Susan Oliver

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{{Short description|American actress, author and aviator (1932–1990)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Susan Oliver
| image = Susan Oliver.jpg
| caption = Oliver in 1971
| birth_name = Charlotte Gercke
| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|02|13|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1990|05|10|1932|02|13|mf=yes}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| education = [[Swarthmore College]]
[[Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre]]
| occupation = Actress, television director, aviator, and author
| years_active = 1955–1988
| parents =
| spouse =
}}

'''Susan Oliver''' (born '''Charlotte Gercke''', February 13, 1932 – May 10, 1990) was an American actress, television director, [[Aircraft pilot|aviator]], and author.

==Career==
===Early years===
Oliver did numerous television shows in 1957, and appeared on stage. She began the year with an [[ingénue]] part, as the daughter of an 18th-century [[Manhattan]] family, in her first Broadway play, ''Small War on Murray Hill,'' a [[Robert E. Sherwood]] comedy.<ref>The play's opening night at the [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]] was on January 3, 1957, and 12 performances later, closing night was January 12. [[Leo Genn]] performed as [[William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe|General Howe]].</ref> That same year, Oliver replaced [[Mary Ure]] as the female lead in the Broadway production of [[John Osborne]]'s play ''[[Look Back in Anger]].''

The play's short run was immediately followed by larger roles in live television plays on ''Kaiser Aluminum Hour,'' ''[[The United States Steel Hour]]'', and ''Matinee Theater.'' Oliver then went to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood]], where she appeared in the November 14, 1957, episode of ''[[Climax!]],'' one of the few live drama series based on the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]], as well as in a number of filmed shows, including one of the first episodes of [[NBC]]'s ''[[Wagon Train]],''<ref>{{cite news |title=Susan Oliver's Roles Keep Pace with Years |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/ledger-star-susan-oliver-1932-1990/171590506/ |work=Ledger-Star |date=October 26, 1957 |location=Norfolk, VA |page=40 |access-date=May 3, 2025 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> ''[[Father Knows Best]],''<ref>{{cite news |title=Blonde Plays Country Girl on 'Father' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-susan-oliver-193/171799906/ |work=The South Bend Tribune |date=March 1, 1958 |location=South Bend, IN |page=271|access-date=May 6, 2025 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> ''[[The Americans (1961 TV series)|The Americans]],'' and ''[[Johnny Staccato]].''

In July 1957, Oliver was chosen for the title role in her first motion picture, ''[[The Green-Eyed Blonde]],''<ref>{{cite news |title=Susan Oliver Gets Warners Contract |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/syracuse-herald-journal-susan-oliver-19/171590227/ |work=Syracuse Herald-Journal |date=October 6, 1957 |location=Syracuse, NY |page=1 |access-date=May 3, 2025 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref> a low-budget [[independent film|independent]] [[melodrama]] scripted by [[Dalton Trumbo]] (under a pseudonym), and released by [[Warner Bros.]] in December on the bottom half of a double bill.<ref>The film was scripted by [[Hollywood blacklist|blacklisted]] writer Dalton Trumbo and credited to "[[Hollywood blacklist|front]]" Sally Stubblefield.</ref>

In mid-1958, Oliver began rehearsals for a co-starring role in ''Patate'', her second Broadway play.<ref>{{cite news |title=Patate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/press-of-atlantic-city-patate/171799667/ |work=Press of Atlantic City |date=October 12, 1958 |location=Atlantic City, NJ |page=27 |access-date=May 6, 2025 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>The melancholy comedy, written by French playwright [[Marcel Achard]], played to sold-out theaters in Paris upon its premiere in 1957. Adapted for American audiences by [[Irwin Shaw]], ''Patate'' (which in French means "[[Wiktionary:spud|spud]]", but can also mean "[[Wiktionary:chump|chump]]") paired Oliver with veteran leading man [[Tom Ewell]] (in the title role) and [[Lee Bowman]]. The play opened at [[Stephen Sondheim Theatre|Henry Miller's Theatre]] on October 28, 1958, and closed on November 1.</ref> Its seven-performance run was even shorter than that of ''Small War on Murray Hill,'' but won Oliver a [[Theatre World Award]] for "Outstanding Breakout Performance"; it was her last Broadway appearance.{{Citation needed |date=January 2024}}

===Television and films===
[[File:Susan Oliver - image (1959).png|thumb|left|upright|Oliver in 1959]]
On April 6, 1960, the 28-year-old Oliver played a spoiled young runaway, Maggie Hamilton, who gets soundly spanked by scout Flint McCullough ([[Robert Horton (actor)|Robert Horton]]), in "The Maggie Hamilton Story" on [[NBC]]'s ''[[Wagon Train]]''.<ref name=TVGuide>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/susan-oliver/credits/175772/|title=Susan Oliver|website=TVGuide.com|publisher=[[TV Guide]]|access-date=31 January 2020}}</ref> On November 9, 1960, she was cast as the lead guest star in "The Cathy Eckhart Story" on ''Wagon Train'', with husband-and-wife actors [[John Larch]] and [[Vivi Janiss]] as Ben and Sarah Harness.

Oliver was cast in the 1960 episode of ''[[The Deputy (TV series)|The Deputy]]'' as the long-lost daughter of star [[Henry Fonda]]'s late girl friend, and appeared in ''[[Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre]]'' episode "Knife of Hate" as Susan Pittman. In 1961, Oliver played the part of Laurie Evans in the episode "Incident of His Brother's Keeper" on CBS's ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'',<ref name=TVGuide /> and in 1963, she played Judy Hall in the episode "Incident at Spider Rock", Also in 1962, Oliver appeared as Jeanie in the television series ''[[Laramie (TV series)|Laramie]]'' in the episode "Shadows in the Dust".
[[File:Gardner McKay Susan Oliver Guy Stockwell Adventures in Paradise 1961.JPG|right|thumb|300px|With [[Gardner McKay]] and [[Guy Stockwell]] in ''[[Adventures in Paradise (TV series)|Adventures in Paradise]]'' (1961)]]
Oliver was cast in episodes of ''[[Adventures in Paradise (TV series)|Adventures in Paradise]]''; ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|Twilight Zone]]''; ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]''; ''[[Dr. Kildare (TV series)|Dr. Kildare]]''; ''[[The Naked City]]''; ''[[The Barbara Stanwyck Show]]''; ''[[Burke's Law (1963 TV series)|Burke's Law]]''; ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]''; ''[[Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.]]''; ''[[I Spy (1965 TV series)|I Spy]]''; ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]''; ''[[The Name of the Game (TV series)|The Name of the Game]]''; ''[[Longstreet (TV series)|Longstreet]]''; and ''[[Mannix]]''. She made one appearance on ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' and ABC's family Western series, ''[[The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV series)|The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters]]''.<ref name=TVGuide /> She also made two appearances in [[Quinn Martin]]'s ''[[The Invaders]]'' (episodes: "Inquisition" and "The Ivy Curtain") on ABC.<ref name=TVGuide />

Her most challenging role during this time was as the ambitious wife of doomed country music legend Hank Williams (George Hamilton) in ''[[Your Cheatin' Heart (film)|Your Cheatin' Heart]]'' (1964). The same year, she also starred opposite [[Jerry Lewis]] in ''[[The Disorderly Orderly]]'', and appeared in ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' (1965) and ''[[The Love-Ins]]'' (1967) with [[Richard Todd]].<ref name=TVGuide />

Oliver appeared in television films, including ''[[Carter's Army]]''. She had a continuing role as Ann Howard on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s primetime serial ''[[Peyton Place (TV series)|Peyton Place]]'' in 1966.
[[File:Susan Oliver as Vina as an Orion slave girl.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Oliver as Vina transformed into an Orion slave girl in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' episodes [[The Cage (Star Trek: The Original Series)|"The Cage"]] and [[The Menagerie (Star Trek: The Original Series)|"The Menagerie"]]]]
Oliver played the female lead guest character Vina in "[[The Cage (Star Trek: The Original Series)|The Cage]]" (1964), which was the first pilot of [[Gene Roddenberry]]'s new show, ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]''. Two years later, Oliver's performance was reused in the first season, two-part episode "[[The Menagerie (Star Trek: The Original Series)|The Menagerie]]" (1966).<ref name=TVGuide /> Because the special optical effects used by the series were taking longer to complete than anticipated (which made a missed air date a real possibility), that pilot story was re-framed using newly filmed "current" footage and a time difference to explain the significant format and cast evolution since Oliver's scenes were filmed.<ref>Whitfield, Stephen; and Roddenberry, Gene. The Making of Star Trek (New York: Ballantine Books), 1968. ASIN: B0014C7WYK</ref> In particular, [[Jeffrey Hunter]] played "[[Christopher Pike (Star Trek)|Captain Christopher Pike]]" in the pilot episode, but was replaced by [[William Shatner]] as "[[James T. Kirk|Captain James T. Kirk]]" of the [[Starship Enterprise|Starship'' Enterprise'']] when the series was green-lit by NBC in 1966. For the fantasy sequence in the pilot, in which her character appeared as an "Orion slave girl", Oliver was covered in green makeup all over her body, and a dark brunette wig.<ref name=asherman>{{cite book|last=Asherman|first=Allan|title=The Star Trek Compendium|publisher=WH Allen, Star Books|year=1983|page=28}}</ref> A still of her with green skin is frequently seen in the end credits of the television series, and it has since become a well-known image among ''Star Trek'' enthusiasts. Hence, the 2014 documentary about Susan Oliver's life was titled ''The Green Girl''.<ref name=ew>{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2013/02/13/star-treks-green-girl-documentary|date=13 Feb 2013|access-date=31 Dec 2015|publisher=ew.com - Entertainment Weekly|title=Star Trek's original Green Girl the subject of Kickstarter documentary}}</ref>

In 1970, she appeared as Carole Carson/Alice Barnes on the television Western ''The Men From Shiloh'' (rebranded name for ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]'') in the episode titled "Hannah".<ref>{{cite news |title=Susan Oliver |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-susan-oliver-1932-19/171876000/ |work=Detroit Free Press |date=December 17, 1970 |location=Detroit, MI |page=121 |access-date=May 7, 2025 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mission Accomplished |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-journal-susan-oliver-1932-1990/171876072/ |work=News Journal |date=December 30, 1970 |location=Mansfield, OH |page=10 |access-date=May 7, 2025 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref>

From 1975 to 1976, Oliver was a regular cast member of the television soap opera ''[[Days of Our Lives]]''. In 1976, she received her only [[Emmy Award]] nomination (for "Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress") for playing pioneer [[aviator]], [[Neta Snook]], in the three-hour-long, [[Television film|made-for-TV movie]] ''[[Amelia Earhart (film)|Amelia Earhart]]'', broadcast on October 15, 1976, on [[NBC|NBC-TV]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Willard |first1=John |title=I Taught Amelia to Fly ... |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/quad-city-times-neta-snook-southern-189/171935625/ |work=Quad-City Times |date=November 4, 1976 |location=Davenport, IA |page=11 |access-date=May 8, 2025 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Susan Oliver: She's Kept Her Head in the Clouds |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-columbia-record-susan-oliver-1932-1/171935851/ |work=The Columbia Record |date=August 31, 1976 |location=Columbia, SC |page=4 |access-date=May 8, 2025 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} {{Open access}}</ref>

In addition to her scores of television appearances, Oliver also had roles in several theatrical features, including ''[[The Gene Krupa Story]]'' (1959),<ref>{{cite web |last1=Staff |title=The Gene Krupa Story |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-gene-krupa-story/cast/2000345187/ |website=TV Guide |publisher=TV Guide, a Red Ventures Co. |access-date=March 25, 2022}}</ref> ''[[BUtterfield 8]]'' (1960)<ref name=TCM>{{cite web|title=BUtterfield 8 (1960)|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2648/butterfield-8|publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]] (TCM)|website=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=1 October 2018}}</ref> and ''[[The Caretakers (1963 film)|The Caretakers]]'' (1963).<ref name=TCM/>

===Directing and later years===
By the late 1970s with acting opportunities coming less frequently, Oliver turned to directing. She was one of the original 19 women admitted to the [[American Film Institute]]'s [[Directing Workshop for Women]] (DWW), and she left a "good chunk of funding for the DWW".<ref>''Women Directors in Hollywood, The Founding of the Directing Workshop for Women of the American Film Institute, a History, The Dream of the Marble Bridge,'' http://janhaag.com/ESessays.html</ref> In 1977, she wrote and directed ''Cowboysan'', her AFI DWW short film that presents the fantasy scenario of a Japanese actor and actress playing leads in an American [[western (genre)|Western]]. Oliver directed two television episodes, the premiere episode "[[Hey, Look Me Over (M*A*S*H)|Hey, Look Me Over]]" of the 11th season of ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' and the season-five episode "Fat Chance" of one of ''M*A*S*H'''s sequel series, ''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]''

In Oliver's last fully active years, she also appeared in the February 21, 1985 episode of ''[[Magnum, P.I.]]'', two episodes of ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' (March 31 and December 1), the February 12, 1987 episode of ''[[Simon & Simon]]'', and the January 10, 1988 episode of the NBC domestic drama ''[[Our House (1986 TV series)|Our House]]''. She made her last onscreen appearance in the November 6, 1988 episode of the syndicated horror anthology ''[[Freddy's Nightmares]]''. During her career in Hollywood, Oliver amassed well over 100 credits.<ref name=TVGuide/>

==Aviator and author==
Oliver experienced an event in February 1959 that underscored her later aviation accomplishments. She was a passenger aboard [[Pan Am Flight 115]], a [[Boeing 707]] on a transatlantic flight from Paris to New York City when it dropped from {{convert|35000|to|6000|ft}}. It was February 3, 1959, the same day [[Buddy Holly]] died in an airplane crash. These events caused her to avoid flying for the next year, even turning down job offers, with the exception of auditioning for ''[[Butterfield 8]]'', if they were so short notice that she could only travel by air. She eventually underwent hypnosis to overcome her fear of flying.<ref name=odyssey />

In July 1964, local Los Angeles area news anchor [[Hal Fishman]] introduced her to personal flying when he took her on an evening flight over Los Angeles in a [[Cessna 172]].<ref name=odyssey>{{cite book|last=Oliver|first=Susan|title=Odyssey: A Daring Transatlantic Journey|publisher=Macmillan Publishing Co.|year=1983|isbn=0-02-592920-8}}</ref> The experience motivated her to return the next day to the [[Santa Monica Airport]] to begin training for a private pilot certificate. In 1966, while preparing for her own transatlantic flight, she was a passenger in a [[Piper J-3 Cub]] when the pilot ran into wires while "show-boating";<ref name=odyssey /> the airplane flipped and crashed. She and the pilot escaped injury.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=75958&key=0|title=NTSB No. LAX67D0086}}</ref>

In 1967, piloting her own [[Meyers 200|Aero Commander 200]], which was fitted with an extra fuel tank, she became the fourth woman to fly a single-engined aircraft solo across the Atlantic Ocean and the second to do it from New York City. Oliver's route included stops in [[CFB Goose Bay|Goose Bay, Canada]], [[Narsarsuaq]] in Greenland, [[Keflavik]] in Iceland, and [[Prestwick]] in Scotland, before landing in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark.<ref>[https://www.historynet.com/how-a-hollywood-actress-became-an-aerial-emissary/ History.net: How a Hollywood Actress Became an Aerial Emissary]</ref> Although she was attempting to fly to Moscow, her odyssey ended in Denmark after the government of the Soviet Union denied her permission to enter its air space. She wrote about her aviation exploits and philosophy of life in an autobiography published in 1983 titled ''Odyssey: A Daring Transatlantic Journey''.<ref name=odyssey />

In 1968, she was contacted by Learjet to see if she was interested in obtaining a type rating on one of their jet planes with the intent to set record flights for them. She earned the rating and even flew some charters (having by that time acquired a commercial pilot certificate in single- and multiengined land airplanes), but did not fly any record flights in their jets.<ref name=odyssey />

In 1970, Oliver co-piloted a [[Piper PA-24 Comanche|Piper Comanche]] to victory in the 2760-mile transcontinental race known as the "[[Powder Puff Derby (1947)|Powder Puff Derby]]", which resulted in her being named Pilot of the Year by the Association of Executive Pilots. The pilot was Margaret Mead (not [[Margaret Mead|the famous anthropologist]]), an experienced pilot who had flown in several derbies with different co-pilots. In 1971, Oliver was inducted as a member of the Federal Aviation Administration's Women Advisory Committee on Aviation.{{Citation needed |date=January 2024}}

In 1972, her training for a glider rating was chronicled for an episode of the television series ''[[The American Sportsman]]'', and the segment aired in March 1973.<ref>[https://newspaperarchive.com/robesonian/1973-03-18/page-27 Robesonian newspaper archives], March 18, 1973; accessed March 7, 2015.</ref>

According to the ''FAA Registry'', the glider rating was issued to Oliver on July 21, 1972. It was her last rating. The registry shows her to have earned commercial pilot ratings for airplane single-engined land, airplane multi-engined land, instrument airplane, and private privileges for glider. Her last aviation medical examination was in May 1976, so she could not legally pilot any aircraft except gliders after May 1978, marking the end of her piloting of powered aircraft.<ref>[https://amsrvs.registry.faa.gov/airmeninquiry Profile], amsrvs.registry.faa.gov; accessed March 7, 2015.</ref>

==Death==
Oliver was diagnosed with [[colorectal cancer]] that later [[Metastasis|metastasized]] to her lungs, and she died on May 10, 1990 (aged 58), at the [[Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital|Motion Picture and Television Hospital]] in [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles|Woodland Hills, California]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/15/obituaries/susan-oliver-is-dead-television-actress-61.html|title=Susan Oliver Is Dead; Television Actress|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1990-05-15|access-date=January 27, 2012}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1955
| ''[[Goodyear Playhouse]]''
|
| Episode: "The Prizewinner"
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Studio One (American TV series)|Studio One]]''
| Flora
| Episode: "A Day Before Battle"
|-
| 1956
|''[[Camera Three]]''
| Dewey Dell
| Episode: "As I Lay Dying"
|-
| 1957
| ''[[The Green-Eyed Blonde]]''
| Phyllis ("Greeneyes")
|
|-
| 1957
| ''[[The Kaiser Aluminum Hour]]''
| Kay
| Episode: "So Short a Season"
|-
| 1957
| ''[[The United States Steel Hour]]''
| Maria
| Episode: "The Bottle Imp"
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Crossroads (1955 TV series)|Crossroads]]''
| Connie Willis
| Episode: "9:30 Action"
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Matinee Theater]]''
|
| Episode: "End of the Rope"
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Climax!]]''
| Pat Farley
| Episode: "Two Tests for Tuesday"
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Studio 57]]''
|
| Episode: "Seventh Brother, Seventh Son"
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Wagon Train]]''
| Judy Rossiter
| Episode: "The Emily Rossiter Story"
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Playhouse 90]]''
| Louise Grant
| Episode: "The Thundering Wave"
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Father Knows Best]]''
| Cousin Milly
| Episode: "Country Cousin"
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Kraft Television Theatre]]''
| Pamela
| Episode: "The Woman at High Hollow"
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Matinee Theater]]''
|
| Episode: "Button, Button"
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Suspicion (American TV series)|Suspicion]]''
| Rosemary Russell
| Episode: "The Woman Turned to Salt"
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Playhouse 90]]''
| Ellie
| Episode: "A Trip to Paradise"
|-
| 1959
| ''[[The David Niven Show]]''
| Ilsa
| Episode: "The Last Room"
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Armstrong Circle Theatre]]''
|
| Episode: "The Monkey Ride"
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Trackdown (TV series)|Trackdown]]''
| Rebecca Ford
| Episode: "Blind Alley"
|-
| 1959
| ''[[The Millionaire (TV series)|The Millionaire]]''
| Cathy Burnell
| Episode: "Millionaire Phillip Burnell"
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Johnny Staccato]]''
| Barbara Ames
| Episode: "Murder in Hi-Fi"
|-
| 1959
| ''[[The Lineup (TV series)|The Lineup]]''
| Laurie Hayden
| Episode: "Run to the City"
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Alcoa Theatre]]''
| Bernice Davis
| Episode: "The Long House on Avenue A"
|-
| 1959
| ''[[The Gene Krupa Story]]''
| Dorissa Dinell
|
|-
| 1960
| ''[[BUtterfield 8]]''
| Norma
|
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Playhouse 90]]''
| Valerie Ferguson
| Episode: "A Dream of Treason"
|-
| 1960
| ''[[The DuPont Show with June Allyson]]''
| Judy
| Episode: "The Blue Goose"
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Wanted Dead or Alive (TV series)|Wanted Dead or Alive]]''
| Bess
| Episode: "The Pariah"
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Wrangler (TV series)|Wrangler]]''
| Helen McQueen
| Episode: "Incident at the Bar M"
|-
| 1960
| ''[[The Deputy (TV series)|The Deputy]]''
| Julie Desmond
| Episode: "The Deadly Breed"
|-
| 1960
| ''[[The Untouchables (1959 TV series)|The Untouchables]]''
| Roxie Plumber
| Episode: "The Organization"
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Bonanza]]''
| Leta Malvet
| Episode: "The Outcast"
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Wagon Train]]''
| Maggie Hamilton
| Episode: "The Maggie Hamilton Story"
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Wagon Train]]''
| Cathy Eckhart
| Episode: "The Cathy Eckhart Story"
|-
| 1960
| ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''
| Teenya
| Episode: "[[People Are Alike All Over]]"
|-
| 1960
| ''[[Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre]]''
| Susan Pittman
| Episode: "Knife of Hate"
|-
| 1960
| ''[[The Barbara Stanwyck Show]]''
| Tracy Lane
| Episode: "No One"
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Naked City (TV series)|Naked City]]''
| as Jessica
| Episode: "A Memory of Crying"
|-
| 1961
| ''[[The Aquanauts]]''
| Laura West
| Episode: "Stormy Weather"
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]''
| Laurie Evans
| S3:E21, "Incident of His Brother's Keeper"
|-
| 1961
| ''[[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]''
| Lori
| Episode: "Rick, the Milkman"
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]''
| Joan Maslow
| Episode: "Welcome to Amity"
|-
| 1961
|''[[Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre]]''
| Hannah Smith
| Episode: "Image of a Drawn Sword"
|-
| 1961
|''[[Thriller (American TV series)|Thriller]]''
| Edith Landers
| Episode: "Choose a Victim"
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]''
| Claire/Chris
| Episode: "Between Hello and Goodbye"
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Laramie (TV series)|Laramie]]''
| Jean Lavelle
| Episode: "Shadows in the Dust"
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Cain's Hundred]]''
| Kitty
| Episode: "The Cost of Living"
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents|The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]''
| Annabel Delaney
| Season 1 Episode 7: "Annabel"
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]''
| Judy Hall
| Episode: "Incident at Spider Rock"
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Wagon Train]]''
| Lily
| Episode: "The Lily Legend Story"
|-
| 1963
| ''[[77 Sunset Strip]]''
| Kristine Seaver
| Episode: "Your Fortune for a Penny"
|-
| 1963
| ''[[The Caretakers (1963 film)|The Caretakers]]''
| Nurse Cathy Clark
|
|-
| 1963
| ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]''
| Karen
| Episode: "Never Wave Goodbye" (Parts 1 & 2)
|-
|1963
|''[[Dr. Kildare (TV series)|Dr. Kildare]]''
|Carol Logan
|Episode: "The Eleventh Commandment"
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]''
| Willow
| Episode: "Fifty Miles from Home"
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Looking for Love (film)|Looking For Love]]''
| Jan McNair
|
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Guns of Diablo]]''
| Maria Macklin
|
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Your Cheatin' Heart (film)|Your Cheatin' Heart]]''
| Audrey Williams
|
|-
| 1964
| ''[[The Disorderly Orderly]]''
| Susan Andrews
|
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Destry (TV series)|Destry]]''
| Rebecca Fairhaven
| Episode: "One Hundred Bibles"
|-
| 1964
| ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]''
| Prisoner
| Episode: "Prisoner of Love" Season 4 Episode 18
|-
|1964
|''[[The Defenders (1961 TV series)|The Defenders]]''
|Anna Leverton
|Episode: "The Hidden Fury""
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]''
| Vina
| Pilot Episode: "[[The Cage (Star Trek: The Original Series)|The Cage]]"
Episode: "[[The Menagerie (Star Trek: The Original Series)|The Menagerie]]" (Parts 1 & 2)
S1: E11 & E12 respectively (1966) (re-used footage from the pilot)
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Seaway (TV series)|Seaway]]''
| Sue Murray
| Episode: "The Sparrows"
|-
| 1965
| ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]''
| Ursula Alice Baldwin
| Episode: "The Bow-Wow Affair"
|-
| 1965
| ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]''
| Martha Perry
| Episode: "A Little Learning"
|-
| 1966
| ''[[A Man Called Shenandoah]]''
| Virginia Harvey
| Episode: "Rope's End"
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.]]''
| Julie Myers
| Episode: "A Date with Miss Camp Henderson"
|-
| 1966
| ''[[My Three Sons]]''
| Jerry Harper
| Episode: "The Awkward Age"
|-
| 1966
| ''[[Peyton Place (TV series)|Peyton Place]]''
| Ann Howard
| 48 episodes
|-
|1966|| ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' || Vina || S1:E11-E12, "[[The Menagerie (Star Trek: The Original Series)|The Menagerie]]"
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Tarzan (1966 TV series)|Tarzan]]''
| Peggy Dean
| Episode S1E18: "The Day the Earth Trembled"
|-
| 1967
|''[[T.H.E. Cat]]''
| Lori Neil
| Episode: "Twenty One And Out"
|-
| 1967
| ''[[The Love-Ins]]''
| Patricia Cross
|
|-
| 1967
| ''[[The Wild Wild West]]''
| Triste
| Episode: "The Night Dr. Loveless Died"
|-
| 1967
| ''[[The Invaders]]''
| Stacy Cahill
| Episode: "The Ivy Curtain"
|-
| 1968
| ''[[A Man Called Gannon]]''
| Matty
|
|-
| 1968
| ''[[The Invaders]]''
| Joan Seeley
| Episode: "Inquisition"
|-
| 1968
|''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]''
| Anne Crowder
| Episode: "The Storm Gate"
|-
| 1969
| ''[[Mannix]]''
| Linda Jordan
| S2-Episode 21: "The Odds Against Donald Jordan"
|-
| 1969
| ''[[The Big Valley]]''
| Kate Wilson
| Episode: "Alias Nellie Handley"
|-
| 1969
| ''[[Change of Mind]]''
| Margaret Rowe
|
|-
| 1969
| ''[[The Monitors (film)|The Monitors]]''
| Barbara Cole
|
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Carter's Army]]''
| Anna Renvic
| TV movie
|-
| 1971
| ''Company of Killers''
| Thelma Dwyer
| TV movie
|-
| 1971
| ''Do You Take This Stranger?''
| Mildred Crandall
| TV movie
|-
| 1971
| ''[[Dan August]]''
| Leona Serling
| Episode: "Prognosis: Homicide"
|-
| 1971
| ''[[Sarge (TV series)|Sarge]]''
| Fran
| Episode: "An Accident Waiting to Happen"
|-
| 1971
| ''[[Alias Smith and Jones]]''
| Miss Blanche Graham
| Episode: "Journey from San Juan"
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Night Gallery]]''
| Kelly Bellman
| Episode: "The Tune in Dan's Cafe"
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]''
| Ruth
| Episode: "Vision of Doom"
|-
| 1972
| ''[[Gunsmoke]]''
| Sarah Elkins
| Episode: "Eleven Dollars"
|-
| 1973
| ''[[The American Sportsman]]''
| Herself
| Segment: "Soaring at El Mirage"
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Cannon (TV series)|Cannon]]''
| Jill Thorson
| Episode: "Moving Target"
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Ghost Story (TV series)|Circle of Fear]]''
| Ellen Pritchard
| Episode: "Spare Parts"
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Love Story (1973 TV series)|Love Story]]''
| Virginia Madison
| Episode: "The Youngest Lovers"
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Ginger in the Morning]]''
| Sugar
|
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Police Story (1973 TV series)|Police Story]]''
| Rina Prescott
| Episode: "World Full of Hurt"
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Petrocelli]]''
| Eleanor Warren
| Episode: "Edge of Evil"
|-
| 1976
| ''Amelia Earhart''
| Netta Snook "Snookie"
|
|-
| 1977
| ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]''
| Gracie Boggs
| Episode: "Hang Tough"
|-
| 1977
| ''Nido de Viudas''
| Isabel
| US title: ''Widow's Nest''
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Hardly Working]]''
| Claire Trent
|
|-
| 1982
| ''Tomorrow's Child''
| Marilyn Hurst
| Television movie
|-
| 1982
| ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]''
|
| Director, 1 episode
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]''
|
| Director, 1 episode
|-
| 1982
| ''[[International Airport (film)|International Airport]]''
| Mary Van Leuven
| Television movie
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''
| Nurse Marge Horton
| Episode: "Armed Response"
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Magnum, P.I.]]''
| Laurie Crane
| Episode: "Let Me Hear the Music"
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''
| Louise
| Episode: "Jessica Behind Bars"
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Our House (American TV series)|Our House]]''
| Olga Zelnikova
| Episode: "Balance of Power"
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Freddy's Nightmares]]''
| The Maid / Future Judy Miller
| Episode: "Judy Miller, Come on Down" (final appearance)
|}

===Documentary===
* ''The Green Girl'' (2014), biographical documentary film directed by [[George Pappy]].

==See also==
* [[Manumit School]]

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |last=Oliver |first=Susan |author-link=Susan Oliver |title=Odyssey: A Daring Transatlantic Journey |publisher=Macmillan |date=1983 |isbn=9780025929203}}
* [https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=75958&key=0 10. NTSB Identification: LAX67D0086]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0647010}}
* {{IBDB name|55107}}
* {{Iobdb name|30498}}
* {{Memory Alpha}}
* Listen to Susan Oliver on ''Zero Hour'' hosted by [[Rod Serling]] [http://jack_benny.podomatic.com/entry/2012-07-30T03_00_00-07_00 Zero Hour Podcast 1973-12-24 (ep51) John Dehner and Susan Oliver – Fourth of Forever – Part 1, with a new introduction.]
* [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-12-mn-1030-story.html ''Los Angeles Times'' obituary]

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