Susan Gordon

Known for ActingBorn 1949-07-27Died 2011-12-11Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

Susan Lynn Gordon (July 27, 1949 — December 11, 2011) was an American child actress who appeared in films and numerous episodes of television programs such as The Twilight Zone, My Three Sons, and The Donna Reed Show. Gordon was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the daughter of film director Bert I. Gordon and his wife Flora (Lang). Susan began her career, at age eight, as a last-minute substitute for another young actress in 1958's Attack of the Puppet People, directed by her father, who subsequently directed her in three additional films — The Boy and the Pirates, Tormented (both 1960) and 1966's Picture Mommy Dead, her final film. In 1959, she acted and sang in the semi-biographical film, The Five Pennies, playing the daughter of musician, composer and bandleader Red Nichols, portrayed by Danny Kaye. On television, Gordon appeared in The Twilight Zone episode "The Fugitive", as Jenny, a child with a leg brace who befriends an alien. Other series included Gunsmoke, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, My Three Sons, The Danny Thomas Show, Route 66, Ben Casey, 77 Sunset Strip and The Donna Reed Show. On November 27, 1959, Gordon appeared in the live NBC Television broadcast of Miracle on 34th Street.Read more

Movies & web series

The Twilight Zone

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The New Breed

Miracle On 34th Street

77 Sunset Strip

Alcoa Theatre

The Five Pennies

General Electric Theater

Route 66

Sam Benedict

The Eleventh Hour

Gunsmoke

My Three Sons

Going My Way

The Donna Reed Show

Famous Ghost Stories

Ben Casey

Picture Mommy Dead

The Boy and the Pirates

The Man in the Net

Attack of the Puppet People

Tormented