{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iIWgRyKIBaQC&pg=PT162|title=The Experts' Guide to Life at Home|first=Samantha|last=Ettus|date=December 7, 2011|publisher=Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale|isbn=9780307484475|via=Google Books}} Secrets of a Style Diva: A Get-Inspired Guide to Your Creative Side (Thomas Nelson 2006),{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DniN3-MfLZIC&pg=PT124|title=The Only 127 Things You Need: A Guide To Life's Essentials|first=Donna|last=Wilkinson|date=May 15, 2008|publisher=Penguin|isbn=9781440637742|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2006/12/23/make-sense-of-scents-where-when-to-light-your-fire/|title=Make sense of scents: Where, when to light your fire|date=December 23, 2006}} and Style Your Dream Wedding (Thomas Nelson 2008).{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MB4DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA10|title=Cincinnati Wedding|first=Emmis|last=Publishing|date=January 3, 2008|publisher=Emmis Publishing|via=Google Books}} She was awarded the Women in Film & Video-DC Women of Vision Awards in 2007.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wifv.org/programs/women-of-vision-awards/|title=Women of Vision Awards | Women in Film and Video of Washington, DC|website=www.wifv.org}}

Design

In 2019, Coelho founded House of Sussex, a fashion accessories brand focusing on collaborations with artists, creating backpacks using former street and tattoo artists designs, and also jewelry.{{Cite web|url=https://www.palmspringslife.com/susie-coehlo-d-gallery-palm-desert/|title=Susie Coehlo Mixes Art, Fashion in Pop-up at D Gallery Palm Desert|date=April 10, 2019|website=Palm Springs Life}} In addition to being for sale, her pieces have been displayed in museums. She has also designed furnishings and accessories for retail: Mervyn's with “Susie Coelho Style”, Grandin Road{{Cite web|url=https://wcfcourier.com/entertaining-with-susie-coelho/article_771cd65e-f1b9-11df-9046-001cc4c002e0.html|title=Entertaining with Susie Coelho|website=Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier|date=21 December 2010 }} through a Signature Collection, and QVC with “Susie Coelho Home”.{{Cite web|url=https://www.silive.com/homegarden/garden/2010/05/enchanted_garden.html|title=Enchanted garden|date=May 6, 2010|website=silive}}

Personal life

Coelho was married to Sonny Bono from 1981 to 1984, having been in a relationship with him since the mid-1970s.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I7XuxKnoyq8C&pg=PT73|title=Hitman: Forty Years Making Music, Topping the Charts, and Winning Grammys|first=David|last=Foster|date=December 1, 2009|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9781439166659|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jan-19-ca-9766-story.html|title=Please Don't Begrudge Sonny Bono His Due|date=January 19, 1998|website=Los Angeles Times}} She was then married to Robert Rounds with whom she shares two children. She has been married to Michael A. Peel since 2017.{{Cite web |title=Micheal A. Peel |url=https://www.nationalacademyhr.org/sites/default/files/Michael%20Peel%202021.pdf |website=The National Academy of Human Resources}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
scope=row\| 1978 \| The Norseman \| Winetta
scope=row\| 1979 \| ''Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women \| Jo Jo \| TV Movie
scope=row\| 1980 \| A Perfect Match \| Margo \| TV movie
scope=row\| 1984 \| Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo \| Rhonda
scope=row\| 1985 \|Perfect \|Party guest \|uncredited
scope=row\| 1995 \| Theodore Rex \|Dr. Armitraj \|
scope=row\| 1998 \|You Lucky Dog \|Reporter \|Disney Channel TV movie

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

scope=row| 1978

| The Norseman

| Winetta

scope=row| 1979

| ''Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women

| Jo Jo

| TV Movie

scope=row| 1980

| A Perfect Match

| Margo

| TV movie

scope=row| 1984

| Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

| Rhonda

scope=row| 1985

|Perfect

|Party guest

|uncredited

scope=row| 1995

| Theodore Rex

|Dr. Armitraj

scope=row| 1998

|You Lucky Dog

|Reporter

|Disney Channel TV movie

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Episode/Notes
1975 \|The Six Million Dollar Man \|Linda \|"The Song and Dance Spy" (future spouse Sonny Bono also appeared in this episode)
1976 \|Police Story \|Sheila \|"Oxford Gray"
1992 \|Bring 'Em Back Alive \|Tah-Ri \|"The Shadow Women of Chung-Tai" (credited as Susie Bono)
1997 \|Mad About You \|Woman #1 \|"The Birth: Part 2"
1997 \|'C-16: FBI \|Reporter #1 \|"Radio FBI"
2004 \|Outer Spaces \|Host \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Episode/Notes

1975

|The Six Million Dollar Man

|Linda

|"The Song and Dance Spy" (future spouse Sonny Bono also appeared in this episode)

1976

|Police Story

|Sheila