Stage Name: Susanne Foster
Birth Name: Suzanne DeLee Flanders Larson
Occupation: Movie, Stage Actress / Singer /Pinup Model
Years Active: 1939-1950
Notable Works: She was best known for her leading role as Christine in the 1943 film version of The Phantom of the Opera starring Claude Rains.
She entertained some of the great people of her time, William Randolph Hearst flew her to his 67,000-acre estate "Wyntoon" for a private recital for him and Marion Davies; and she was a guest soloist for the White House Press Photographer’s Ball with then United States President Harry Truman and prior First-Lady Eleanor Roosevelt both in attendance.
Date/Place Birth: December 6, 1924(1924-12-06); Chicago, Illinois
Date/Death/Cause: She died unexpectedly aged 84 at The Lillian Booth Actor's Home in Englewood, New Jersey, where she had been residing since 2003. Her body was cremated and her ashes scattered over family plot at Old Southeast Church Cemetery, Putnam County, New York, USA
Spouse(s) & Children:Married only once to the lead man of a play she was in, Los Angeles Civic Light Opera’s production of Naughty Marietta, he was actor/singer renowned baritone 20 years her senior, Wilbur "Wib" Evans (1948-1956 divorce); the couple had two sons, Michael David Evans (born December 1950) and Phillip Evans (1952-1985),
Short Biography: Born in Chicago in 1924 this cutie showed promise when she was very young, she was doing funny impersonations at age 3; anyway someone in Hollywood noticed her and at the age of twelve MGM was grooming her for an acting and singing career. Two of her classmates at this school were Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. Some were thinking she was a great prodigy; she made her first film at 14 years, The Great Victor Herbert (1939) and she was flown by the newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst to his estate to give a private concert for himself and movie star friend Marion Davies. The next year she made There's Magic in Music with Jackie Cooper and in 1943 she enchanted the world and killed the critics with her performance in the film version of the popular stage play Phantom of the Opera. For Susanne Foster life was pretty good at that point but as her life played out it seemed that her true love was really singing and she was more comfortable on the theater stage than in front of the Hollywood cameras. Regretfully her time in the spotlight would be brief and her life and movie career was rout with troubles that would cause her grief woe throughout her stay on this planet. In 1945, she quit Hollywood to raise her two younger sisters. She later took to the stage, starring in a 1948 Los Angeles production of The Naughty Marietta. Foster performed opposite baritone Wilbur Evans, who became her husband. She had a series of stage roles with Evans until their divorce in 1956. The couple had two sons, Michael and Phillip Evans. There were a couple of failed comeback attempts, Her last film role was in 1992's Detour. Here is a brief career bio for Susanne Foster a more thorough article can be found at Wikipedia.