Susie Garrett
Susie Garrett | |
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| Born | December 29, 1929 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | May 24, 2002 (aged 72) Southfield, Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actress musician |
| Years active | 1984–1989 |
Susie Garrett (December 29, 1929 – May 24, 2002) was an American actress of theatre and television, jazz vocalist and acting teacher. She is best known for playing Cherie's grandmother Betty Johnson on the NBC series Punky Brewster.[1][2]
Personal life
[edit]Garrett had an associate degree in psychology from Shaw College at Detroit. She was the mother of four sons, and the older sister of Marla Gibbs.[1][2] Together, Garrett and Gibbs co-founded the Crossroads Art Academy acting school in Los Angeles.[1]
Career
[edit]Born in Detroit in 1929, she sang jazz at clubs in the city. She starred in such plays as Dark of the Moon and Shakin' the Mess Out of Misery, and had a small part in the 1989 film Wicked Stepmother.
Aside from Punky Brewster, she had guest starred on her sister's TV series The Jeffersons and 227.
Death
[edit]In 2002, Garrett died of cancer at Providence Hospital in Southfield, Michigan, at the age of 72. She is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery, which incorrectly lists her birth year as 1931.
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984-85 | The Jeffersons | Amanda | 2 episodes |
| 1984-88 | Punky Brewster | Betty Johnson | 88 episodes |
| 1989 | 227 | Woman | Episode: "The Real Decoys" |
| Wicked Stepmother | Mandy |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Marla Gibbs Susie Garrett: Two Sisters Star On TV". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. December 10, 1984. pp. 60–62. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ^ a b Kathleen Fearn-Banks (November 15, 2005). Historical Dictionary of African-American Television. Scarecrow Press. p. 155. ISBN 9780810865228. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
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- 1929 births
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- Actresses from Michigan
- Singers from Detroit
- Deaths from cancer in Michigan
- 20th-century African-American women singers
- 20th-century African-American actresses
- 20th-century American actresses
- African-American female comedians
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- American television actresses
- American film actresses
- American stage actresses
- American women comedians
- Acting teachers
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- Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Detroit)
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- 21st-century African-American people
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