1. Jacqueline Susann was an American novelist and actress.
25 Facts About Jacqueline Susann
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Jacqueline Susann Susan was born on August 20,1918, at Lankenau Medical Center in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, the only child of a Jewish couple: Robert Susan, a Wilno, Imperial Russia -born portrait painter, and his wife, Rose, a public school teacher.
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An only child and devoted to her father, Jacqueline Susann was determined to carry on the family name.
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In New York, on June 2,1937, aged 18, Jacqueline Susann landed a small role in the Broadway company of The Women, the "caustic" comedy of manners by Clare Boothe that had opened on December 26,1936, and would run for 657 performances.
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Jacqueline Susann subsequently appeared in such Broadway shows as The Girl from Wyoming, My Fair Ladies, Blossom Time, Jackpot, and in A Lady Says Yes, which starred Hollywood siren Carole Landis.
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Together with a friend, actress Beatrice Cole, Jacqueline Susann wrote a play called The Temporary Mrs Smith, a comedy about a one-time movie actress whose former husbands interfere with her scheme to marry a man of wealth.
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In 1970, Jacqueline Susann made a brief return to the stage when she appeared in Blanche Yurka's off-Broadway revival of Jean Giraudoux's The Madwoman of Chaillot.
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From 1948 to 1950, Jacqueline Susann appeared on The Morey Amsterdam Show, a comedy series, in which she played Lola the Cigarette Girl to Amsterdam's nightclub emcee.
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Jacqueline Susann energetically promoted the product and made personal appearances on its behalf.
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Jacqueline Susann later appeared in a 1971 episode of the crime drama Mannix.
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Jacqueline Susann made a cameo appearance as a reporter at the scene of Jennifer North's suicide.
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Jacqueline Susann's original still packs a wallop; the sequel is a pulled punch.
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Jacqueline Susann, who had loathed the film version of Valley, believed this adaptation was even worse.
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Jacqueline Susann was candid about the theme of the book, stating that it was one of "mental and spiritual incest".
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The book was filmed in 1975 by Guy Green as Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough, with Kirk Douglas, Alexis Smith, Melina Mercouri, Brenda Vaccaro, and Deborah Raffin.
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On December 6,1946, Jacqueline Susann gave birth to their only child, a son whom they named Guy Hildy Mansfield, "Hildy" being for cabaret singer Hildegarde, who was the boy's godmother.
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Josephine became the subject of Jacqueline Susann's first published book, and was to be the subject of a sequel, Good Night, Sweet Princess, which Josephine did not live to write.
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In 1962, at the age of 44, Jacqueline Susann was diagnosed with breast cancer, and underwent a radical mastectomy.
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Jacqueline Susann is acknowledged to be the first "brand-name" novelist, a novelist who sells independent of critical attention.
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Jacqueline Susann toured extensively in support of each book, making appearances at bookstores and on countless television and radio shows.
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Jacqueline Susann's books were advertised on the entertainment pages of major newspapers, and Mansfield tested her book covers to see how they appeared on television.
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Jacqueline Susann even served coffee and doughnuts to the truck drivers who would be delivering her books.
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Jacqueline Susann lavished attention on booksellers, sending them thank you notes, and even bought copies of her book for bookstore clerks.
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In 1998, Susann was played by actress Michele Lee in the television film Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story, based on Barbara Seaman's biography Lovely Me: The Life of Jacqueline Susann.
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Jacqueline Susann is mentioned by name in the chorus of the song "Adult Books" by the band X The song is featured on their 1981 album Wild Gift.