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Susan Peters (July 3, 1921 - October 23, 1952) was
an United States|American film actor|actress.

Born Suzanne Carnahan in Spokane, Washington,
Peters began working for MGM Studios after
completing high school.  Her first job was to read
with potential actors in their screen tests. 
Before long she had impressed studio executives
with her own talent, and they began casting her in
films.  

For the first two years she used her given name
and played small, often uncredited parts in films
such as Meet John Doe (1941), before adopting her
stage name.   Her first substantial role, in
Random Harvest (1942), earned her an Academy Award
for Best Supporting Actress nomination.   MGM
began to groom her for starring roles, casting her
in several lesser productions that allowed her to
learn her craft.  A starring role in Song of
Russia (1943) earned her critical acclaim but the
film was not a commercial success. 

Married to the actor Richard Quine, she was with
him on a hunting vacation in early 1945, when a
rifle accidentally discharged, causing a bullet to
be lodged in her spine.  The accident left her
permanently paralysed from the waist down and
confined to a wheel chair, however she attempted
to continue her acting career.  An unsympathetic
role in The Sign of the Ram (1948) failed to win
an audience, and a starring role as a detective in
the television series Miss Susan (1951) was also
unsuccessful.  She toured in stage productions of
The Glass Menagerie and The Barretts of Wimpole
Street, and her performances were highly regarded,
but her disability made her a difficult actress to
cast.  Her career began to falter, and as her
marriage ended, Peters began to suffer from
clinical depression|depression.   Her health
continued to deteriorate until her death, in
Visalia, California, from kidney|kidney disease
and pneumonia, complicated by anorexia nervosa.  

Susan Peters has a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame for her contribution to Motion Pictures, at
1601 Vine St.